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Journey to the Center of the Earth

By: Jules Verne
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
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Summary

 Geologist Otto Lidenbrock is perusing an ancient Icelandic manuscript when he discovers a mysterious encrypted note. The message reveals the account of a sixteenth-century explorer who claims to have found a passageway to the center of the earth.

In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the impetuous professor, together with his quaking nephew, Axel, and their devoted guide, Hans, sets off immediately for Iceland. Descending through the belly of a volcano into the bowels of the earth, they discover an astonishing subterranean world of prehistoric proportions.

A classic of science fiction that helped give birth to the genre, this imaginative speculation on the earth's nature is both a rousing adventure story and an apt portrait of the psychology of the questing scientist.

Public Domain (P)2008 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Classics Science Fiction World Literature Scary
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An old timey tail of a grown man and his uncle, doing the usual nephew/unclely stuff of spelunking with a rando skando until they're completely desiccated.

Wouldn't say "the "Centre"

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Good old romp in true Jules Verne style. Beware Fredrick Davidson, who narrates. He is a some what acquired taste and his camp, arrogant drawl will set some people's teeth on edge. Recommend the story but avoid this narrator!

Guerning to the centre of the earth!

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I thought this would be a movie scripted version of this book as the cover suggests, it wasn't.

ignore cover art

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amazing I wonder if an underground sea really does exist if so cool otherwise sad

totally amazing super cool I love axl !!!!!

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Pretty good book, if a little slow to get going. I liked the description of Iceland.

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