Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.‘From that hour we had no further occasion for the exercise of reason, or judgment, or skill, or contrivance. We were henceforth to be hurled along, the playthings of the fierce elements of the deep.’In Verne’s science-fiction classic, Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to solve the mysterious coded message that lies within it. Eventually he deciphers the story – that of an Icelandic explorer who travels to the centre of the earth, finding his way there via a volcano.Inspired by the manuscript, The Professor is determined to follow in the explorer’s footsteps and builds a crew of men which includes his nervous nephew Axel. Together they begin their journey to the centre of the earth, facing fearsome danger and adventure at every turn.
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
Jules Verne
Contents
Cover (#u8656d08d-58b9-58e3-9cb1-ae5ed3ff8038)
Title Page (#u1d4ddbcb-4a52-523c-a7df-5643af6cc308)
CHAPTER 1: The Professor and His Family (#ulink_ea88b582-f3f4-5cd0-b693-a94d64b4e05a)
CHAPTER 2: A Mystery to be Solved at any Price (#ulink_4a313b55-302d-58ad-8fd9-53d180a4ad12)
CHAPTER 3: The Runic Writing Exercises the Professor (#ulink_4b92b3e4-9674-5d40-b7a0-5b8490fcc7fe)
CHAPTER 4: The Enemy to be Starved into Submission (#ulink_d3ef63b5-4393-5024-80cc-724f5482d01c)
CHAPTER 5: Famine, then Victory, Followed by Dismay (#ulink_abaa721d-3ef1-5168-9976-f4345d6ff926)
CHAPTER 6: Exciting Discussions about an Unparalleled Enterprise (#ulink_df64dbf1-1ee9-5318-bb46-8d238feb2e0c)
CHAPTER 7: A Woman’s Courage (#ulink_01fa464d-1cb4-5269-85bf-6ffa0ba12ca6)
CHAPTER 8: Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent (#ulink_9a7b0160-6810-598d-9e2f-f2c94222b3d6)
CHAPTER 9: Iceland! but what Next? (#ulink_b7f6c06f-869d-5524-99cb-b209f656f413)
CHAPTER 10: Interesting Conversations with Icelandic Savants (#ulink_9eb70f9a-d631-5d0f-92cd-d3d70e5ddee1)
CHAPTER 11: A Guide Found to the Centre of the Earth (#ulink_5d02ac7e-ddb2-566b-a28a-303e68937faf)
CHAPTER 12: A Barren Land (#ulink_44b6b5c7-3b17-51fd-b967-e40046ba7a36)
CHAPTER 13: Hospitality Under the Arctic Circle (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 14: But Arctics can be Inhospitable, too (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 15: SnÆfell at Last (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 16: Boldly Down the Crater (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 17: Vertical Descent (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 18: The Wonders of Terrestrial Depths (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 19: Geological Studies in Situ (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 20: The First Signs of Distress (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 21: Compassion Fuses the Professor’s Heart (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 22: Total Failure of Water (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 23: Water Discovered (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 24: Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work I’ the Ground so Fast? (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 25: De Profundis (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 26: The Worst Peril of All (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 27: Lost in the Bowels of the Earth (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 28: The Rescue in the Whispering Gallery (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 29: Thalatta! Thalatta! (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 30: A New Mare Internum (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 31: Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 32: Wonders of the Deep (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 33: A Battle of Monsters (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 34: The Great Geyser (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 35: An Electric Storm (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 36: Calm Philosophic Discussions (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 37: The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 38: The Professor in His Chair Again (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 39: Forest Scenery Illuminated by Electricity (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 40: Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 41: The Great Explosion and the Rush Down Below (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 42: Headlong Speed Upward Through the Horrors of Darkness (#litres_trial_promo)
CHAPTER 43: Shot Out of a Volcano at Last! (#litres_trial_promo)
