A Journey to the Center of the Earth (Ad Classic Library Edition) - Hardcover

Verne, Jules

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1926606159 ISBN 13: 9781926606156

Publisher: AD Classic, 2008

Synopsis

When an eccentric professor acquires an ancient book, a riddle on a spare piece of parchment tucked neatly within its pages leads him and his nephew on an unparalleled adventure. The unlocked riddle brings them to a remote mountain on Iceland, where they enter an extinct volcano on a daring quest to reach the center of the earth. They soon find themselves at a giant underground ocean where the laws of science are constantly redefined and prehistoric creatures are in abundance. But in the bowels of the earth, a shocking discovery pits the travellers face to face with their own terrifying past. Jules Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth has been read by millions of inquisitive minds and has influenced some of the worlds most famous explorers such as Admiral Byrd, who announced on his 1926 expedition to the North Pole that "it is Jules Verne who is bringing me." And renowned cave explorer Norbert Casteret said in 1938 that A Journey to the Center of the Earth was a "marvelous book which impressed and fascinated me more than any other. I have re-read it many times, and I confess I sometimes re-read it still, each time finding anew the joys and enthusiasm of my childhood."

About this title

From the Publisher:

This edition includes illustrations from Édouard Riou, published in the first edition in 1864.

Review:

"The professor has a nephew; he's his research partner. They have this theory, he's slightly mad but they must go and find out [if it is true]. Actual classic mythology has said that Mt. Sneffels [a volcano with a glacier covering its summit in western Iceland] is a portal to the center of the earth."

About this edition

• Publisher: AD Classic
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1926606159
• ISBN 13: 9781926606156
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 188
• Editor: Roumanis A. R.
• Illustrator: Douard Riou