ISBN: 9781416561460    Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER Year of publishing: 2008     Format:  Mass Market Paperback No of Pages: 352        Language: English

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.
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Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French author whose writings shaped the development of modern science fiction. Verne's novels were immensely popular throughout the world, the most famous being, Around the World in Eighty Days.
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