A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Verne, Jules; Fortey, Isabel C.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-03-01
Publisher(s): Pulp Pub
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Summary
Verne takes young readers on one of the most incredible journeys ever imagined--from Icelands frozen tundra far down into fantastic underground prehistoric worlds and back up again through the fires of an erupting volcano--in this unabridged edition of his classic novel. Illustrations.
Table of Contents
| My Uncle Lidenbrock | p. 1 |
| The Stange Parchment | p. 7 |
| My Uncle is Baffled | p. 13 |
| I Find the Key | p. 21 |
| Hunger Defeats Me | p. 26 |
| I Argue in Vain | p. 33 |
| Getting Ready | p. 42 |
| The First Stage | p. 50 |
| We Reach Iceland | p. 58 |
| Our First Dinner in Iceland | p. 66 |
| Our Guide Hans | p. 72 |
| Slow Progress | p. 79 |
| Icelandic Hospitality | p. 85 |
| A Final Argument | p. 92 |
| The Summit of Sneffels | p. 99 |
| Inside the Crater | p. 106 |
| Our Real Journey Begins | p. 113 |
| Ten Thousand Feet Below Sea-Level | p. 119 |
| Upwards Again | p. 126 |
| A Dead End | p. 132 |
| The New Columbus | p. 138 |
| I Collapse | p. 144 |
| We Find Water | p. 148 |
| Under the Sea | p. 154 |
| A Day of Rest | p. 159 |
| Alone | p. 165 |
| Lost and Panic-Stricken | p. 169 |
| I Hear Voices | p. 173 |
| Saved | p. 179 |
| An Underground Sea | p. 184 |
| The Raft | p. 193 |
| We Set Sail | p. 199 |
| A Battle of Monsters | p. 207 |
| The Great Geyser | p. 215 |
| The Storm | p. 221 |
| An Unpleasant Shock | p. 228 |
| A Human Skull | p. 235 |
| The Professor Gives a Lecture | p. 240 |
| Man Alive | p. 247 |
| We Meet an Obstacle | p. 255 |
| Down the Tunnel | p. 261 |
| Going Up | p. 267 |
| Shot Out of a Volcano | p. 274 |
| Back to the Surface | p. 281 |
| Home Again | p. 288 |
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