Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and A Journey into the Interior of the Earth), is a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne. It was first published …
Voyage au centre de la Terre
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and A Journey into the Interior of the Earth), is a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne. It was first published in French in 1864, then reissued in 1867 in a revised and expanded edition. Professor Otto Lidenbrock is the tale's central figure, an eccentric German scientist who believes there are volcanic tubes that reach to the very center of the earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their Icelandic guide Hans rappel into Iceland's celebrated inactive volcano Snæfellsjökull, then contend with many dangers, including cave-ins, subpolar tornadoes, an underground ocean, and living prehistoric creatures from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. (The 1867 revised edition inserted additional prehistoric material in Chaps. 37–39.) Eventually the three explorers are spewed back to the surface by an active volcano, Stromboli, in southern Italy.
The category of subterranean fiction existed well before Verne. However his novel's distinction lay in its well-researched Victorian science and its inventive contribution to the science-fiction subgenre of time travel—Verne's innovation was the concept of a prehistoric realm still existing in the present-day world. Not surprisingly, Journey inspired many later authors, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in his novel The Lost World and Edgar Rice Burroughs in his Pellucidar series.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 32715
- BNF ID:
- 12342582t
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Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
French language
Published Aug. 22, 2010 by Le Livre de poche.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-253-09407-4Copied ISBN!
Viaje Al Centro De La Tierra / Journey to the Center of the Earth
Paperback, 368 pages
Spanish language
Published April 23, 2004 by Edaf S.A..
- ISBN:
- 978-84-414-1460-0Copied ISBN!
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino - 2. ed.
Published Oct. 30, 2013 by Debolsillo.
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- 978-84-9032-198-0Copied ISBN!
A journey to the centre of the earth.
242 pages
English language
Published July 10, 1959 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc..
Viaje Al Centro De La Tierra / Journey to the Center of the Earth
Paperback
Spanish language
Published Jan. 26, 1985 by Aims Intl Books Corp.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-01-90957-3Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 434643710
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
French language
Published 2019 by L'École des loisirs.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-211-23843-4Copied ISBN!
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Vingt mille lieues sous les mers : [texte abrégé]
French language
Published April 5, 1980 by Hachette.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-01-005799-1Copied ISBN!
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino
Paperback, 600 pages
Published July 3, 2012 by Alianza Editorial.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-206-0842-6Copied ISBN!
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers 2
French language
Published 2010 by Gallimard Jeunesse.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-07-062995-4Copied ISBN!
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
French language
Published 2005 by Éditions Gallimard.
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- 978-2-07-042483-2Copied ISBN!
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers
French language
Published Aug. 22, 2005 by Groupe Flammarion.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-08-071236-3Copied ISBN!
20,000 leagues under the sea
287 pages
English language
Published July 30, 1980 by Octopus.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7064-1320-5Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 7106178
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino
Published Oct. 30, 2004 by El País.
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- 978-84-96246-32-4Copied ISBN!
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