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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20,000 leagues under the sea
102 pages
English language
Published July 30, 1976 by D. McKay Co..
- ISBN:
- 978-0-679-20373-5Copied ISBN!
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas
464 pages
English language
Published June 15, 2019 by Oxford University Press.
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- 978-0-19-881864-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 41551819
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published Nov. 12, 2019 by Royal Classics.
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- 978-1-77226-827-0Copied ISBN!
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Hardcover, 96 pages
Published Nov. 7, 2017 by White Star Kids.
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- 978-88-544-1183-8Copied ISBN!
Veinte mil Leguas de Viaje Submarino / 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Biblioteca Tematica / Thematic Library)
Paperback, 554 pages
Spanish language
Published June 30, 2005 by Alianza.
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- 978-84-206-3612-2Copied ISBN!
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Paperback, 210 pages
Published March 26, 2012 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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- 978-1-4495-8208-1Copied ISBN!
A Journey into the Center of the Earth
Paperback, 234 pages
Published June 8, 2017 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
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- 978-1-5472-4720-2Copied ISBN!
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Paperback, 264 pages
Published March 18, 2014 by Corundum Classics.
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- 978-1-62375-039-8Copied ISBN!
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Hardcover, 230 pages
Published Sept. 29, 2002 by Jaico Publishing House.
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- 978-81-7992-003-9Copied ISBN!
Viaje Al Centro De La Tierra / Journey to the Center of the Earth
Hardcover, 45 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 26, 2000 by Arte Grafico Editorial Argentino.
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- 978-950-782-081-6Copied ISBN!
20 000 Meilen unter dem Meer
Hardcover, 422 pages
German language
Published Sept. 23, 1990 by Verlag Neues Leben.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-355-01062-7Copied ISBN!
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Paperback
English language
Published June 10, 1984 by Pendulum Press, Inc.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-88301-135-5Copied ISBN!
A journey to the center of the earth
238 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2002 by ABDO Pub..
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- 978-1-57765-689-0Copied ISBN!
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Audio cassette
English language
Published June 10, 1998 by Audio Literature.
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- 978-0-7871-1452-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 39959511
A journey to the center of the earth
238 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 1995 by Baronet Books.
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- 978-0-86611-960-3Copied ISBN!
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