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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

by Jules Verne

Science fiction · Fantasy · Adventure

Open Library OL1099513W

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth was first published in French, then reissued a revised and expanded edition. Professor Otto Lidenbrock is the tale's central figure, an eccentric German scientist who decodes a message from a 16th century Icelandic alchemist who claims to have reached to the very center of the earth via volcanic tubes in the crater of the celebrated inactive Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull.

About the author

Jules Verne (1828–1905) is represented here by 9 public-domain titles, including A Floating City, and The Blockade Runners, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and All Around the Moon. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for Jules Verne.

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