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In Sneffels Jokulis craterem, quem delibat umbra Scartaris, Julii intra kalendas descende, audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges; quod feci. Professor Lidenbrock is a man of astonishing impatience, and departs for Iceland immediately, taking his reluctant nephew with him. Axel, who, in comparison, is anti-adventurous, repeatedly tries to reason with him, explaining his fears of descending into a volcano and putting forward various scientific theories as to why the journey is impossible, but Professor Lidenbrock repeatedly keeps himself blinded against Axel's point of view.

In late June, they reach the volcano, which has three craters. According to Saknussemm's message, the passage to the center of the Earth is through the one crater that is touched by the shadow of a nearby mountain peak at noon. However, the text also states that this is only true during the last days of June. During the next few days, with July rapidly approaching, the weather is too cloudy for any shadows. Alas for Axel, however, on the second to last day, the sun comes out and the mountain peak shows the correct crater to take.

After descending into the crater, the three travellers set off into the bowels of the Earth, encountering many strange phenomena and great dangers, including a chamber filled with firedamp , and steep-sided wells around the "path". After taking a wrong turn, they run out of water and Axel almost dies, but Hans taps into a neighbouring subterranean river. Lidenbrock and Axel name the resulting stream the "Hansbach" in his honour and the three are saved. At another point, Axel becomes separated from the others and is lost several miles from them.

Luckily, a strange acoustic phenomenon allows him to communicate with them from some miles away, and they are soon reunited.

Voyage au Centre de la Terre / Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999) [Français] - Noe Pro

After descending many miles, following the course of the Hansbach, they reach an unimaginably vast cavern. This underground world is lit by electrically charged gas at the ceiling, and is filled with a very deep subterranean ocean, surrounded by a rocky coastline covered in petrified trees and giant mushrooms.

The travelers build a raft out of trees and set sail. While on the water, they see several prehistoric creatures such as a giant Ichthyosaurus , which fights with a Plesiosaurus and wins. After the battle between the monsters, the party comes across an island with a huge geyser , which Lidenbrock names "Axel Island".

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A lightning storm again threatens to destroy the raft and its passengers, but instead throws them onto the coastline. This part of the coast, Axel discovers, is alive with prehistoric plant and animal life forms, including giant insects and a herd of mastodons. On a beach covered with bones, Axel discovers an oversized human skull. Axel and Lidenbrock venture some way into the prehistoric forest, where Professor Lidenbrock points out, in a shaky voice, a prehistoric human, more than twelve feet in height, leaning against a tree and watching a herd of mastodons.

Axel cannot be sure if he has really seen the man or not, and he and Professor Lidenbrock debate whether or not a proto-human civilization actually exists so far underground. The three wonder if the creature is a man-like ape, or an ape-like man. The sighting of the creature is considered the most alarming part of the story, and the explorers decide that it is better not to alert it to their presence as they fear it may be hostile.

The travellers continue to explore the coastline, and find a passageway marked by Saknussemm as the way ahead. However, it is blocked by what appears to be a recent cave-in and two of the three, Hans and the Professor, despair at being unable to hack their way through the granite wall. The adventurers plan to blast the rock with gun cotton and paddle out to sea to escape the blast.

Upon executing the plan, however, they discover that behind the rockfall was a seemingly bottomless pit, not a passage to the center of the Earth. The travellers are swept away as the sea rushes into the large open gap in the ground. After spending hours being swept along at lightning speeds by the water, the raft ends up inside a large volcanic chimney filling with water and magma.

Terrified, the three are rushed upwards, through stifling heat, and are ejected onto the surface from a side-vent of a stratovolcano. When they regain consciousness, they discover that they have been ejected from Stromboli , a volcanic island located in southern Italy. The Professor has some regret that their journey was cut short. At the very end of the book, Axel and Lidenbrock realize why their compass was behaving strangely after their journey on the raft. They realize that the needle was pointing the wrong way after being struck by an electric fireball which nearly destroyed the wooden raft.

The book was inspired by Charles Lyell 's Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man of and probably also influenced by Lyell's earlier ground-breaking work Principles of Geology , published — By that time geologists had abandoned a literal biblical account of Earth's development and it was generally thought that the end of the last glacial period marked the first appearance of humanity, but Lyell drew on new findings to put the origin of human beings much further back in the deep geological past.

It is noteworthy that at the time of writing Verne had no hesitation with having sympathetic German protagonists with whom the reader could identify. Verne's attitude to Germans would drastically change in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War. After , the sympathetic if eccentric Professor Otto Lidenbrock would be replaced in Verne's fiction by the utterly evil and demonic Professor Schultze of The Begum's Fortune.

The first English edition was published in its entirety by Henry Vickers in 12 installments of a Boys magazine entitled "The Boys Journal". The plates are more numerous than the book form which was published with an title page. If it was released in as a single volume it was late in the year.

This "True" first edition also found in an octavo normal book size not Annual size , has been overlooked by bibliographers. Verne's narrator is not sympathetic at all. His persistent whining m Seriously, what is this book? His persistent whining made me wish he would die in the center of the earth. I pitied the poor girl who was destined to marry him when he returned from his trip.

About pages into the story, one of the characters says that the journey is now about to begin. I felt that way by that point. The pages leading up to this did not have any material that warrented this delay in the story. The journey itself, though, was not even that interesting. I found myself repeated saying, "I don't care what happens to these characters. Just end the book already. It will be a much better experience. I'm not going to go into a description of the plot because the title says it all.

I will only give my overall opinion. In picking this book up from the library I had fantastic preconceived images burned into my mind of what I might expect to read prehestoric animals, humanoids, battles, escapes, etc. I was more than a little disappointed to find it lacking most of those mentioned. I have read books like "Snowcrash" that blow my preconceived notions away with more than expected surprises, but " I'm not going to go into a description of the plot because the title says it all. I have read books like "Snowcrash" that blow my preconceived notions away with more than expected surprises, but "Journey to the Center of the Earth" left me wanting.

There are points in the story that are attention grabbing, such as discussing AS's book and the battle between the sea beasts, but for the most part it is just a story about the off-beat travels of three men. Another problem is the writing style. I would parallel it to "The Invisible Man" and "Catcher in the Rye" in the use of over-description and general wordiness. At times you just skip pages to get on with the journey. Verne describes in two pages what could have said in two sentences.

Of course, if you are being paid by the word I question the use of 'classic' for the above mentioned books because first and foremost, they must be enjoyable reads and I didn't find any of them can't-put-the-book-down-good. Second, they must be applicable to more than just the day they were written. Unless 'classic' is meant to mean 'old' the term just doesn't apply to these books. I'm sure back in this was considered an interesting story, but in I personally cannot read any more of this. In summary, they found a note that led them to an underground tunnel in Iceland where they so far have discussed rocks, their lack of water, more rocks, finding water, and a whole lot of walking.

The main character is currently lost and I am at a loss for how anyone short of a geologi I'm sure back in this was considered an interesting story, but in I personally cannot read any more of this. The main character is currently lost and I am at a loss for how anyone short of a geologist would find this story entertaining thus far.

Now, it may or may not have something to do with the translation - apparently the English translation published by Griffith and Farran in and is one of the most widely used English versions today didn't just translate the book, it re-wrote parts of the book. And mine definitely has him named as Hardwigg, so I've got the crappy revisionist version of this story apparently. So I can't say how much I have not enjoyed this book relates to the book or to the specific translation of the book. Maybe the book gets a lot more interesting in the second half but I just can't do it, even with the incentive of being close to the end of the year and being so close to my GR reading goal.

It wasn't bad, per se, but it was a little boring.

Voyage au centre de la terre. English

And certainly there is not enough to discuss for two hours! I was surprised at all of the legit though outdated science in it. I thought this was going to be more like The Time Machine , and that they were going to discover an entire civilization under the earth or something.

I'd've been interested in an annotated version that talked about all the science presented, in terms of a what was thought to be true at the time it was written a It wasn't bad, per se, but it was a little boring. I'd've been interested in an annotated version that talked about all the science presented, in terms of a what was thought to be true at the time it was written and b what is known to be true now.

Some stuff is obvious, but some at least to me isn't. It's funny, I read this right after I finished Les Miserables. Both were written in French within two years of each other, but they couldn't be more different. At one point in the very beginning I thought the girlfriend was going to get to come along, but then she didn't. Because she's a girl. And I was a little disappointed. I'll save the rest for the book club. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The possibility of them getting there is the reason I wanted to read this, but no, they basically just take One of my favorite books ever is Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

It took way too long for the journey to actually begin the first half of the book the characters are just preparing for it. The story could have been good if the characters and their relationships were more interesting, but they bored me to death. The most interesting part of the book was when they saw a 12 feet tall human-like creature underground, but all they did was run away and talk about the it — was it really human, could there be a human civilization somewhere under the surface of the Earth?

I want to read all of the Extraordinary Voyages books — there must be some other that are as incredible as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The Journey did not hold my attention well, and I picked up other books before finishing it. I know, I know, after looking up the word for "Fear of Darkness", I went overboard on the phobias.

After all it is Science Fiction. I actually think Verne was showi The Journey did not hold my attention well, and I picked up other books before finishing it. I actually think Verne was showing off his "well read awareness" by dropping the names of every popular geologist, zoologist, naturalist, explorer, physicist, chemist, anthropologist, inventor, paleontologist, botanist, topographer, and all the other scient ist of the his time.

I really was hoping for more adventurous encounters. I wanted to be blown away by this. As the first story of Verne's that I've ever read, I wanted to be amazed at the tale he told and be eager to read everything else he wrote. Instead, I found myself bored and largely disinterested by the plot. There are apparently two editions for this book: This is a children's edition, which means that there aren't any notes and the chapters are titled instead of numbered, with very obvious titles like "We Reach Iceland" and "Inside the Crater".

You could read the list of chapters and get the whole story, really. It's also kept the original names of the characters - the narrator is Axel, not what was it, Henry? Both are German names, There are apparently two editions for this book: Both are German names, but I guess Henry sounds more English! This isn't an abridged edition, but there is an additional scene in the non-children's edition that I hear isn't authentic to Verne. Honestly, I was just happy to have this end. In her introduction, Diana Wynne-Jones talks of reading and loving this book at the age of As I was reading it, I kept thinking, ten?

On the one hand, the loopy science and fantastical inner world would certainly appeal to children, though if I had read it at the age of ten I certainly would have questioned the science just as much as now; on the other hand, the descriptions are so hard to follow because the writing is poor and the story so often dull and slow, that I don't know that I would have ever finished it. A great portion of the story is concerned with discovering the secret map in code, assembling a ridiculous list of supplies that makes no logical sense, in terms of food and water - sorry, rum , getting to Iceland, and then traversing rock corridors within the volcano.

And they never do reach the centre of the earth. Where they arrive at is a vast inner world, with its own sky and sea and cliffs and giant humans, giant sea monsters and weird colourless plants. And then suddenly they're on the surface again. There's not much too it, and while Axel provides the foil to his eccentric scientist uncle, Professor Lidenbrock, he's one very annoying young man. The constant complaining although he's often right - he says what we're thinking, much of the time and whinging make him sound like a petulant little boy, and not much fun to be around either.

I didn't like the Professor much at all either - he's completely lacking in charisma and can't listen to others. The real hero of the story is Hans, their Icelandic guide, who saves them time and time again, and without whom they would have perished before even making it inside the volcano. But don't worry, he got his pay! Overall, not one I'd recommend, though I hear Verne's other two famous books are better written. View all 14 comments. First off, this edition has some issues with the names.

The cover names the characters from the original French version while the text itself changes them which they did when they translated it into English for some reason. So not only was that confusing, but the narrator is sometimes called Henry and sometimes Harry. So if you're going to read this or buy it, get a better edition. The story was drier than I expected. I grew up watching the Pat Boone, James Mason movie of the book which is pre First off, this edition has some issues with the names.

I grew up watching the Pat Boone, James Mason movie of the book which is pretty exciting. I know now that much of that was added by the movie makes and wasn't in the book at all. But the parts of the movie that are in the book are exciting whereas the book is It's pretty much a step-by-step report of what they did: That said, I felt much better about having read this when I read the afterword by Andre Norton probably the only thing this edition has going for it besides the awesome cover art.

I will include a selection from it: Wells, the other giant of the science-fiction field, but their chosen styles are very different. Verne's characters go through their adventure rather stolidly,the accent is placed on their learning rather than their feeling. From this approach there has sprung the type of story known today as "hard" science fiction, as opposed to the stories where action or interaction outweighs knowledge or the discovery of knowledge alone. The discovery is more important than the development of character On the other hand, HG Wells was primarily interested in human reaction to unusual discoveries, the ability of mankind to adjust to new demands.

Verne's people, for all their physical participation in exciting action, were, at heart, only spectator-reporters, while Wells' were subject to inner stress. Fearful of what this discovery may lead to Axel is initially determined not to reveal it to his uncle believing he alone will never solve it. However, when his uncle refuses to let anyone in the household eat until the riddle is solved, hunger finally forces Axel to yield the message, which is: At the time there is a raging scientific debate as to whether the centre of the Earth is cold or hot with the Professor believing it to be the former.

He envisages this trip as his opportunity to prove his way of thinking is right. Once on Iceland they hire a guide called Hans and set of on an exciting and dangerous adventure. Firstly I think that it is only fair that I admit that I'm not really a fan of science-fiction and when this is coupled with the fact that the action takes place on earth making the science behind it all the more improbable, then I am going to struggle. My main concern is the lack of character development. Throughout the Professor is portrayed as intrepid explorer who seems to have a logical explanation for everything contrasted with Axel, the cowardly voice of reason trying vainly to oppose him, whereas Hans is a largely silent, steadfast, dependable, unflappable, unquestioning servant.

Whilst this did cause a certain amount a contrast and friction between the characters, I cannot in all honestly say that I particularly took to any of them. However, if you are able to put all this to one side and read it purely as a boys' own adventure story then, despite its age and the fact that there are no car chases or gun battles, it still has its place and why it is still read and enjoyed today. I was into Accounting before then by some miracle I was able to switch to Literature and I never had a knack for Science.

I'd rather swim into a pit of hot smoking lava than read tongue-twisting, mind-boggling scientific terms that I will never use in my life. This book has so much science and logic in it, a brain like mine would take their pillow out and go into deep slumber whenever I start reading scientifically subjective chapters like these. A book, even Dull. A book, even if it's sci-fi, is supposed to be understandable by everyone and this was not the case with it. Meh, not the greatest. I enjoyed parts, but overall I'd rather watch the movie. I think because I read this after watching the movie, I was expecting a lot more to happen than what did.

And there was a weird mix of mentioning God and then talk of evolution and different "periods" of the earth, and how man is supposedly , years old. I mean, they believe God is the Creator but then they go on about evolution, like He just threw some life on the earth and said "be what you may, survival of th Meh, not the greatest. I mean, they believe God is the Creator but then they go on about evolution, like He just threw some life on the earth and said "be what you may, survival of the fittest and all that.

I probably wouldn't recommend this to anyone. Everything that I liked about 20, Leagues was not present in this book. Very thin plot with little to no character development. Overall I found it very dry and nothing of interest happens until past the halfway point. Why this is considered a classic children's novel I'll never know.

Unless your kid wants to be a geologist, I think they'd fall asleep after the first chapter. So, decided to pick this one up because I wanted to make a comparison between H. Wells and Jules Verne. Wells published a good 25 years after Verne so I can see where Wells might be influenced by Verne. Truly, Verne is ahead of his time both in scientific thought and in accessibility of his storytelling.

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Despite being published in s, this read incredibly modern which I appreciated as some of the Victorian writers could be a bit verbose. Our story follows 3 explorers as they enter a dormant So, decided to pick this one up because I wanted to make a comparison between H. Our story follows 3 explorers as they enter a dormant volcano crater with the intent of reaching the 'Center of the Earth'. As you can imagine, it's filled with scientific holes simply based on the science afforded nowadays. This really does cater to the earth within the earth theory and our explorers find amazing things that are impossible but nevertheless entertaining.

Mostly because, as the title suggest, most of the time is spent on this journey describing rock, lava, theories upon theories, etc, etc. It was just not my thing but I plowed through it and once they got the the 'center' I enjoyed it much more. I did think the characters were one-dimensional and this lack of vivacity made the book lack in human tension.

The Professor was just that - a man of science with little want or need for human compassion or understanding. Our narrator, Axel, was the screaming voice of reason and an overall weak character that crumbled under the Professor's will and then there's Hans, a character afforded the most disservice. Hans was a simple-minded Icelander and his personality was comparative to a rock. The stereotypes were cringy and because of the lack of connection I was not concerned if they would survive or not because I didn't become attached to any of the characters. Overall, the book did not make me feel anything.

That to me is incredibly problematic in a novel. Perhaps it was because I went in with the image of the s film adaptation, I expected more. There was literally one female character and she was as pleasant and bland as you can expect. Now, I have to keep in mind that this is a s sci-fi novel but I think with all of the retellings going on nowadays, a retelling of the classic Sci-Fi books would be absolutely awesome. Inject some modern science along with kick-ass ladies and morally ambiguous characters and it could be a trend. I already own 20, Leagues Under the Sea so I shall be reading that at some point but definitely not right now.

I didn't enjoy this book at all. I read the Puffin Classics English translation; the 'Axel' version. Originally written in French by Jules Verne this "sci-fi classic" is jumpy, unbelievable and factually incorrect though forgivable as it was written in Oh I didn't mention tedious, this book is incredibly tedious. The characters are boring and predictable. Parts of the story which could have been really interesting are in I didn't enjoy this book at all.

Parts of the story which could have been really interesting are instead frequently dismissed. Here is all you need to know about the stupid, boring characters: The Professor - He's like, really smart okay! He is the classic "mad professor" archetype. He's not that mad just irresponsible, self-centred and impatient.

He is an incredibly annoying plot device used to make this journey believable - oh if anyone could make this journey it is the mad prof. Axel - The teenage narrator and nephew of the professor. From his name you might imagine he is manly and brave: The professor, when not leading Axel to his certain death either scolds or laughs at Axel's healthy cautiousness. Hans - The group's Icelandic guide and resident Superhero.

He is the strong silent type - oh Hans, what are you thinking about, you're so dreamy. His superhero like abilities and unwavering loyalty to Axel and the prof.


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I would not recommend anyone read this book. Oh, the book also features cousin marriage - yay! I read Around the World in 80 Days and was enchanted, it was lovely. So I prepared myself to settle in for quite a ride of Jules Verne adventures for a while. I picked this novel up next, and I was bored. How could I be bored?

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These fellas were going to hike down a volcano, find a fissure, and continue to the middle of the Earth, all because of some cryptic message they found inside of a book?! I'm not sure if it was just the topic, geology, that bored me, or if it was the ridiculousness of the I read Around the World in 80 Days and was enchanted, it was lovely. I'm not sure if it was just the topic, geology, that bored me, or if it was the ridiculousness of the premise. All the theories we have about the structure of the core of earth are false and there is actually a whole world inside of our earth, not some molten core of incredible temperature.

Okay, so I can suspend my disbelief just fine, I read a LOT of fiction, I've read plenty of science fiction and fantasy that are not even close to being steeped in actual science, but this book played around too much with real science and made up nonsense, and then tied it together with predictable escapades that were just too easy to get out of. There were so many parts that I wanted to yell "come on!

Stop taking the easy way out! It could have been so much more. I'm going to give another Verne a chance, because I do think I may have been more put off by the topic and premise than the actual writing. There were parts of this story, to be fair, that were almost delightful, but then I forgot them and was bored again.