The story begins in Hamburg, 1863. The brilliant Professor Lidenbrock, inspired by an ancient, encoded manuscript, decides to take his reluctant nephew Axel on a seemingly insane mission: to travel down volcanic tunnels to the very center of the earth. With Hans, their intrepid Icelandic guide, they descend deeper and deeper, encountering terrifying prehistoric animals and passing through unimaginably beautiful landscapes. Will Axel ever again see his beloved fiancee Grauben?

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An analysis of the way postmodern novels respond to changes in the experience of time.

Now available in a new translation, this classic of nineteenth century French literature has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel travel across Iceland, and then down through an extinct crater toward a sunless sea wherethey enter a living past and are confronted with the origins of man. Exploring the prehistory of the globe, this novel can also be read as a psychological quest, for the journey itself is as important as arrival or discovery. Verne's distinctive combination of realism and Romanticism has markedfigures as diverse as Sartre and Tournier, Mark Twain and Conan Doyle.

Fast-moving and accessible, each story in this series is a shortened, illustrated version of the classic novel, which loses none of the strength and flavour of the original. Each book also contains biographical details of the original author, and a glossary of unusual words and activity suggestions.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth 3D- Movie Release 25 September Based on Jules Verne's classic novel, this movie follows Trever Anderson and his nephew as they travel to Iceland to solve the disappearance of Tevor's brother Max, who believed that Verne's novel was in fact, non-fiction. Guided by the beautiful mountaineer Hannah, the group follows Max's tail, finding themselves on an amazing journey to the centre of the earth. Fans will love re-living the film in this gorgeous book full of pictures, quotations character information and more! Contains a gatefold with behind-the-scenes info!

This adaptation of the original story is presented in the format of a novel study, complete with exercises and vocabulary lists, and is geared for the language arts classes of grades 4 and 5.

An adventurous geology professor mounts an expedition that descends into a subterranean world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests, and fantastic marine life -- a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of human existence. Jules Verne's 19th-century action classic has the added appeal of a psychological quest, in which the journey is as significant as the destination.