Journey to the Center of the Earth (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jules Verne
- First Published: 1864
- Type of Work: Science fiction
- Time of Work: The 1860’s
- Setting: Hamburg, Germany; Iceland; the subterranean strata; and Stromboli, Italy
- Principal Characters: Axel Lidenbrock, Otto Lidenbrock, Hans Bjelke, Grauben Lidenbrock
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Africa or Africans, Voyages, France or French people, Nineteenth century, Other worlds, Islands, Fantasy, World War I, Adventure, Germany or German people, Volcanoes, Iceland or Icelanders, Subterranean or underground regions
- Locales: Iceland, Hamburg, Germany, Stromboli, Italy
The Novel
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth is the story of a secret expedition beneath the earth’s surface, down through geologic space and time to an imagined subterranean world. Narrated by Axel Lidenbrock, one of the three adventurers, it tells how he, Professor Otto Lidenbrock, and their guide, Hans Bjelke, descend the chimney of an extinct volcano near Reykjavik, Iceland, proceed to unknown regions, and then, miraculously, survive a volcanic eruption which shoots them to the surface again from the mouth of Mount Etna.
The novel begins in the...
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