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Journey to the Centre of the Earth

by Jules Verne

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Members' Rating: 4.00from 17 Ratings and 5 Reviews

Tags: Classics, Novel, Science Fiction

ISBN:0553213970

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Science-fiction wizard Jules Verne takes us not to outer space or to the ocean's depths, but straight into the heart of the planet in this astonishing 1864 work. Professor Lidenbrock comes across an ancient manuscript one day, and refuses to let anyone in his house eat or sleep until he has solved the mysterious coded message in it. After days of struggling, at last a solution is found and Lidenbrock discovers that the manuscript tells the story of an ancient Icelandic explorer who claims to have traveled to the center of the earth via a volcano. Surely this is just a legend, for what could be more impossible, we may wonder. Only the incomparable Professor Lidenbrock sees no obstacle to replicating this astounding quest. He quickly sets off, with a nervous crew at hand, to voyage to the earth's core. Strange sights and terrifying dangers await these bold travelers. Will they survive and follow in the ancient explorer's footsteps? Or will this impossible journey prove too much for any human?


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Looking back to all that has occurred to me since that eventful day, I am scarcely able to believe in the reality of my adventures. They were truly so wonderful that even now I am bewildered when I think of them.
My uncle was a German, having married my mother's sister, an Englishwoman. Being very ...

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3/5 3.00

Reviewed by Lolabean on Feb 24, 2009

Disappointing

I really didn't enjoy this book as much as I had hoped to. I found the main character (Henry) to be one of the most irritating characters I have ever come across in literature. To call him melodramatic is the understatement of the century. I also found the other characters to be extremely flat and uninteresting.

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5/5 5.00

Reviewed by JLIsaacs on Jun 29, 2009

Better than I expected

I had worried that the book would be filled with excess description, just to make the image very clear. I was happy to find that Jules Verne managed to make it clear what happened while leaving much of it to my imagination. Definitely worth reading if you want adventure or a trip without the booking fees.

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4/5 4.00

Reviewed by vishnu361 on Mar 5, 2009

good one

this book is really good one, gripping and the way they have broke it into parts is really good....

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3/5 3.00

Reviewed by peachgiraffe on Mar 10, 2009

Not bad

I liked this book and I thought that it was interesting, however, it dragged during thr boring parts making them even more unenjoyable and the exiting parts went by too quickly. When trouble arose and the suspension built, the characters' problems were solved within a page or two.

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3/5 3.00

Reviewed by nyxvlad on Mar 9, 2009

Jules Verne is awesome

...But this might not be his best work. It's enjoyable enough though

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apirat 4.00   2009-03-11
babblative 4.00   2009-03-22
blondierocket 2.00   2008-08-29
butterflybaisers87 4.00   2009-05-06
CandaceKMorales 5.00   2009-09-19
ChnceG 4.00   2008-12-25
cresswga 4.00   2009-03-09
darksilver 5.00   2009-05-14
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