description: An adventurous geology professor chances upon a manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims to have found a route to the earth's core. Professor Lidenbrock can't resist the opportunity to investigate, and with his nephew Axel, he sets off across Iceland in the company of Hans Bjelke, a native guide. The expedition descends into an extinct volcano toward a sunless sea, where they encounter 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.
language: English
title: Journey to the Center of the Earth
titlecomplete: Journey to the Center of the Earth (Puffin Classics)
characters: Otto Liedenbrock, Gräuben, Axel, Hans Bjelke
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, France, Adventure, French Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 192870
places: Snæfellsjökull, Reykjavik (Reykjavík), Hamburg, Stromboli, Inside Earth
publisher: Puffin