Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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First published in French in 1864, Jules Verne’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth begins when the eccentric German professor Otto Lidenbrock discovers a cryptic message suggesting a route into the planet’s interior. With his cautious nephew Axel and their resourceful Icelandic guide Hans, he descends through the crater of Snæfellsjökull into a hidden world of subterranean seas, strange geological formations and prehistoric life. Their expedition becomes a test of scientific knowledge, courage and endurance, as the familiar laws of the surface world give way to the astonishing possibilities of the deep.
Combining the spirit of scientific inquiry with the suspense of a great adventure, Verne’s novel reflects the nineteenth century’s fascination with geology, exploration and the unknown. Axel’s fear and wonder temper his uncle’s relentless ambition, giving the story both human warmth and a sense of mounting peril. One of Verne’s foundational Extraordinary Voyages, it helped establish the imaginative territory of science fiction, transforming the Earth itself into a place of mystery and discovery.
From the book
“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.”
— Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth
On Journey to the Centre of the Earth
“Verne’s imagination is at its most exuberant.”
— The Guardian