From the discovery of a strange parchment in an old bookseller s shop to the fantastic descent through a dormant volcano into a subterranean world of danger and beauty, A Journey to the Center of the Earth is as wonderfully entertaining today as when it was first published.
A high-tension odyssey, i.
One of Jules Verne s finest novels, its unique combination of hard science and vivid imagination helped establish this brilliant Frenchman as the father of modern science fiction.
From the discovery of a strange parchment in an old bookseller s shop to the fantastic descent through a dormant volcano into a subterranean world of danger and beauty, A Journey to the Center of the Earth is as wonderfully entertaining today as when it was first published
