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A Journey to the Interior of the Earth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (440 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waiheke Island : The Floating Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A Journey to the Center of the Earth , also translated as A Journey to the Interior of the Earth , follows a man, his nephew and their guide down an Icelandic volcano into the center of the earth. There they encounter an ancient landscape filled with prehistoric animals and natural dangers. There is some discussion as to whether Verne really believed that such things might be found in the center, or whether he shared the alternate view...
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Preface; Chapter I The Professor and His Family; Chapter II A Mystery to Be Solved at Any Price; Chapter III The Runic Writing Exercises the Professor; Chapter IV The Enemy to Be Starved into Submission; Chapter V Famine, then Victory, Followed by Dismay; Chapter VI Exciting Discussions About an Unparalleled Enterprise; Chapter VII A Woman's Courage; Chapter VIII Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent; Chapter IX Iceland! but What Next?; Chapter X Interesting Conversations with Icelandic Savants; Chapter XI A Guide Found to the Centre of the Earth
- Chapter XII A Barren LandChapter XIII Hospitality Under the Arctic Circle; Chapter XIV But Arctics Can Be Inhospitable, Too; Chapter XV SnÆFell at Last; Chapter XVI Boldly Down the Crater; Chapter XVII Vertical Descent; Chapter XVIII The Wonders of Terrestrial Depths; Chapter XIX Geological Studies in Situ; Chapter XX The First Signs of Distress; Chapter XXI Compassion Fuses the Professor's Heart; Chapter XXII Total Failure of Water; Chapter XXIII Water Discovered; Chapter XXIV Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work I' the Ground so Fast?; Chapter XXV De Profundis
- Chapter XXVI The Worst Peril of AllChapter XXVII Lost in the Bowels of the Earth; Chapter XXVIII The Rescue in the Whispering Gallery; Chapter XXIX Thalatta! Thalatta!; Chapter XXX A New Mare Internum; Chapter XXXI Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery; Chapter XXXII Wonders of the Deep; Chapter XXXIII A Battle of Monsters; Chapter XXXIV The Great Geyser; Chapter XXXV An Electric Storm; Chapter XXXVI Calm Philosophic Discussions; Chapter XXXVII The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology; Chapter XXXVIII The Professor in His Chair Again; Chapter XXXIX Forest Scenery Illuminated by Eletricity
- Chapter XL Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the EarthChapter XLI The Great Explosion and the Rush Down Below; Chapter XLII Headlong Speed Upward Through the Horrors of Darkness; Chapter XLIII Shot Out of a Volcano at Last!; Chapter XLIV Sunny Lands in the Blue Mediterranean; Chapter XLV All's Well that Ends Well; Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-77556-396-0
- OCLC:
- 630530574
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