Journey to the Center of the Earth Contributor(s): Verne, Jules (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486440885 ISBN-13: 9780486440880 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $5.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: The intrepid Professor Lindenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the geologist--together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans--discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction adventure and a reflection on the perfectibility of human understanding and the psychology of the questor. As David Brin notes in his Introduction, though Verne never knew the term "science fiction," Journey to the Centre of the Earth is "inarguably one of the wellsprings from which it all began." |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2004059316 |
Lexile Measure: 620 |
Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.25" W x 8.25" (0.30 lbs) 155 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 535 Reading Level: 9.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who ever lived." -- Arthur C. Clarke |