Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre.) The story involves a professor who leads a group of explorers and scientists down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the Earth". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy. From a scientific point of view, this story has not aged quite as well as other Verne stories, since most of his ideas about what the interior of the Earth is like have since been proven wrong. However, a redeeming point to the story is Verne's own belief, told within the novel from the viewpoint of a character, that the inside of the Earth does indeed differ from that which the characters encounter.

External links

• Jules Verne - easy to read HTML format of Verne's books.
• Journey to the Interior of the Earth - in easy to read HTML format.
• Voyage au Centre de la Terre - in easy to read HTML format (French text).
• {{gutenberg|no=3748|name=A Journey to the Interior of the Earth}} (English)
• {{gutenberg|no=4791|name=Voyage au Centre de la Terre}} (French)