A Journey to the centre of the Earth

By Jules Verne

Summary• A Journey to the Centre of the Earth is the story of a secret

expedition beneath the earth’s surface, down through geologicspace and time to an imagined subterranean world. Narrated byAxel Lidenbrock, one of the three adventurers, it tells how he, Professor Otto Lidenbrock, and their guide, Hans Bjelke, descendthe chimney of an extinct volcano near Reykjavik, Iceland, proceedto unknown regions, and then, miraculously, survive a volcanic eruption which shoots them to the surface again from the mouthof Mount Etna. To find out more read the book!!

About the Author

• Jules Gabriel Verne was born Febuary 8,1828 born in Nantes, Brittany Died March 24, 1905 at age 77. He was a Amiens, France Occupation Author Language Nationality French Genres. Science Fiction Notable work(s) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty DaysSpouse(s) Honorine Hebe du Fraysse de Viane (Morel) Verne Children Michael Verne and step-daughters Valentine and Suzanne Morel