Journey to the Center of the Earth (Extraordinary Voyages) - Softcover

Verne, Jules

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451532155 ISBN 13: 9780451532152

Publisher: Signet, 2012

Synopsis

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.

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. A high-tension odyssey, it depicts three men who venture into an unknown, fearsome underworld to discover what lies at the mysterious center of the earth--while risking their chances of ever returning to the surface alive.

With an Introduction by Bear Grylls
and an Afterword by Leonard Nimoy

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Review:

"Verne's imagination has given us some of the greatest adventure stories of all time."
"-- Daily Mail

""Journey to the Centre of the Earth is one of the most famous novels ever written. Verne has left us an extraordinary book, which has withstood the test of time better than some of the science described within it. It has brought delight to generations of readers, and will for many more. There is nothing so rare as the chance to take an impossible journey, and to believe it so powerfully that we wonder if we will make it out alive. That's magic. And that's Verne's gift."
"--"Michael Crichton, "Daily Telegraph"

"Fantasised a parallel world to ours under the earth's crust. This hypothesis was both popular and subscribed to, even by reputable scientists, in the 19th century. Verne's tale... remains the best of its (scientifically) preposterous kind."
"--"John Sutherland, "Guardian"

From the Publisher:

This wonderful series is brought back to life in freshly coloured new UK editions, designed to entrance and engage another generation. Issue 6 of the new series. As collectable, and as readable, as ever. Great for reluctant readers too. War of the Worlds, Oliver Twist, The Man in the Iron Mask and Robin Hood already available.

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0451532155
• ISBN 13: 9780451532152
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 320