Journey to the Center of the Earth
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3.4 • 54 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
Many credit Jules Verne with inventing the genre of science fiction. In this novel, the author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days whisks us back in time and deep into the earth’s core. We follow eccentric scientist Otto Lidenbrock and his team on a dangerous exploration to an Icelandic volcano that he believes is actually a tunnel to the center of the earth. The deeper the group travels, the more treacherous the landscape becomes, littered with the bones of ancient animals and besieged by electrical storms hurling fireballs from above. But the biggest surprise of all may be waiting for them when they finally emerge…
Published in 1864, Journey to the Center of the Earth is riddled with scientific inaccuracies, all of which were based on the accepted theories of Verne’s day. That context only adds to the enjoyment of the story—and doesn’t detract from the amazing fact that Verne accurately predicted a staggering number of future inventions.
Customer Reviews
Great story, terrible voice acting.
An absolute classic story, but as others have mentioned, the voice acting is very difficult to listen to.
Due to the voice actor generally speaking at a slower than average pace and with an over exaggerated manner, I found that if you set the playback speed to 1.5 it makes it a bit more enjoyable.
Not bad for a classic
I’ve very much enjoyed the story but at times it’s very hard to listen too. The voice “actor” is hamming up a supposed sadness and whinging where the story does not seem warranted. If I was reading the words, I’m sure the story would have a much different feel to it, but with the voice actor almost “crying” words of such suffering pity, it’s hard to reconcile the words I’m hearing to emotions that seem to be “forced” into the story. It’s just an odd choice on the part of the producer to insert such emotion where perhaps the story does not warrant it. This kind of audio book might suit some, but not I.
Kill me now
Seriously… the worst narration I’ve ever heard