Journey to the Center of the Earth
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4.0 • 644 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
Story and Reader
A little slow going on the story in the beginning. Narrator does good to display emotion in voice
Wow
Forward thinking for 1865!! Excellent story. Excellent audio narration
The narrator isn’t as bad as they are making him to be
The narrator is loud and excited and he is very happy but he isn’t as bad as everyone is saying honestly I was scared to listen to it due to the reviews but it really isn’t that bad. In the book it had a lot of large words and an extremely large vocabulary but it’s how it’s written in the book the narrator is not showing off in any way. The book is an amazing book and yea the accent is a little off putting but it really is not bad at all and I really enjoyed listening to this book.