Journey to the Center of the Earth

About this book

When eccentric German professor Otto Lidenbrock deciphers a coded runic manuscript hinting at a passage to the earth's core, he drags his reluctant nephew Axel on a descent through an Icelandic volcano into a hidden underground world. Down there they find towering mushroom forests, an ocean lit by electrical storms, prehistoric creatures long thought extinct, and dangers that test whether either of them will ever see daylight again. First published in 1864, Jules Verne's pioneering adventure remains one of the foundational works of science fiction.