Journey into the Interior of the Earth

by Jules Verne

Journey to the Center of the Earth  (1877)  by Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson

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a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre in 1864). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the Earth". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.

This 1877 translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson is considered the most faithful, though it has some slight rewrites.

Book cover for an earlier 1874 edition.

Contents

• Translator's preface
• Chapter I: The professor and his family
• Chapter II: A mystery to be solved at any price
• Chapter III: The runic writing exercises the professor
• Chapter IV: The enemy to be starved into submission
• Chapter V: Famine, then victory, followed by dismay
• Chapter VI: Exciting discussions about an unparalleled enterprise
• Chapter VII: A woman's courage
• Chapter VIII: Serious preparations for vertical descent
• Chapter IX: Iceland! but what next?
• Chapter X: Interesting conversations with Icelandic savants
• Chapter XI: A guide found to the centre of the earth
• Chapter XII: A barren land
• Chapter XIII: Hospitality under the arctic circle
• Chapter XIV: But arctics can be inhospitable, too
• Chapter XV: Snaefell at last
• Chapter XVI: Boldly down the crater
• Chapter XVII: Vertical descent
• Chapter XVIII: The wonders of terrestrial depths
• Chapter XIX: Geological studies in situ
• Chapter XX: The first signs of distress
• Chapter XXI: Compassion fuses the professor's heart
• Chapter XXII: Total failure of water
• Chapter XXIII: Water discovered
• Chapter XXIV: Well said, old mole! canst thou work i' the ground so fast?
• Chapter XXV: De profundis
• Chapter XXVI: The worst peril of all
• Chapter XXVII: Lost in the bowels of the earth
• Chapter XXVIII: The rescue in the whispering gallery
• Chapter XXIX: Thalatta! thalatta!
• Chapter XXX: A new mare internum
• Chapter XXXI: Preparations for a voyage of discovery
• Chapter XXXII: Wonders of the deep
• Chapter XXXIII: A battle of monsters
• Chapter XXXIV: The great geyser
• Chapter XXXV: An electric storm
• Chapter XXXVI: Calm philosophic discussions
• Chapter XXXVII: The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology
• Chapter XXXVIII: The professor in his chair again
• Chapter XXXIX: Forest scenery illuminated by eletricity
• Chapter XL: Preparations for blasting a passage to the centre of the earth
• Chapter XLI: The great explosion and the rush down below
• Chapter XLII: Headlong speed upward through the horrors of darkness
• Chapter XLIII: Shot out of a volcano at last!
• Chapter XLIV: Sunny lands in the blue mediterranean
• Chapter XLV: All's well that ends well

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.