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Journey to the Center of the Earth

Jules Verne, translated by F A Malleson

Novelsabout 8 h 15 min of listening

Prompted by a mysterious Icelandic manuscript, a professor and his nephew, with the aid of a local guide, adventure to the center of the earth through the crater of a dormant volcano.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. I: The Professor and His Family
  3. II: A Mystery to Be Solved at Any Price
  4. III: The Runic Writing Exercises the Professor
  5. IV: The Enemy to Be Starved Into Submission
  6. V: Famine, Then Victory, Followed by Dismay
  7. VI: Exciting Discussions About an Unparalleled Enterprise
  8. VII: A Woman’s Courage
  9. VIII: Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent
  10. IX: Iceland! But What Next?
  11. X: Interesting Conversations with Icelandic Savants
  12. XI: A Guide Found to the Centre of the Earth
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  1. XII: A Barren Land
  2. XIII: Hospitality Under the Arctic Circle
  3. XIV: But Arctics Can Be Inhospitable, Too
  4. XV: Snæfells at Last
  5. XVI: Boldly Down the Crater
  6. XVII: Vertical Descent
  7. XVIII: The Wonders of Terrestrial Depths
  8. XIX: Geological Studies In Situ
  9. XX: The First Signs of Distress
  10. XXI: Compassion Fuses the Professor’s Heart
  11. XXII: Total Failure of Water
  12. XXIII: Water Discovered
  13. XXIV: Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work i’ the Ground So Fast?
  14. XXV: De Profundis
  15. XXVI: The Worst Peril of All
  16. XXVII: Lost in the Bowels of the Earth
  17. XXVIII: The Rescue in the Whispering Gallery
  18. XXIX: Thalatta! Thalatta!
  19. XXX: A New Mare Internum
  20. XXXI: Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery
  21. XXXII: Wonders of the Deep
  22. XXXIII: A Battle of Monsters
  23. XXXIV: The Great Geyser
  24. XXXV: An Electric Storm
  25. XXXVI: Calm Philosophic Discussions
  26. XXXVII: The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology
  27. XXXVIII: The Professor in His Chair Again
  28. XXXIX: Forest Scenery Illuminated by Electricity
  29. XL: Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth
  30. XLI: The Great Explosion and the Rush Down Below
  31. XLII: Headlong Speed Upward Through the Horrors of Darkness
  32. XLIII: Shot Out of a Volcano at Last!
  33. XLIV: Sunny Lands in the Blue Mediterranean
  34. XLV: All’s Well That Ends Well
  35. Endnotes
  36. List of Illustrations
  37. Colophon
  38. Uncopyright

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