Journey to the Center of the Earth

One hundred fifty years later, Jules Verne's epic novel of science and adventure is just as thrilling as when it was first published

A dirty slip of parchment falls from the pages of an ancient manuscript. Deciphered by the indefatigable Otto Liedenbrock, professor of geology, and his reluctant nephew, Axel, the parchment's coded message is a wild assertion made by a medieval alchemist: Inside a volcano in Iceland is a passageway to the center of the earth. Impossible, says Axel-the tempe...