Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Jules Verne Édouard Riou (Illustratør) Ned Halley (Introduksjon)

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When the chance discovery of an ancient cryptogram reveals a path to the Underworld, the adventurous Professor Otto Lidenbrock sets off to Iceland, determined to reach the centre of the earth. But nothing can prepare him and his nephew Axel for what they will find beneath the ground; measureless caverns and vast subterranean seas reveal all of the earth's known history and more, while dinosaurs do battle, giant men herd mastodons, and danger and excitement wait around every corner.

Richly illustrated by Édouard Riou, the French painter and illustrator who worked with Jules Verne on six of his novels, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Journey to the Centre of the Earth also includes an afterword by Ned Halley.

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Detaljer

Forlag: Macmillan Collector's Library
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN: 9781509827886
Utgivelsesår: 2017
Format: 16 x 10 cm

Om forfatteren

Jules Gabriel Verne was born in France in 1828 and was destined to follow his father into the legal profession. He trained for the bar in Paris but took more readily to literary life, befriending Dumas and Hugo, and making his living by writing librettos. His first science-based novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was published in 1862 and made him famous. Verne went on to write dozens more such adventures, including Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). In later life, he entered local politics at Amiens, where he had a home, and also lived in Paris, in the street now named Boulevard Jules Verne. He died in 1905.

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Ronny K – 15.02.2005

– Jules Verne er jo berømt for å ha vært svært forut for sin tid med sine historier om undervannsbåter, flyvemaskiner med mer, men i denne boken må man vel si han gikk på en liten smell. Hans fortelling om vitenskapsmannen flankert av den vanlige unge assistenten og litt mer hardbarkede arbeideren tar oss med inn i en innhul Tellus hvor forhistoriske monstre hersker og magnetiske stormer og lyn herjer havene. Masse inkonsistente ting å ergre seg over for naturvitenskapsmenn altså. Poenget her er at denne romanen er en komedie, og er slett ikke ment å være særlig seriøs. Den er faktisk ganske fornøyelig, Vernes humoristiske talenter er nok undervurdert. Men ta ikke mitt ord for det. Les den selv.