journey to the center of the earth novel

According to Axel, 'Reason has no part in lives,' but Grauben is nonetheless the perfect lady: doting, caring, and faithfully awaiting his return home. When Axel and the Professor have set off from Hamburg and entered Iceland, Axel notes that their Danish hosts are 'behaving like hunters, fisherman, and other rather uncultivated people,' and that 'sobriety was not one of virtues.' And let's not forget Grauben (Axel's love interest). Okay, like most novels written in the Victorian era, bits of Journeyare slightly problematic. Its use of actual scientific fact and reasoning makes you feel as though the entirety of what you're reading is perfectly possible - even if not so plausible. Professor Otto Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their trusty guide Hans explore the earth in which we actually live, albeit a part of it that we are totally unfamiliar with. The beauty of Journeyis that it's the classic adventure novel. Even without neon lights, Vanessa Hudgens or Dwayne Johnson. The novel is grounded in history - but it's no less fantastical than its movie counterparts. Written in 1864, Journey to the Center of the Earthcame way before common gateway interface and 3D cinema featuring dinosaurs lunging at your face. I contend it's one of the rawest, most beautifully written adventure tales of all time, matched only, perhaps, by Jules Verne's other works, including Around the World in Eighty Daysand Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Before becoming a less-than-satisfactory film in 2008 (followed by an even worse sequel starring The Rock) Journey to the Center of the Earthwas a mystical science fiction novel that stood the test of time for 150 years.

Journey to the center of the earth novel