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Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Arcturus Ornate Classics)

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Price: $12.99
(as of Aug 17, 2024 03:53:46 UTC – Details)

By: Jules Verne (Author)

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Reviews

  1. Leanna Dyches –

    Most bussin book ever no cap!!!!
    I love old english!!! NO CAP!!!

  2. Dusty Pulver –

    A Journey To The Center of the Earth (AD Classic)
    A series of Verne books were sought to satisfy a request from my 12 yr old grandson. My research on Verne books indicated the early translations (when he was alive) were problematic, as they were rushed to market to satisfy the burgeoning interest in science fiction of the times. So I tried to get the annotated versions done later by Verne scholars. I was successful in that, and have read some of these myself, because Verne’s view of the world was found by the scholars to be limited by the opinions of his day and replete with ethnic and national stereotypes in the story lines. I found that to be true, but could then address them with my grandson in our discussions of the stories. Of course, he was most interested in the “cool adventure stuff” anyway. Nevertheless, I think you owe it to yourself to get the most accurate translation you can and enjoy the annotations, too.This book itself was priced reasonably and arrived promptly and in good condition. The story is a plausible, engaging fantasy by today’s scientific standards; Verne did his research all right, but was at the mercy of the quality and depth of the understandings of his time. In this particular book, he used a short-chapter technique which makes it easy to read in little bites of attention that younger children ( and older grandparents!) tend to have. I found that enjoyable.

  3. mrliteral –

    Verne Goes Below the Surface of the World
    For those interested in the history of science fiction, it can be debated as to who wrote the first science fiction story. My personal choice has always been Mary Shelley who wrote Frankenstein, but others have argued for Poe or others. Then there are Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, who were more-or-less the first true science fiction authors, that is, authors who really wrote in that genre.Verne predates Wells, but I still can see argument for Wells being given priority. Wells seems to have done more to give the genre definition; Wells is more interested in using the fiction to speculate about the future and the nature of man. Verne, on the other hand, uses science more for a plot device to tell adventure stories. Probably it’s impossible to ever settle the matter, but the way I see it, Wells was the deeper thinker, but Verne was the more entertaining writer.Journey to the Center of the Earth is a typical Verne story. In it, the narrator Axel relates the story of an adventure with his uncle and guardian, the esteemed Professor Otto Lidenbrock. Lidenbrock has stumbled upon an old parchment, which when translated, tells of a passage to the center of the Earth through a volcano in Iceland. Axel, well-educated himself, is more skeptical than his obsessed uncle, but is compelled to go along (it doesn’t help when Axel’s fiancee thinks the journey is a good idea.The bulk of the novel deals with the trip to Iceland (where they pick up an assistant, Hans), then to the extinct volcano, and finally into the bowels of the Earth. What they find there defies their expectations, and I won’t spoil any of the fun by revealing it.Like other Verne tales I have read, this one is written with a light touch and is an easy read (Wells is a bit more inconsistent in this regard). Compared with today’s works, this is pretty tame and simple, but for its time, it must have been a lot of fun. In fact, it’s still pretty entertaining, and if you’re a science fiction fan, this is a good look at one of the early works in the field.

  4. Kindle Customer –

    Excellent read for a buck
    First let me say that I read a lot of the reviews on Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne, the free editions and found them somewhat disturbing because a lot of people complained. Some said names were changed from the original and such to make it easier to read. From what I understand Jules Verne did not write in english. Everything he wrote has to be translated to english, therefore my decision to buy the optimized for Kindle edition. I do not regret this decision. Heck for a buck it is well worth it.If you’re going to get a free edition you really have no right to complain about the translation or whatever you feel is messed up. Stop being so cheap and spend a buck.I would have gladly spent up to six bucks for this.Verne wrote as all other Victorian era writers did. There is a deep sense of propriety, of the customs and manners of a very polite society- even though that society probably never really exisited. Todays novelists would never get a way with this. But for the era it worked well.This is the first time I read any of Verne’s works. Yes, I’ve seen the movies. But never read any of his books either in school or as an adult. And let me say that I am astonished at how much the movies really vary from the original written work. Even the one from the 1950’s (if I have the decade wrong, so what?) starring Pat Boone. I figured that one has to be somewhat close to the book. But no.The first thing that stands out to me is that in the book there is no woman that goes on the trip with them. Yes, I understand script writers have to have liberty to change things to make it work better for the screen.But I’m not going to waste time pointing out the differences. I’ll probably forget to mention something and upset somebody…At times I thought the writing was a bit slow or boring and overly proper. This is why I give it 3 stars.There are other times that are exciting like when Hans, Professor Von Hardwigg and Harry are on the raft in the interior of the earth. Or when Harry became separated from Hans and the professor and was lost.The story is written from the first person perspective of Harry, Von Hardwigg’s nephew. This, combined with Verne’s high sense of propriety (in my opinion) sometimes makes it hard to stay with it. But I’m glad I did. I can finally say I’ve read Jules Verne.I am going to buy and read other works from Jules Verne hopefully optimized for Kindle. I highly recommend it.

  5. Colleen B. –

    Great Read
    The book is better than the movies that were made.It leaves much to the imagination and has a better ending than the movies.It also has no singing .

  6. MG –

    I love this book and enjoyed reading it.

  7. Valentina Battorti –

    Allucinante. Sono libri da collezione. Cose da pazzi. Reso immediatamente. Folle.

  8. Sanjay M. –

    Pages and book quality for printing was nice easy to read, easy to see the images or any photographics as wellStory was good. I learnt to new words, improve my English to read books, improve their communications. They can easily referred this

  9. Felipe Soares de Souza –

    Um bom livro. Ansioso pra ler

  10. Martha Esmeralda Yahaira García Acosta –

    Muy bueno y hermosa presentacion!!!

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