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The novel follows three people on their journey to the center of the earth: Axel Liedenbrock (the narrator), his eccentric uncle Otto Liedenbrock (a professor of geology), and their Icelandic guide Hans Bjelke. One day in May 1863, Otto discovers a cryptographic message in a copy of Snorre Sturluson's "Heimskringla", and after some trouble decipthering its message, makes it out to read:

Go down into the crater of Snaefells Jökull, which Scartaris's shadow caresses just before the calends of July, O daring traveler, and you'll make it to the center of the earth. I've done so. Arne Saknussemm

They proceed on their journey to the inside of the Earth. To say much more would be to spoil the story!

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I found it an exhilarating read, even if the story and the way of writing is a little dated. This is a timeless classic for a reason! Go pick it up if you want a fun, relatively short ride.

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION

I The Professor and His Family
II A Mystery to Be Solved at Any Price
III The Runic Writing Exercises the Professor
IV The Enemy to Be Starved into Submission
V Famine, Then Victory, Followed by Dismay
VI Exciting Discussions About an Unparalleled Exercise
VII A Woman's Courage
VIII Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent
IX Iceland, But What Next?
X Interesting Conversations with Icelandic Savants
XI A Guide Found to the Centre of the Earth
XII A Barren Land
XIII Hospitality under the Arctic Circle
XIV But Arctics Can Be Inhospitable, Too
XV Snæffel at Last
XVI Boldly down the Crater
XVII Vertical Descent
XVIII The Wonders of Terrestial Depths
XIX Geological Studies in Situ
XX The First Signs of Distress
XXI Compassion Fuses the Professor's Heart
XXII Total Failure of Water
XXIII Water Discovered
XXIV Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work in the Ground So Fast?
XXV De Profundis
XXVI The Worst Peril of All
XXVII Lost in the Bowels of the Earth
XXVIII The Rescue in the Whispering Gallery
XXIX Thalatta! Thalatta!
XXX A New Mare Internum
XXXI Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery
XXXII Wonders of the Deep
XXXIII A Battle of Monsters
XXXIV The Great Geyser
XXXV An Electric Storm
XXXVI Calm Philosophic Discussions
XXXVII The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology
XXXVIII The Professor in His Chair Again
XXXIX Forest Scenery Illuminated by Electricity
XL Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth
XLI The Great Explosion and the Rush down below
XLII Headlong Speed Upward through the Horrors of Darkness
XLIII Shot out of a Volcano at Last!
XLIV Sunny Lands in the Blue Mediterranean
XLV All's Well That Ends Well

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