Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the Earth". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.
Language: English
Published in: 1877
Translator: Frederick Amadeus Malleson.
Word count: 73,381 words (≈ about 5 hours)
Source: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journey_into_the_Interior_of_the_Earth
Copyright: Public Domain
Some of the best science fiction stories ever written.
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