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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787080303321

Autore

Verne Jules <1828-1905, >

Titolo

Journey to the center of the earth / / Jules Verne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2014

ISBN

1-4804-8366-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (467 p.)

Collana

Graphic classics

Disciplina

741.5/973

Soggetti

Explorers - Comic books, strips, etc

Explorers

Adventure stories

Earth (Planet) Core Comic books, strips, etc

Earth (Planet) Core Juvenile fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Series created and designed by David Salariya.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; CHAPTER I: THE PROFESSOR AND HIS FAMILY; CHAPTER II: A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED AT ANY PRICE; CHAPTER III: THE RUNIC WRITING EXERCISES THE PROFESSOR; CHAPTER IV: THE ENEMY TO BE STARVED INTO SUBMISSION; CHAPTER V: FAMINE, THEN VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY DISMAY; CHAPTER VI: EXCITING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AN UNPARALLELED ENTERPRISE; CHAPTER VII: A WOMAN'S COURAGE; CHAPTER VIII: SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR VERTICAL DESCENT; CHAPTER IX: ICELAND! BUT WHAT NEXT?; CHAPTER X: INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS WITH ICELANDIC SAVANTS; CHAPTER XI: A GUIDE FOUND TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

CHAPTER XII: A BARREN LANDCHAPTER XIII: HOSPITALITY UNDER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE; CHAPTER XIV: BUT ARCTICS CAN BE INHOSPITABLE, TOO; CHAPTER XV: SNÆFELL AT LAST; CHAPTER XVI: BOLDLY DOWN THE CRATER; CHAPTER XVII: VERTICAL DESCENT; CHAPTER XVIII: THE WONDERS OF TERRESTRIAL DEPTHS; CHAPTER XIX: GEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN SITU; CHAPTER XX: THE FIRST SIGNS OF DISTRESS; CHAPTER XXI: COMPASSION FUSES THE PROFESSOR'S HEART; CHAPTER XXII: TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER; CHAPTER XXIII: WATER DISCOVERED; CHAPTER XXIV: WELL SAID, OLD MOLE! CANST THOU WORK I' THE



GROUND SO FAST?; CHAPTER XXV: DE PROFUNDIS

CHAPTER XXVI: THE WORST PERIL OF ALLCHAPTER XXVII: LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH; CHAPTER XXVIII: THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY; CHAPTER XXIX: THALATTA! THALATTA!; CHAPTER XXX: A NEW MARE INTERNUM; CHAPTER XXXI: PREPARATIONS FOR A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY; CHAPTER XXXII: WONDERS OF THE DEEP; CHAPTER XXXIII: A BATTLE OF MONSTERS; CHAPTER XXXIV: THE GREAT GEYSER; CHAPTER XXXVI: AN ELECTRIC STORM; CHAPTER XXXVI: CALM PHILOSOPHIC DISCUSSIONS; CHAPTER XXXVII: THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY; CHAPTER XXXVIII: THE PROFESSOR IN HIS CHAIR AGAIN

CHAPTER XXXIX: FOREST SCENERY ILLUMINATED BY ELECTRICITYCHAPTER XL: PREPARATIONS FOR BLASTING A PASSAGE TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH; CHAPTER XLI: THE GREAT EXPLOSION AND THE RUSH DOWN BELOW; CHAPTER XLII: HEADLONG SPEED UPWARD THROUGH THE HORRORS OF DARKNESS; CHAPTER XLIII: SHOT OUT OF A VOLCANO AT LAST!; CHAPTER XLIV: SUNNY LANDS IN THE BLUE MEDITERRANEAN; CHAPTER XLV. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

A graphic novel adaptation of Jules Verne's classic story about of the adventures of Professor Lindenbrock and his companions as they explore a volcanic crater in Iceland that leads them to the center of the Earth.