![]() ![]() ![]() Exploring the prehistory of the globe, this novel can also be read as a psychological quest, for the journey itself is as important, and may be more, as an arrival or discovery. Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel travel across Iceland, and then down through an extinct crater toward a sunless sea where they enter a living past and are confronted with the origins of man. This classic reminiscent of nineteenth century French literature, has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. The story begins in Scotland with Geology Professor James Mason getting a piece of unusual lava, thereby setting in motion a chain of events that will take them to Iceland and a passage deep into the earth's bowels. His characters for Journey to the Center of the Earth are from Scotland, Sweden, and Iceland. Verne was not the property of one nation or one man, but something that should benefit us all. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |