A Journey into the Interior of the Earth

The story follows a group of explorers who travel to Iceland and discover an entrance to the Earth's interior through a volcano. They descend into the Earth using a drill and encounter various obstacles and phenomena, including intense heat, strange creatures, and underground oceans. As they journey deeper, they uncover evidence of ancient civilizations and eventually reach the Earth's core.

By Jules Verne · First published 1864 · Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy · 45 chapters

Contents

• The Professor and his Family
• A Mystery to be Solved at any Price
• The Runic Writing Exercises the Professor
• The Enemy to be Starved into Submission
• Famine, then Victory, Followed by Dismay
• Exciting Discussions about an Unparalleled Enterprise
• A Woman's Courage
• Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent
• Iceland! but what Next?
• Interesting Conversations with Icelandic Savants
• A Guide Found to the Centre of the Earth
• A Barren Land
• Hospitality under the Arctic Circle
• But Arctics can be Inhospitable, Too
• Snaefell at Last
• Boldly down the Crater
• Vertical Descent
• The Wonders of Terrestrial Depths
• Geological Studies in Situ
• The First Signs of Distress
• Compassion Fuses the Professor's Heart
• Total Failure of Water
• Water Discovered
• Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work I' the Ground so Fast?
• De Profundis
• The Worst Peril of All
• Lost in the Bowels of the Earth
• The Rescue in the Whispering Gallery
• Thalatta! Thalatta!
• A New Mare Internum
• Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery
• Wonders of the Deep
• A Battle of Monsters
• The Great Geyser
• An Electric Storm
• Calm Philosophic Discussions
• The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology
• The Professor in his Chair Again
• Forest Scenery Illuminated by Electricity
• Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth
• The Great Explosion and the Rush down Below
• Headlong Speed Upward through the Horrors of Darkness
• Shot out of a Volcano at Last!
• Sunny Lands in the Blue Mediterranean
• All's Well that Ends Well

More by Jules Verne

• The Mysterious Island (1875)
• An Express of the Future (1905)
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870)
• Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864)
• Alrededor de la luna (1870)
• Cinco semanas en globo (1863)
• Dueño del mundo (1904)
• La jornada de un periodista americano en el 2889 (1889)
• All works by Jules Verne