Professor Hardwigg, his nephew Harry, and their guide Hans explore a volcanic crater in Iceland that leads them to the center of the Earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries. Presented in comic book format.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2014.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 843/.8
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Illustrated collectors edition"--Cover This 260 page collectors edition includes 53 illustrations, a biography, historical reviews, articles, and an introduction by Mark Rich"--Back cover Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781927970645 9781926606279
- LCCN
- PQ2469.V75
- LCCN Item number
- E5 2009eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (253 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00235152 (OCoLC)893231892 (CaOOCEL)448617
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Voyage au centre de la terre
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Map 2
- Title Page 4
- Historical Reviews 5
- Biography 6
- A Poem of Tribute 7
- Contents 8
- Introduction 10
- Journey to the Center of the Earth 14
- 1 The Professor and his Family 16
- 2 A Mystery to be Solved at any Price 21
- 3 The Runic Writing Exercises the Professor 26
- 4 The Enemy to be Starved into Submission 31
- 5 Famine, then Victory, Followed by Dismay 34
- 6 Exciting Discussions About an Unparalleled Enterprise 38
- 7 A Woman’s Courage 46
- 8 Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent 53
- 9 Iceland! But what Next? 59
- 10 Interesting Conversations with Icelandic Savants 66
- 11 A Guide Found to the Center of the Earth 70
- 12 A Barren Land 75
- 13 Hospitality Under the Arctic Circle 80
- 14 But Arctics can be Inhospitable too 86
- 15 Snæfell at Last 92
- 16 Boldly Down the Crater 98
- 17 Vertical Descent 103
- 18 The Wonders of Terrestrial Depths 108
- 19 Geological Studies in Situ 114
- 20 The First Signs of Distress 118
- 21 Compassion Fuses the Professor’s Heart 123
- 22 Total Failure of Water 127
- 23 Water Discovered 131
- 24 Well Said, Old Mole! Can You Work the Ground so Fast? 137
- 25 De Profundis 141
- 26 The Worst Peril of All 144
- 27 Lost in the Bowels of the Earth 146
- 28 The Rescue in the Whispering Passage 150
- 29 Thalatta! Thalatta! 156
- 30 The Internal Sea 159
- 31 Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery 166
- 32 Wonders of the Deep 169
- 33 A Battle of Monsters 176
- 34 The Great Geyser 183
- 35 An Electric Storm 188
- 36 Calm Philosophic Discussion 194
- 37 The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology 198
- 38 The Professor in his Chair Again 202
- 39 Forest Scenery Illuminated by Electricity 208
- 40 Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Center of the Earth 214
- 41 The Great Explosion and the Rush Down Below 219
- 42 Headlong Speed Upward Through the Horrors of Darkness 224
- 43 Shot Out of a Volcano at Last! 230
- 44 Sunny Lands in the Blue Mediterranean 235
- 45 All’s Well that Ends Well 242
- Jules Verne at Home 246
