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Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Unabridged)
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27,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Naxos Audiobooks |
| Format: | MP3 (in ZIP-Archiv) |
| Veröffentl.: | 07.04.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781781980101 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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Beschreibungen
Sometimes christened the father of science fiction, the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905) is a much greater writer than that suggests. As with his other fantastic voyages, Journey to the Centre of the Earth is as much about an inner exploration as an external journey requiring courage, determination and skill.
The central figure of this tale, young Axel – his age is indeterminate – is a reluctant explorer, drawn into the terrible journey to the world's core by an overbearing and irascible uncle, Otto Liedenbrock. Professor Liedenbrock's obsession with discovery takes them – accompanied by the sturdy, devoted guide Hans – miles beneath the earth's crust, in an effort to discover the planet's secrets. But the discovery Axel makes is not just geographic; he also discovers, to some extent, his manhood, tempered by the trauma of their joint experience.
This book was the second of Verne's extraordinary voyage novels, and pre-figures themes which recur in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, and From the Earth to the Moon.
The central figure of this tale, young Axel – his age is indeterminate – is a reluctant explorer, drawn into the terrible journey to the world's core by an overbearing and irascible uncle, Otto Liedenbrock. Professor Liedenbrock's obsession with discovery takes them – accompanied by the sturdy, devoted guide Hans – miles beneath the earth's crust, in an effort to discover the planet's secrets. But the discovery Axel makes is not just geographic; he also discovers, to some extent, his manhood, tempered by the trauma of their joint experience.
This book was the second of Verne's extraordinary voyage novels, and pre-figures themes which recur in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, and From the Earth to the Moon.
Jules Gabriel Verne was born in central Nantes, in western France. He travelled to Paris in 1847 to study law but his first ten years there were spent in relatively obscure poverty, during which he wrote almost 30 plays, some of which were performed and brought modest success.
But it was only in 1862, when he published Five Weeks in a Balloon, his first strange voyage, that he achieved wide acclaim as a writer, and commercial success. Eventually he wrote a total of 63 novels, and is today recognised as one of the greatest French novelists. Himself a great traveller – he visited Norway, Denmark, and in 1867 the United States – Verne loved yachts, in which he sailed to Scotland, Scandinavia and North Africa.
But it was only in 1862, when he published Five Weeks in a Balloon, his first strange voyage, that he achieved wide acclaim as a writer, and commercial success. Eventually he wrote a total of 63 novels, and is today recognised as one of the greatest French novelists. Himself a great traveller – he visited Norway, Denmark, and in 1867 the United States – Verne loved yachts, in which he sailed to Scotland, Scandinavia and North Africa.
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