Graphic Classics: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Fiona MacDonaldMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Got this from our local library. It is a nicely done graphic novel that summarizes the story and also presents a short biography on the author Jules Vernes' life at the end of the book.
About the story - An archaeologist Prof. Lindenbrock and his nephew Alex together with a friend Hans embark on a journey to the center of the earth through the mouth of a dormant Volcano in Iceland. Professor believed that the earth is hollow and has a different world inside - they find an inland ocean, with monsters that were extinct on the earth's surface. They find long extinct giant trees and prehistoric men who are 13 feet tall. They kept going deeper and were eventually thrown out with a volcanic eruption on the surface of the earth. Jules Verne was one of the early science fiction writers and this story is one of his famous works together with Around the world in 80 days and 20 thousand leagues under the sea.
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