| Journey to the Center of the Earth Contributor(s): Malleson, Frederick Amadeus (Translator), Verne, Jules (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508749663 ISBN-13: 9781508749660 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 620 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.69 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story begins in May 1863, in the Lidenbrock house in Hamburg, Germany, with Professor Lidenbrock rushing home to peruse his latest purchase, an original runic manuscript of an Icelandic saga written by Snorri Sturluson ("Heimskringla"; the chronicle of the Norwegian kings who ruled over Iceland). While looking through the book, Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel find a coded note written in runic script. Lidenbrock and Axel transliterate the runic characters into Latin letters, revealing a message written in a seemingly bizarre code. Lidenbrock attempts a decipherment, deducing the message to be a kind of transposition cipher; but his results are as meaningless as the original... |