When Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel decode a mysterious message in a runic manuscript, they start off on one of the most thrilling adventures in science fiction--a journey to the earth's core. This is the 1877 translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson--the most faithful translation from or...

When Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel decode a mysterious message in a runic manuscript, they start off on one of the most thrilling adventures in science fiction--a journey to the earth's core. This is the 1877 translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson--the most faithful translation from original French. This edition has been newly formatted and typeset for modern readers by Waking Lion Press.