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1、JourneytotheCentreoftheEarthTheplotcanbequicklysummarised:ProfessorLidenbrockandhisnephewAxeldiscoveradocumentinatwelfth-centuryIcelandicbookwhich,whendeciphered,recordstheclaimofacertainArneSaknussemmtohavegonedownintothecarterofSnFfellsandreachedthecentreoftheEarth.Lidenbrockdecidestotrythisfo
2、rhimselfand,draggingAxelawayfromhisfiancéeGräuben,travelstoReykjavikandacrossIceland.WiththehelpofthestoicalHans,theyfindthecraterandtraveldownthroughthegeologicallayersofthepast,experiencingvariousadventures.Alongwaydown,theydiscoverahugecavercontainingalargesea-plusvariousbiologicalspecimens,s
3、omedeadandsomeverymuchalive.Aftertryingtocrossthesea,theydiscoverapathdownagain,markedwithSaknussemm’srunicinitials.Butitisnowblocked.Theyattempttoblowuptheobstacle,whileshelteringontheraft,butinsteadcarrypartoftheseawiththemdownintothebowelsoftheEarth.Theythenstartrisingagain;andendupridingavol
4、caniceruption,whichthrowsthemoutontheslopesofStromboli.JourneytotheCentreoftheEarthprefiguresmanyoftheideasofTwentyThousandLeaguesundertheSeas,AroundtheWorldinEightyDays,andFromtheEarthtotheMoon.Themoodislight-hearted-althoughhardlyoptimistic,foritcontainstragic,obsessiveandsometimesmorbidelemen
5、ts.Thereisevenalove-element,ofsorts.Inthisnovel,morethanelsewhere,Verneseemstolethimselfgo,whileatthesametimedrawinginspirationfrommanydifferentsources.Butbeforeexaminingthese,itisusefultolookatVerne’slifeandtheExtraordinaryJourneysasawhole.Jules-GabrielVernewasbornin1828,onanislandincentralNant
6、esinwesternFrance.Hisfatherhadasuccessfullawpractice,andwroteoccasionalamateurverses.Hismother’smaidennamewasAllottedelaFule,derivedfromaScottishAllottwhohademigratedinthefifteenthcenturytojoinLouisXI’sScottishGuardofarchersandeventuallybeenennobled.TherehavebeenoveradozenbiographiesofVerne,most
7、notablybyhisnieceMargueriteAllottedelaFuleandhisgrandsonJeanJules-Verne.Theformer,however,isembellished;andeventhelatterisamixtureoffamilylegendsandmanuscriptsourcesoftenreadilyaccessible,includingover1,000lettersfromVerneto