{"product_id":"journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth-9780141441979","title":"Journey to the Centre of the Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new translation of one of the world's greatest adventure Stories\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published in 1864, this Jules Verne classic has wowed generations of readers with its portrayal of an imaginary odyssey into a subterranean wonderland. When Axel deciphers an old parchment describing a secret passage through a volcano to the center of the earth, nothing will stop his eccentric Uncle Lidenbrock from setting out at once. With silent Hans as guide, the two men encounter natural hazards, prehistoric beasts, and other curiosities on their perilous, astonishing, terrifying trek through the underworld. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJules Verne\u003c\/b\u003e, born at Nantes, France, in 1828, of legal and seafaring stock, was the author of innumerable adventure stories that combined a vivid imagination with a gift for popularizing science. Although he studied law at Paris, he devoted his life entirely to writing. His most popular stories, besides \u003ci\u003e20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (1870), include: \u003ci\u003eFive Weeks in a Balloon\u003c\/i\u003e (1863), \u003ci\u003eJourney to the Center of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (1864), \u003ci\u003eA Trip to the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e (1865), \u003ci\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003c\/i\u003e (1872), and \u003ci\u003eMichael Strogoff\u003c\/i\u003e (1876). In addition, he was the author of a number of successful plays, as well as a popular history of exploration from Phoenician times to the mid-nineteenth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (1878-80). After a long and active career in literature, Jules Verne died at Amiens, France, in 1905. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Smiley\u003c\/b\u003e's ten works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, Ordinary Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Good Will, Moo, A Thousand Acres \u003c\/i\u003e(which won the Pulitzer Prize), and most recently the bestselling \u003ci\u003eHorse Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613105459474,"sku":"9780141441979","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_38368ada-3bc3-4495-a413-1f08765a1a18.jpg?v=1762334437","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth-9780141441979","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}