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1、JourneytotheCentreoftheEarthTheplotcanbequicklysummarised:ProfessorLidenbrockandhisnephewAxeldiscoveradocumentinatwelfth-centuryIcelandicbookwhich,whendeciphered,recordstheclaimofacertainArneSaknussemmtohavegonedownintothecarterofSnFfellsandreachedthecentreoftheEarth.Lidenbrockdecidestotry
2、thisforhimselfand,draggingAxelawayfromhisfiancéeGräuben,travelstoReykjavikandacrossIceland.WiththehelpofthestoicalHans,theyfindthecraterandtraveldownthroughthegeologicallayersofthepast,experiencingvariousadventures.Alongwaydown,theydiscoverahugecavercontainingalargesea-plusvariousbiologica
3、lspecimens,somedeadandsomeverymuchalive.Aftertryingtocrossthesea,theydiscoverapathdownagain,markedwithSaknussemm’srunicinitials.Butitisnowblocked.Theyattempttoblowuptheobstacle,whileshelteringontheraft,butinsteadcarrypartoftheseawiththemdownintothebowelsoftheEarth.Theythenstartrisingagain;
4、andendupridingavolcaniceruption,whichthrowsthemoutontheslopesofStromboli.JourneytotheCentreoftheEarthprefiguresmanyoftheideasofTwentyThousandLeaguesundertheSeas,AroundtheWorldinEightyDays,andFromtheEarthtotheMoon.Themoodislight-hearted-althoughhardlyoptimistic,foritcontainstragic,obsessive
5、andsometimesmorbidelements.Thereisevenalove-element,ofsorts.Inthisnovel,morethanelsewhere,Verneseemstolethimselfgo,whileatthesametimedrawinginspirationfrommanydifferentsources.Butbeforeexaminingthese,itisusefultolookatVerne’slifeandtheExtraordinaryJourneysasawhole.Jules-GabrielVernewasborn
6、in1828,onanislandincentralNantesinwesternFrance.Hisfatherhadasuccessfullawpractice,andwroteoccasionalamateurverses.Hismother’smaidennamewasAllottedelaFule,derivedfromaScottishAllottwhohademigratedinthefifteenthcenturytojoinLouisXI’sScottishGuardofarchersandeventuallybeenennobled.Therehaveb
7、eenoveradozenbiographiesofVerne,mostnotablybyhisnieceMargueriteAllottedelaFuleandhisgrandsonJeanJules-Verne.Theformer,however,isembellished；andeventhelatterisamixtureoffamilylegendsandmanuscriptsourcesoftenreadilyaccessible,includingover1,000lettersfromVerneto
