A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Jules Verne
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The story involves a German professor (Otto Lidenbrock in the original French, Professor Von Hardwigg in the most common English translation) who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel (Harry), and their guide Hans encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.
(Summary by Wikipedia) (10 hr 35 min)
Chapters
| My Uncle makes a great Discovery | 15:24 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Mysterious Parchment | 10:58 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| An Astounding Discovery | 18:53 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| We Start on the Journey | 9:37 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| First Lessons in Climbing | 9:39 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| Our Voyage to Iceland | 13:02 | Read by badey |
| Conversation and Discovery | 8:24 | Read by badey |
| The Eider-Down Hunter-- Off at Last | 13:37 | Read by badey |
| Our Start - We Meet with Adventures by the Way | 10:50 | Read by badey |
| Traveling in Iceland | 10:50 | Read by badey |
| We Reach Mount Sneffels - The "Reykir" | 15:27 | Read by Chris Donnelly |
| The Ascent of Mount Sneffels | 19:24 | Read by Chris Donnelly |
| The Shadow of Scartaris | 14:27 | Read by Kevin Green |
| The Real Journey Commences | 11:18 | Read by Kevin Green |
| We Continue Our Descent | 11:06 | Read by Kevin Green |
| The Eastern Tunnel | 13:57 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| Deeper and Deeper - The Coal Mine | 14:36 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Wrong Road! | 13:13 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Western Gallery - A New Route | 9:48 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| Water, Where is it? A Bitter Disappointment | 15:08 | Read by dave k |
| Under the Ocean | 10:26 | Read by dave k |
| Sunday Below Ground | 15:57 | Read by Sundiata |
| Alone | 11:14 | Read by Sundiata |
| Lost! | 15:45 | Read by Sundiata |
| The Whispering Gallery | 20:41 | Read by Sundiata |
| A Rapid Recovery | 10:41 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Central Sea | 19:07 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| Launching the Raft | 14:12 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| On the Waters - A Raft Voyage | 21:11 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| Terrific Saurian Combat | 22:53 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Sea Monster | 14:03 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Battle of the Elements | 17:08 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| Our Route Reversed | 18:11 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| A Voyage of Discovery | 13:55 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| Discovery Upon Discovery | 17:06 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| What is it? | 11:40 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Mysterious Dagger | 9:19 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| No Outlet - Blasting the Rock | 16:30 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Explosion and its Results | 16:42 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Ape Gigans | 16:16 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| Hunger | 16:51 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Volcanic Shaft | 22:58 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| Daylight at Last | 14:45 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
| The Journey Ended | 8:50 | Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) |
Reviews
Lars Rolando your amazing your voice is smooth,clear,perfect
A LibriVox Listener
Amazing.
A LibriVox Listener
An amazing read by all participants, but I love the feeling that Lars Rolander's accent brings to this thrilling and educational tale. No hesitation, no question, no problem. Would dearly love to hear him do a full narration of this.
R8tr
libravox again mixing up between different readers. making it hard to get stuck in and visualize due to different styles of reading. please take advice on board and stick to one volunteer reader per novel
I wish there was only one person reading.
A LibriVox Listener
Trucker
A LibriVox Listener
Absolutely love it. being a truck driver it helps on the long runs. I just wish they had the rest of the Tarzan series on here.
A LibriVox Listener
One of the readers was Bad
Max Draper
I have to read this book for school, I’ll say I was not too amused of that fact when I first started reading it, though now my opinions have changed. This is a great classic of literature for anyone who enjoys science and sci-fi novels; I highly would recommend you read it if you have never read any books published by Jules Verne.
Multiple readers killed it
A LibriVox Listener
The text was good (though the weakness of the narrator/main character was annoying). The reason for the lower rating though is completely due to having to endure multiple readers. Differing mic quality, pronunciations, speed, tone, etc. Every time there's a change in reader you are taken completely out of the story. Please Librivox, stop doing this.