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A Journey to the Interior of the Earth

Chapter 2 A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED AT ANY PRICE

Word Count: 1309    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

g known in mineralogy lay there in their places in perfect order, and co

And there were bitumens, resins, organic salts, to be protected from the least grain of dust; and metals, from iron to gold, metals whose current value altogether disappeared in the presence of

ne filled my thoughts. He had thrown himself into a velvet easy-chair, and was gras

ok! What a wonderful bo

onal fits of bibliomania; but no old book had any value in his eyes unless it had

t a priceless treasure, that I found his mornin

lied, with a good im

d quarto, bound in rough calf, a yellow, faded

o lull yet in the admiring e

book open easily? Yes; it stops open anywhere. But does it shut equally well? Yes; for the binding and the leaves are flush, all in a straight line, and

ting the old tome. I really could do no less than ask a question a

?" I asked with an affected eagerness which he

my uncle, firing up w

s Kringla of Snorre Tu

e twelfth century! It

nces who rule

up wonderfully, "of course

is is the Icelandic original, in the magnificent idiomatic vernacular, which is both rich and

n." I happi

ition to all this, the Icelandic has three numbers like the Gr

ved out of my indifferenc

Axel? Type! Do you take it for a printed book, you ig

un

nt me to explai

ed man. But my uncle persevered, and told me, agai

nted, it is said, by Odin himself. Look there, and wonder, impious youn

way of answering equally pleasing to gods and kings, and which has the advantage of never giving

lip of parchment, which slipped out

An old document, enclosed an immemorial time within the

this?" h

rchment, five inches by three, and along whi

publicly known, for they were the means of drawing on Professor Liedenbrock and

lyphs oc

er this series of characters; then r

like those of the manuscript of Snorre Turl

orld, I was not sorry to see my uncle suffering the pangs of mystification. At least, so it

Icelandic," he mutter

yglot. Not that he could speak fluently in the two thousand languages and twelve tho

the impetuosity of his character, and I was preparing for a violent outb

housekeeper Martha opene

r is r

g, and Martha took to her heels for safety. I followed her, and har

inner. And yet what a good dinner it was! There was parsley soup, an omelette of ham garnished with spiced sorrel,

. As an affectionate and attentive nephew I considered it my duty

thing," said Martha. "M. Li

ieved it?" I said,

ng to happen," said the s

covered that his dinner was devoured. I had come to the last of the fruit when a very loud voice tore me

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1 Chapter 1 THE PROFESSOR AND HIS FAMILY2 Chapter 2 A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED AT ANY PRICE3 Chapter 3 THE RUNIC WRITING EXERCISES THE PROFESSOR4 Chapter 4 THE ENEMY TO BE STARVED INTO SUBMISSION5 Chapter 5 FAMINE, THEN VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY DISMAY6 Chapter 6 EXCITING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AN UNPARALLELED ENTERPRISE7 Chapter 7 A WOMAN'S COURAGE8 Chapter 8 SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR VERTICAL DESCENT9 Chapter 9 ICELAND! BUT WHAT NEXT 10 Chapter 10 INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS WITH ICELANDIC SAVANTS11 Chapter 11 A GUIDE FOUND TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH12 Chapter 12 A BARREN LAND13 Chapter 13 HOSPITALITY UNDER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE14 Chapter 14 BUT ARCTICS CAN BE INHOSPITABLE, TOO15 Chapter 15 SN FELL AT LAST16 Chapter 16 BOLDLY DOWN THE CRATER17 Chapter 17 VERTICAL DESCENT18 Chapter 18 THE WONDERS OF TERRESTRIAL DEPTHS19 Chapter 19 GEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN SITU20 Chapter 20 THE FIRST SIGNS OF DISTRESS21 Chapter 21 COMPASSION FUSES THE PROFESSOR'S HEART22 Chapter 22 TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER23 Chapter 23 WATER DISCOVERED24 Chapter 24 WELL SAID, OLD MOLE! CANST THOU WORK I' THE GROUND SO FAST 25 Chapter 25 DE PROFUNDIS26 Chapter 26 THE WORST PERIL OF ALL27 Chapter 27 LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH28 Chapter 28 THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY29 Chapter 29 THALATTA! THALATTA!30 Chapter 30 A NEW MARE INTERNUM31 Chapter 31 PREPARATIONS FOR A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY32 Chapter 32 WONDERS OF THE DEEP33 Chapter 33 A BATTLE OF MONSTERS34 Chapter 34 THE GREAT GEYSER35 Chapter 35 AN ELECTRIC STORM36 Chapter 36 CALM PHILOSOPHIC DISCUSSIONS37 Chapter 37 THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY38 Chapter 38 THE PROFESSOR IN HIS CHAIR AGAIN39 Chapter 39 FOREST SCENERY ILLUMINATED BY ELECTRICITY40 Chapter 40 PREPARATIONS FOR BLASTING A PASSAGE TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH41 Chapter 41 THE GREAT EXPLOSION AND THE RUSH DOWN BELOW42 Chapter 42 HEADLONG SPEED UPWARD THROUGH THE HORRORS OF DARKNESS43 Chapter 43 SHOT OUT OF A VOLCANO AT LAST!44 Chapter 44 SUNNY LANDS IN THE BLUE MEDITERRANEAN45 Chapter 45 ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL