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A Journey to the Interior of the Earth

Chapter 10 INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS WITH ICELANDIC SAVANTS

Word Count: 1393    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

s stomach into a vast unfathomable gulf. There was nothing remarkable in the meal itself; but the hospitality of our host,

atin for my benefit. It turned upon scientific questions as befits philosophers; but Professor Liedenbrock was exces

en wanted to know what success

thing but a few tattered books

s, many of them valuable and scarce, works in the old Scandinavian lang

our eight thousand v

principle is, that books, instead of growing mouldy behind an iron grating, should be worn out under the eyes of many readers. Therefore, these volumes are passed from o

said my uncle rather

reading runs in Icelandic blood. In 1816 we founded a prosperous literary society; learned strangers think themselves honoured in becoming members of it. It publishes books wh

ndred learned societies, accepted with a gr

l me what books you hoped to find in our librar

irect question went to the root of the matter. But

if amongst your ancient books you posses

sor. "You mean that learned sixteenth century s

st

of Icelandic liter

's th

rious man

ite

rage was equal

t you know

ing his hero thus described. He feaste

ied, "where a

, we have

ot in I

r in Iceland nor

is

for heresy, and in 1573 his books were b

uncle, to the great scandal of

!" he

mm, put into the Index Expurgatorius, and compelled to hide the discoveries made

asked M. Fridri

ret which-" my

document in your poss

only suppos

he subject when he had noticed the embarrassment of his friend. "I hope you w

"but I am rather late; or have

ientific mission of MM. Gaimard and Robert on the French corvette La Recherche, [1] and lately the observations of scientific

ng to look very modest, and trying to hide

to study, which are as yet but imperfectly known! Then, without

as coolly as he was a

lcanoes, and the crater of which

t ext

e than five h

o keep himself from jumping up in the air, "that is where I mean to begin

ed the excellent

at seeing my uncle trying to keep down the excitement and satisfaction which were brimming over in every limb and eve

to learn the fate of the lost expedition of M. de Blos

words decide me. We

we may pursue our st

ments will not allow me to absent myself, or I would ha

r the world, M. Fridrikssen. Still, I thank you with all my heart: the company of suc

innocence of his Icelandic soul, was blin

of your beginning w

gather a harvest of in

ou expect to get to th

the bay. That's th

but it is i

hy

possess a single b

t mean to

following the shore. It will b

d now I shall have t

one to o

intelli

. He is an eider-down hunter, and ver

an I se

ow, if y

not t

n't be here ti

n," added my un

this dinner my uncle had just elicited important facts, amongst others, the history of Saknussemm, the reason of the mysterious

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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