A Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne - Books -  - 9798668126286 - October 6, 2020
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Book Excerptore: ... to share our meal. To satisfy my conscience, I ate for both. The old cook and housekeeper was nearly out of her mind. After taking so much trouble, to find her master not appear at dinner was to her a sad disappointment--which, as she occasionally watched the havoc I was making on the viands, became also alarm. If my uncle were to come to table after all?Suddenly, just as I had consumed the last apple and drunk the last glass of wine, a terrible voice was heard at no great distance. It was my uncle roaring for me to come to him. I made very nearly one leap of it--so loud, so fierce was his tone. CHAPTER 2THE MYSTERIOUS PARCHMENT[Illustration: Runic Glyphs]"I Declare," cried my uncle, striking the table fiercely with his fist, "I declare to you it is Runic--and contains some wonderful secret, which I must get at, at any price."I was about to reply when he stopped me."Sit down," he said, .

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 6, 2020
ISBN13 9798668126286
Pages 270
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 15 mm   ·   399 g
Language English  

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