A Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Jules Verne - Books -  - 9798677456152 - October 7, 2020
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Book Excerpt: ...ore 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 7, 2020
ISBN13 9798677456152
Pages 270
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 15 mm   ·   399 g
Language English  

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