characters of the journey to the center of the earth

Characters of the novel journey to the center of the Earth

Main characters:

• Professor Otto Lidenbrock – A man of science and astonishing impatience and the uncle to Axel.
• Axel – The nephew of Professor Lidenbrock, overly cautious and unadventurous student.
• Hans Bjelke – A Danish-speaking Icelander eiderdown hunter who becomes their guide; dependable, resourceful and imperturbable
• Grauben – The goddaughter of Professor Lidenbrock.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jules Verne's original name is Jules Gabriel Verne. He was born on 8 February 1828 and died on 24 March 1905. He was a was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.

 

Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literature. His reputation is markedly different in Anglophone regions, where he has often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, not least because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels are often reprinted.

Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between the English-language writers Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare; he was probably was the most-translated during the 1960s and 1970s. He has sometimes been called "The Father of Science Fiction", a title also often given to H.G.Wells and Hugo Gernsback.