This is a wonderful book about a professor and his nephew who, after finding an old manuscript, embark on a dangerous journey into the center of the earth. They hire a guide, and he sticks with them throughout the whole journey, despite the several times the professor told him he would be better off going home. They do not end up getting to the actual center of the earth; they are spit out of a volcano, but this saves them from perishing deep down in the earth.
Jules Verne was definitely ahead of his time with his books. They are mostly science fiction, but most of it is somewhat possible. Of course, people are not spit out of a volcano every day, but the concept of descending into the Earth (not into the center, but into a system of caves), is something very doable.
He also has a sense of humor in the book. There are no jokes literally written in the book, but you must admit that a person without a sense of humor would not have the main character fly out of a volcano.
This book, just like Verne's other books, is very well written and I recommend reading it.
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