Niels Klim's journey under the ground by Ludvig Holberg
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"Niels Klim's journey under the ground" by Ludvig Holberg is a satirical science-fiction novel published in 1741. When a curious philosophy student investigates a mysterious cave in Bergen, he falls through the earth and discovers an inner world orbiting a subterranean sun. There he encounters walking, talking trees, explores utopian societies with radically different values, and faces exile for challenging their customs. His twelve-year journey through this underground realm becomes a biting
commentary on religion, government, equality, and human nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Holberg, Ludvig, 1684-1754 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Gierlow, John |
| Uniform Title | Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum. English |
| Title |
Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Klim%27s_Underground_Travels |
| Credits |
Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Utopias -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 27884 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-27884-1 |
| Release Date | Jan 25, 2009 |
| Last Update | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1525 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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