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El desciframiento de una inscripción grabada por un alquimista islandés del siglo XVI, Arne Saknussemm, revela al profesor de mineralogía Otto Lidenbrock el camino para llegar al centro de la Tierra. Junto con su sobrino Axel y un guía llamado Hans, decide aventurarse en una expedición hacia las entrañas de nuestro planeta a través de la chimenea del volcán islandés Snæfellsjökull.

Kent, Inglaterra, finales del siglo XIX. El huérfano Pip vive una existencia humilde con su hermana y su cunado, a quien ayuda en su taller de herrería. Cuando la rica senorita Havisham requiere a Pip como acompanante de ella y de su bella hija, el joven se dará cuenta de las penurias de su clase social y deseará cada vez con más fuerza subir posiciones en el escalafón social. Pip recibirá entonces la visita de un abogado de Londres, quien le informará de que un benefactor anónimo le quiere convertir en un caballero. Sin embargo, Pip descubrirá que el valor de la amistad y de la moral no se puede comprar con dinero.

In a specialy adapted version by Eliza Gatewood Warren. Almost everyone has dreamed of being cast away on a desert island. What would we eat? Where would we live? How would we defend ourselves against wild beasts?...In this famous adventure story, the Robinson family is shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful birds, fragrant flowers, and rare animals. As they struggle to build a new life, they discover hidden strengths in themselves, and their love for one another takes on new meaning...Then one day a ships sails into their bay, and they have to ask one more question: Do we really want to go home?