The story involves a German professor (Otto Lidenbrock in the original French, Professor Von Hardwigg in the most common English translation) who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel (Harry), and their guide Hans encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.
(Summary by Wikipedia)
Chapters
1 My Uncle makes a great Discovery 15 min 2 The Mysterious Parchment 11 min 3 An Astounding Discovery 19 min 4 We Start on the Journey 10 min 5 First Lessons in Climbing 10 min 6 Our Voyage to Iceland 13 min 7 Conversation and Discovery 8 min 8 The Eider-Down Hunter-- Off at Last 14 min 9 Our Start - We Meet with Adventures by the Way 11 min 10 Traveling in Iceland 11 min 11 We Reach Mount Sneffels - The "Reykir" 15 min 12 The Ascent of Mount Sneffels 19 min 13 The Shadow of Scartaris 14 min 14 The Real Journey Commences 11 min 15 We Continue Our Descent 11 min 16 The Eastern Tunnel 14 min 17 Deeper and Deeper - The Coal Mine 15 min 18 The Wrong Road! 13 min 19 The Western Gallery - A New Route 10 min 20 Water, Where is it? A Bitter Disappointment 15 min 21 Under the Ocean 10 min 22 Sunday Below Ground 16 min 23 Alone 11 min 24 Lost! 16 min 25 The Whispering Gallery 21 min 26 A Rapid Recovery 11 min 27 The Central Sea 19 min 28 Launching the Raft 14 min 29 On the Waters - A Raft Voyage 21 min 30 Terrific Saurian Combat 23 min 31 The Sea Monster 14 min 32 The Battle of the Elements 17 min 33 Our Route Reversed 18 min 34 A Voyage of Discovery 14 min 35 Discovery Upon Discovery 17 min 36 What is it? 12 min 37 The Mysterious Dagger 9 min 38 No Outlet - Blasting the Rock 16 min 39 The Explosion and its Results 17 min 40 The Ape Gigans 16 min 41 Hunger 17 min 42 The Volcanic Shaft 23 min 43 Daylight at Last 15 min 44 The Journey Ended 9 min
