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A journey to the world under-ground — Ludvig Holberg

A journey to the world under-ground

Ludvig Holberg

  • Fantasy
  • Book language: English
  • 187 pages

A satirical fantasy by Ludvig Holberg, A Journey to the World Under-Ground follows student Niels Klim. He falls into the Earth's interior and finds a hidden world with its own societies and customs. The travel narrative uses his encounters to question politics, religion, and learning of the age; it is an imaginative Enlightenment satire.

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Opening of the book

A
JOURNEY
TO THE
World Under-Ground.
BY
NICHOLAS KLIMIUS.
Translated from the ORIGINAL.
LONDON:
Printed for T. ASTLEY, at the Rose in
St. Paul’s Church-Yard; and B. COLLINS,
Bookseller, in Salisbury.
MDCCXLII.

THE

CONTENTS.

CƒĵǙ. I.  The Author’s Descent to the subterraneous World

Page

1

CƒĵǙ. II.  His Descent upon the Planet Nazar

13

CƒĵǙ. III.  A Description of the City of Keba

29

CƒĵǙ. IV.  The Court of the Potuan Empire

43

CƒĵǙ. V.  Of the Nature of the Country, and the Manners of the

People

58

CƒĵǙ. VI.  Of the Religion of the Potuan Nation

64

CƒĵǙ. VII.  Of their Policy

71

CƒĵǙ. VIII.  Of the Academy

91

CƒĵǙ. IX.  The Author’s Journey round the Planet Nazar

102

CƒĵǙ. X.  The Author’s Banishment to the Firmament

171

CƒĵǙ. XI.  The Author’s Voyage to the Land of Wonders

206

CƒĵǙ. XII.  The Author’s Arrival at Quama

235

CƒĵǙ. XIII.  The Rise of the fifth Monarchy

244

CƒĵǙ. XIV.  The Author is elevated to the Imperial Dignity

280

CƒĵǙ. XV.  The Catastrophe

297

CƒĵǙ. XVI.  The Author’s Return into his own Country

309

ABELINE’s Appendix

323

A

JOURNEY

TO THE

World Under-Ground.

CHAP. I.

The Author’s Descent to the subterraneous World.

IN the Year 1664, after I had pass’d my several Examinations in the

University of Copenhagen, and had deservedly obtained the Character, which is there call’d Laudable, by the Votes of my Judges, as well

Philosophers as Divines, I prepar’d for my Return into my native

Country; and accordingly put myself aboard a Ship bound for Bergen in Norway, dignify’d indeed with various Marks of Honour from the

Gentlemen of the several Faculties, but in my Fortunes quite

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Contents

  1. A JOURNEY TO THE World Under-Ground.
  2. THE CONTENTS.
  3. CHAP. I.
  4. CHAP. II.
  5. CHAP. III.
  6. CHAP. IV.
  7. CHAP. V.
  8. CHAP. VI.
  9. CHAP. VII.
  10. CHAP. VIII.
  11. CHAP. IX.
  12. CHAP. X.
  13. CHAP. XI.
  14. CHAP. XII.
  15. CHAP. XIII.
  16. CHAP. XIV.
  17. CHAP. XV.
  18. CHAP. XVI.
  19. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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