<Li> Professor Otto Lidenbrock: a man of science </Li> <Li> Axel: the nephew of Professor Lidenbrock, overcautious and unadventurous student . </Li> <Li> Hans Bjelke: a Danish - speaking Icelandic eiderduck hunter who becomes their guide; dependable, resourceful and imperturbable . </Li> <Li> Gräuben: the goddaughter of Professor Lidenbrock with whom Axel is in love, native of Virland in Estonia . </Li>

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