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Arne Saknussemm
Gräuben is Axel’s fiancée and Lidenbrock’s ward. She is 17 years old and shares Axel’s interest in minerology. They initially keep their relationship a secret from Lidenbrock, but when Axel accidentally reveals to him, Lidenbrock is too distracted by Saknussemm’s journey to care. Gräuben wishes that Axel could act and speak as an equal to Lidenbrock, and she encourages him to join his uncle on his adventure so that Axel can earn glory and independence. Her predictions prove correct, and Axel returns home a brave and independent young man. The two marry at the end of the book.
Gräuben Quotes in Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Journey to the Center of the Earth quotes below are all either spoken by Gräuben or refer to Gräuben. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 7
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“Axel, it is a grant thing to devote one’s self to science. What glory awaits Mr. Lidenbrock, and will be reflected on his companions! When you come back, Axel, you will be a man, an equal, free to speak, free to act, free too––”
The girl blushed, and did not finish the sentence.
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Chapter 41
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The soul of the professor had passed into me. The spirit of a discoverer pervaded me. I forgot the past, I disdained the future! Nothing existed for me on the face of our planet, in whose bosom I was plunged, neither town nor country, neither Hamburg nor Königstrasse, nor my poor Gräuben, who must think me lost for ever in the bowels of the earth!
Chapter 46
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From that day my uncle was the happiest of sages, and I the happiest of men; for my lovely Virlandaise […] was installed in the Königstrasse house in double quality of niece and wife. I need not add that her uncle was the illustrious professor Otto Lidenbrock, corresponding member of all the scientific societies, geographical, and mineralogical […].
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Gräuben Quotes in Journey to the Center of the Earth
The Journey to the Center of the Earth quotes below are all either spoken by Gräuben or refer to Gräuben. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 7
Quotes
“Axel, it is a grant thing to devote one’s self to science. What glory awaits Mr. Lidenbrock, and will be reflected on his companions! When you come back, Axel, you will be a man, an equal, free to speak, free to act, free too––”
The girl blushed, and did not finish the sentence.
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Chapter 41
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The soul of the professor had passed into me. The spirit of a discoverer pervaded me. I forgot the past, I disdained the future! Nothing existed for me on the face of our planet, in whose bosom I was plunged, neither town nor country, neither Hamburg nor Königstrasse, nor my poor Gräuben, who must think me lost for ever in the bowels of the earth!
Chapter 46
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From that day my uncle was the happiest of sages, and I the happiest of men; for my lovely Virlandaise […] was installed in the Königstrasse house in double quality of niece and wife. I need not add that her uncle was the illustrious professor Otto Lidenbrock, corresponding member of all the scientific societies, geographical, and mineralogical […].
