β Scribed by Jules Verne
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Kindle Edition, 516 pages
Published 1865
Modern Library (2004)
Translation by: Jordan Stump (2001)
Introduction by: Caleb Carr (2001)
Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verneβs masterpiece. βWide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Jordan Stumpβ (Kirkus Reviews), here is the enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the islandβs secret.
After hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escapes the American Civil War. Seven thousand miles later, they drop from the clouds onto an uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific. Through teamwork, scientific knowledge, engineering, and perseverance, they endeavour to build a colony from scratch. But this island of abundant resources has its secrets. The castaways discover they are not alone. A shadowy, yet familiar, agent of their unfathomable fate is watching.
What unfolds in Jules Verneβs imaginative marvel is both an enthralling mystery and the ultimate in survivalist adventures.
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Five castaways, having landed from a balloon on an island in the Pacific, begin their struggle for survival and the adventures that will lead them to the mysterious Captain Nemo.
Although _The Mysterious Island_ is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular _Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea_ , this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, _The Mysterious Island_ is a masterpiece of the action-adven