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  • The Mysterious Island

    Jules Verne, Lawrence Skinner, Audioliterature

    Audible Audiobook (Audioliterature, Dec. 7, 2018)
    The plot focuses on the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. During the American Civil War, five northern prisoners of war decide to escape, during the siege of Richmond, Virginia, by hijacking a balloon. During their stay on the island, the group endures bad weather, and domesticates an orangutan, Jupiter. There is a mystery on the island in the form of an unseen deus ex machina, responsible for Cyrus' survival after falling from the balloon, the mysterious rescue of Top from a dugong, the appearance of a box of equipment (guns and ammunition, tools, etc.), and other seemingly inexplicable occurrences...
  • The Mysterious Island

    Jules Verne

    eBook (Sheba Blake Publishing, Jan. 9, 2018)
    The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne. The plot focuses on the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. During the American Civil War, five northern prisoners of war decide to escape, during the siege of Richmond, Virginia, by hijacking a balloon. The escapees are Cyrus Smith, a railroad engineer in the Union army (named Cyrus Harding in Kingston's version); his ex-slave and loyal follower Neb (short for Nebuchadnezzar); Bonadventure Pencroff, a sailor (who is addressed only by his surname.In Kingston's translation, he is named Pencroft); his protégé and adopted son Harbert Brown (called Herbert in some translations); and the journalist Gedéon Spilett (Gideon Spilett in English versions). The company is completed by Cyrus' dog "Top". After flying in a great storm for several days, the group crash-lands on a cliff-bound, volcanic, unknown island, described as being located at 34°57′S 150°30′W, about 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) east of New Zealand.They name it "Lincoln Island" in honor of their president, Abraham Lincoln. With the knowledge of the brilliant engineer Smith, the five are able to sustain themselves on the island, producing fire, pottery, bricks, nitroglycerin, iron, a simple electric telegraph, a home on a stony cliffside called "Granite House", and even a seaworthy ship, which they name the "Bonadventure" (in honor of Pencroff, the driving force behind its construction). They also manage to figure out their geographical location.
  • The Mysterious Island:

    Jules Verne

    eBook (Legendary Authors, Feb. 6, 2018)
    "In The Mysterious Island a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. Blown across the world, they are air-wrecked on a remote desert island. In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe, the men apply their scientific knowledge and technical skill to exploit the island's bountiful resources, eventually constructing a sophisticated society in miniature. The book is also an intriguing mystery story, for the island has a secret."
  • The Mysterious Island

    Jules Verne

    Paperback (SDE Classics, Nov. 7, 2018)
    In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerlessAfter five union soldiers escape imprisonment by commandeering a hot air balloon, a great storm blows them haphazardly for days. Soon, they arrive to an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Turmoil and confusion abound on the island as the castaways’ complications are always mysteriously solved.Will they discover the secret of the island?
  • The Mysterious Island Trilogy - The Original UK Translation: Dropped from the Clouds + Abandoned + The Secret of the Island

    Jules Verne

    eBook (e-artnow, Feb. 27, 2014)
    This carefully crafted ebook: "The Mysterious Island Trilogy - The Original UK Translation" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Mysterious Island by Jules Verne is subtitled Shipwrecked in the Air, The Abandoned and The Secret of the Island. The present translation is by Stephen W. White. It first appeared in the Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia, PA and was later published as an Evening Telegraph Reprint Book in 1876. English translators often altered their translations to suit current political views of Church and Empire. It is about six Northerns prisoners that flee Richmond during the American Civil War. Their escape is done by balloon and brings them to an inhabited island lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The book tells the tale of how these men survive. Jules Gabriel Verne (1828 – 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.
  • The Mysterious Island

    Jules Verne

    eBook (Otbebookpublishing, Dec. 27, 2015)
    Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile. Verne's novel tells the story 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 island’s secret.
  • The Mysterious Island

    Jules Verne

    Hardcover (International Collectors Library, March 15, 1960)
    Five Union prisoners escape from the siege of Richmond in a balloon, are blown off course and crash on an uncharted island. They must learn to rebuild a society for themselves while awaiting rescue.
  • The Mysterious Island: Illustrated

    Jules Verne

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, July 26, 2015)
    The Mysterious Island: Illustrated by Jules Verne. - In Three Parts: I. Dropped from the Clouds, II. Abandoned, III. The Secret of the Island. Fully Illustrated with 154 Illustrations from the Original edition by Jules-Descartes FĂ©rat, engraving Charles Barbant, Published by J. Hetzel, in Paris, 1875. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though thematically it is vastly different from those books. The Mysterious Island" has by common consent been pronounced the most successful and the most absorbing of Jules Verne's works. In recognition of its wide popularity, the publishers herewith offer to the youth of the World in a single volume the complete work which originally appeared in three volumes. The work has been pronounced "A new Robinson Crusoe with all the modern improvements." You will find amusement and instruction. One of three books that inspired Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.
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  • The Mysterious Island: By Jules Verne - Illustrated

    Jules Verne

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Jan. 4, 2017)
    Why buy our paperbacks? Printed in USA on High Quality Paper Standard Font size of 10 for all books Fulfilled by Amazon Expedited shipping 30 Days Money Back Guarantee Unabridged (100% Original content) BEWARE OF LOW-QUALITY SELLERS Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. About The Mysterious Island By Jules Verne The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though its themes are vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled Shipwrecked Family: Marooned With Uncle Robinson, seen as indicating the influence on the novel of Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson. Verne developed a similar theme in his later novel, Godfrey Morgan (French: L'École des Robinsons, 1882).
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  • The Mysterious Island

    Jules Verne

    Hardcover (Charles Scribners' Sons, March 15, 1749)
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  • The Mysterious Island

    Jules Verne

    Paperback (Bantam, March 15, 1970)
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  • The Mysterious Island

    Jules Verne

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