Download or read book The Mysterious Island Unabridged Text written by Jules Verne and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mysterious Island tells the tale of five Americans who, in an attempt to escape the Civil War, pilot a hot-air balloon and find themselves crashed on a deserted island somewhere in the Pacific. Verne had been greatly influenced by works like Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, and that influence shines brightly in this novel of engineering ingenuity and adventure. Verne imparts the escapees with such over-the-top cleverness and so many luckily-placed resources that modern readers might find the extent to which they tame the island comical. Despite that, the island contains genuine mysteries for the adventurers to solve. The standard translation of The Mysterious Island was produced in 1875, and is credited to W. H. G. Kingston. Despite its popularity, it's widely criticized for abridiging and Bowlderizing important parts of the text. The translation presented here, produced by Stephen W. White in 1876, is considered a much more accurate translation, despite it also abridging some portions.
Download or read book The Mysterious Island written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escapees from a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp are carried by the winds in their balloon to a mysterious island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where they must struggle for survival.
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Download or read book The Mysterious Island Unabridged written by Jules Verne and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2024-07-03 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an extraordinary adventure with Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island," a gripping tale of survival and ingenuity. Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a diverse group of five castaways finds themselves stranded on an uncharted island in the Pacific after a daring escape via hot air balloon. As they confront the island's enigmatic terrain, the men—each skilled in different disciplines—combine their talents to overcome natural challenges and unlock the island's secrets. From battling the elements to uncovering hidden mysteries, Verne masterfully intertwines science, exploration, and suspense. Perfectly narrated, this audiobook invites you to join the intrepid castaways on a journey that tests their intellect, resilience, and unity. "The Mysterious Island" is a timeless classic that promises to captivate listeners with its blend of adventure, mystery, and the indomitable human spirit.
Download or read book The Mysterious Island written by Jules Verne and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First new unabridged translation since 1876 of one of Verne's best-known novels.
Download or read book The Mysterious Island written by Jules Verne and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2002-12-10 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Verne’s masterpiece. “Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump” (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 island’s secret.
Download or read book The Mysterious Island Jules Verne written by Jules Verne and published by Lumbreras Classics Books. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 12th book in the Extraordinary Voyages Series. The Mysterious Island is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways. The book tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. The story begins in the American Civil War, during the siege of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. As famine and death ravage the city, five northern prisoners of war decide to escape by the unusual means of hijacking a balloon.
Download or read book THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND written by Jules Verne and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the year 1874, renowned european novelist Jules Verne's novel 'THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND' is a classic in English Literature. 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. Its 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.
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Download or read book The Mysterious Island written by Jules Verne and published by Signet Classics. This book was released on 1986 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Verne's masterpiece. "Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump" (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 island's secret.
Download or read book The Mysterious Island written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-21 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. 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 Seas (1870) and In Search of the Castaways (1867-68), 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 of the novels Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson. Verne developed a similar theme in his later novel, Godfrey Morgan (French: L'École des Robinsons, 1882).During the American Civil War, five Northern prisoners of war escape during the Siege of Richmond, Virginia, by hijacking a hydrogen-filled observation 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 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 cave home inside a stony cliff called "Granite House", and even a seaworthy ship, which they name the "Bonadventure".During their stay on the island, the group endures bad weather and domesticates an orangutan, Jupiter, abbreviated to Jup (or Joop, in Jordan Stump's translation). 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 group finds a message in a bottle directing them to rescue a castaway on nearby Tabor Island, who is none other than Tom Ayrton (from In Search of the Castaways). On the return voyage to Lincoln Island, they lose their way in a tempest but are guided back to their course by a mysterious fire beacon.Ayrton's former companions arrive by chance on Lincoln Island and try to make it into their lair. After some fighting with the protagonists, the pirate ship is mysteriously destroyed by an explosion. Six of the pirates survive and kidnap Ayrton. When the colonists go to look for him, the pirates shoot Harbert, seriously injuring him. Harbert survives, narrowly cheating death. The colonists at first assume Ayrton has been killed, but later they find evidence that he was not instantly killed, leaving his fate uncertain. When the colonists rashly attempt to return to Granite House before Harbert fully recovers, Harbert contracts malaria but is saved by a box of quinine sulfate, which mysteriously appears on the table in Granite House. After Harbert recovers, they attempt to rescue Ayrton and destroy the pirates. They discover Ayrton at the sheepfold, and the pirates dead, without any visible wounds.The secret of the island is revealed to be Captain Nemo's hideout, and home port of the Nautilus. Having escaped the Maelstrom at the end of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Download or read book The Mysterious Island Annotated written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat.
Download or read book The Mysterious Island Annotated written by The Mysterious Island Annotated Verne and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. 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 Seas (1870) and In Search of the Castaways (1867-68), 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 of the novels 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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Download or read book Milo and the Mysterious Island written by Marcus Pfister and published by NorthSouth Books. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting sequel to Marcus Pfister's best-selling Milo and the Magical Stones returns! When Milo, the cliff mouse, and his friends discover an island inhabited by striped mice, they have to make a choice. Will Milo and the cliff mice share their treasures or will they hide them away for themselves? It's up to the reader to decide in this alternate-ending story that splits into two sections, each offering a different ending. This thought-provoking story, with the book's unique format, actively involves children in the decision-making process.
