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| Title | : | The Mysterious Island (Extraordinary Voyages #12) |
| Author | : | Jules Verne |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 723 pages |
| Published | : | April 27th 2004 by Modern Library (first published 1865) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Science Fiction. Adventure. Fantasy. Cultural. France. Literature |
Jules Verne
Paperback | Pages: 723 pages Rating: 4.11 | 41799 Users | 1551 Reviews
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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 Verne’s imaginative marvel is both an enthralling mystery and the ultimate in survivalist adventures.
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| Original Title: | L'île mystérieuse |
| ISBN: | 0812972120 (ISBN13: 9780812972122) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Extraordinary Voyages #12, Captain Nemo #2 |
| Characters: | Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus Harding, Bonadventure Pencroff, Herbert Brown, Gideon Spilett, Captain Nemo |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 41799 Users | 1551 ReviewsWrite Up Containing Books The Mysterious Island (Extraordinary Voyages #12)
Finished it a few days ago. This book has restored my faith in reading. It's the second best book I've ever read. I've rarely read anything that has kept me spellbound from start to finish. I think I'd like to start reading it again.For what is seen as an adventure book, it's mind blowingly in-depth, overly interesting and so well written, it has taught me many lessons in writing. I never new Jules Verne was so good. I already miss each character and even the animals. Poor Jup. Wow wow wow.I am now discouraged to read anymore Verne. I enjoy a hefty tome, however, this was about 500 pages too long. I fell asleep several times whilst reading this because it was so boring. I felt like it was a highly technical survival manual. As a story, it just seemed too ridiculous to be believed. Yes, it's a work of fantasy, but still. Some guys try to escape Richmond via balloon and end up somewhere in the South Pacific. Ridiculous, but I'll still buy it. One guy is so learned, that he knows how
"Gilligan! Drop those coconuts!"I can see I'm in a very slim minority here, but I'm not afraid to come right out and say it: this book is terrible.*Spoilers follow*The five luckiest fuckers alive end up on a "deserted" Pacific island after their balloon crashes after escaping Confederate Richmond. Yes, you read that right. Not only are they lucky-as-hell, but even better the island happens to basically have every single natural resource that humanity could ever exploit. Even even better, one of
This book is so racist and boring. I couldn't even finish it. I stopped around page 150, so I definitely gave it a chance.First of all, it's a typical Robinson Crusoe castaways-on-a-desert-island story; and while I normally enjoy all those little survival details, this one bored me to tears. The descriptions of each tiny little promontory, hill, river, stream, and divot in the ground go on and on until I want to scream. Then those stupid details are repeated! Actually repeated again, as if I
If you love steampunk, you owe it to yourself to read Jules Verne. A very resourceful group of men escape in a hot air balloon, only to be swept off course and land on a mysterious island, where they must supply all their own needs using only what they have on them. Excellent read.
260913: i had to take a break on page 346, as the extensive description of application, recapitulation, celebration, of all industrial engineering resulting in 19th century European technology, by five men, from nothing, on an island which just happens to contain all desired resources, began to make me wonder if this is satire- really have to clarify this: i was not beginning to sense this in his writing, i was beginning to read it myself too much like satire, not taking it seriously- but no,
A little while ago, I picked up The Mysterious Island mainly because it was one of the only books by Jules Verne that I knew almost nothing about. I took great care not to learn in advance what made the island so mysterious or really, anything about the plot at all.This book is at its heart a standard "shipwrecked" adventure. The main characters are not really shipwrecked per se, but may as well be. The majority of the story deals with their trials and tribulations surviving on the island.Where
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