The Mysterious Island
Readers rate it 4.1 (157 on Hardcover)
768 pages · Released Apr 27, 2004 · Modern Library
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This classic adventure novel follows castaways using ingenuity and teamwork to survive on a remote island. The story emphasizes problem-solving, cooperation, and perseverance, with minimal graphic content. While there are occasional dangers and perilous situations typical of survival tales, violence is not graphic or central to the narrative.
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This sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" doesn't advertise itself as such. Most of the book concerns the efforts of a group of hot-air balloon castaways in the south Pacific ocean attempting to use modern knowledge in order to survive in near-desert-island conditions. "Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe, 1719) started a tr... This sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" doesn't advertise itself as such. Most of the book concerns the efforts of a group of hot-air balloon castaways in the south Pacific ocean attempting to use modern knowledge in order to survive in near-desert-island conditions. "Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe, 1719) started a trend of survival tales that lasts in some respects to this day and "Island" (1874) is Verne's contribution to that body of work. In my estimate, no film so far has done this book justice.
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- French Adventure stories
- French language materials
- Translations from French
- Open Library Staff Picks
- Translations into English
- Fiction
- French Science fiction
- Science fiction
- Islands
- Balloons
- Shipwrecks
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ISBN 9780812972122 · Modern Library