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Jules Verne

The Mysterious Island

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 comically. 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 abridging 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.
609 printed pages
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  • Michael Schrowangshared an impression6 years ago
    👍Worth reading

    one of my favorite books.

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  • Настяhas quoted3 years ago
    “He won’t come back, though,” said the sailor, shak­ing his head.
  • b4836913225has quoted3 years ago
    in­ter­mis­sion
  • Гуля Хакимоваhas quoted4 years ago
    tem­pes­tu­ous

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