The Mysterious Island

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, Dover Publications
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jules Verne ISBN: 9780486825854
Publisher: Dover Publications Publication: September 20, 2017
Imprint: Dover Publications Language: English
Author: Jules Verne
ISBN: 9780486825854
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication: September 20, 2017
Imprint: Dover Publications
Language: English

In this spirited novel by master storyteller Jules Verne, five Civil War prisoners escape their Confederate jail by hijacking a hot-air balloon. Blown halfway across the world and stranded on a remote island, the fugitives' survival depends upon their ability to build a sustainable environment while withstanding pirate attacks, volcanic eruptions, and other challenges.
Engineer Cyrus Harding takes charge of the crew, consisting of his servant, Neb; journalist Gideon Spilett; sailor Bonadventure Pencroft and his adopted son, naturalist Herbert Brown; and Harding's faithful dog, Top. Starting with the development of fire, pottery, and bricks, the castaways gradually achieve one technological advance after another by combining their skills — and with some surreptitious help from an unknown benefactor, whose identity adds to their island's mystery. First published in 1874, The Mysterious Island remains an exuberant story of survival and an adventure classic.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In this spirited novel by master storyteller Jules Verne, five Civil War prisoners escape their Confederate jail by hijacking a hot-air balloon. Blown halfway across the world and stranded on a remote island, the fugitives' survival depends upon their ability to build a sustainable environment while withstanding pirate attacks, volcanic eruptions, and other challenges.
Engineer Cyrus Harding takes charge of the crew, consisting of his servant, Neb; journalist Gideon Spilett; sailor Bonadventure Pencroft and his adopted son, naturalist Herbert Brown; and Harding's faithful dog, Top. Starting with the development of fire, pottery, and bricks, the castaways gradually achieve one technological advance after another by combining their skills — and with some surreptitious help from an unknown benefactor, whose identity adds to their island's mystery. First published in 1874, The Mysterious Island remains an exuberant story of survival and an adventure classic.

More books from Dover Publications

Cover of the book Années de Pèlerinage, Complete by Jules Verne
Cover of the book 501 Essential Italian Verbs by Jules Verne
Cover of the book Recursive Analysis by Jules Verne
Cover of the book The Tools that Built America by Jules Verne
Cover of the book The Way We Live Now by Jules Verne
Cover of the book Thermoelectricity by Jules Verne
Cover of the book The Dover Anthology of American Literature, Volume I by Jules Verne
Cover of the book You Can Draw Cartoons by Jules Verne
Cover of the book Rodin on Art and Artists by Jules Verne
Cover of the book A Treatise on the Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces by Jules Verne
Cover of the book Build Your Own Inexpensive Dollhouse by Jules Verne
Cover of the book Pudd'nhead Wilson by Jules Verne
Cover of the book The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Jules Verne
Cover of the book We Wanted a Farm by Jules Verne
Cover of the book Jellybean Tiaras by Jules Verne
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy