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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.562
EAN: 9780812972122
ISBN: 0812972120
Label: Modern Library
Manufacturer: Modern Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 768
Publication Date: April 27, 2004
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date: April 27, 2004
Studio: Modern Library
Features:- ISBN13: 9780812972122
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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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 Verneâs masterpiece. âWide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stumpâ (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 islandâs secret.
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I loved and hated this book. In The Mysterious Island Jules Verne creates a story similar to The Swiss Family Robinson story that I grew up loving. But this book is much more in depth and provides an intriguing mystery to spice things up.
Five men escape from America during the Civil War in a balloon. They are blown far south and are wrecked upon an island with no supplies.
Verne goes in depth in how the men manage to make a colony out of nothing. In their party are an engineer, ... Read More
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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne is a wonderful book. On every page you share the exciting adventures of the small group of interesting, lively and resourceful people who explore this island on which they landed by accident. Unexpected incidents lead them gradually to suspect that someone somewhere is watching them and somehow helping them. What they discover in the end, you'll never forget, it'll stay with you for ever and make you dream beautiful dreams.
When I read this book in my early teens, ... Read More
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Great book over all, good pace, good story. Was a little worried that it would be a knock off of Robinson Crusoe but this story goes in an entirely different direction. In the evenings I looked forward to getting sit down with this book, I think this book is much better than "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". The 700 pages never slowed down or felt to be dragging or cheap pulp.
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Great book and great writing. The translator did a great job too. I took out one star because I was disappointed about the ending.
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It is really hard to comment this masterpiece, which had been commented and reviewed by uncountable readers and reviewers. Perhaps as a reader in modern time, I could only add the view with our time.
First, we can compare the human dreams, then the dream was related to the events in this Earth, now our dream is far beyond this Earth. However I am still amazing that the author has such a wide range of knowledge and imagination at that time, which is also a fascinating time in human history. And we ... Read More
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