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The Mysterious Island (World Classics, Unabridged)
The Mysterious Island (World Classics, Unabridged)
The Mysterious Island (World Classics, Unabridged)
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The Mysterious Island (World Classics, Unabridged)

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The Mysterious Island follows the adventures of a group of castaways who use their survivalist savvy to build a functional community on an uncharted island. A hot-air balloon carrying five passengers and a dog escapes from Richmond, Va., during the American Civil War. It is blown off course and deposited near an obscure island. One of the castaways nearly dies after a skirmish with pirates; he is saved by the unexplained appearance of medicine after the pirates are unexpectedly routed. The group later discovers that their secret helper is the reclusive Captain Nemo (first introduced in Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea), who dies and is buried at sea in his submarine. The castaways are eventually saved by a passing ship.
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Release dateOct 1, 2016
ISBN9789386834225
The Mysterious Island (World Classics, Unabridged)
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Victor Hugo

Victor Marie Hugo (1802–1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement and is considered one of the greatest French writers. Hugo’s best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchbak of Notre-Dame, 1831, both of which have had several adaptations for stage and screen.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Two men and a boy arrived on a strange island. Mysterious things happened to them there. Will they see their homes again?I was surprised at the end. I thought they were strong people.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great fun, although it's really more of a mildy curious than a mysterious island. Still, really readable. A group of balloonists land on an island miles from anywhere, and through superiour engineer knowledge build the best island ever from scratch, like characters in the computer game Civilisation. Mildly unexplainable events happen.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Verne's second Nemo novel isn't as satisfying as the first, mostly due to it's pacing, but it's a grand adventure in it's own right: exciting, supense, with a large does of humor.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Mildly entertaining, but there was much wrong with the book.... wrong science (but tis ok as it was the science of the time), but mostly the writing style. It seems that Verne has certain phrases he will use ad nauseum until the reader wants to throw the book at his grave. That really was the issue with me. Bad chronology as well that could have been easily fixed by eliminating certain dates. Enjoyable, but ponderous.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I'm reading this one to my seven year old daughter at bedtime; it's great for her, and for me as well, as when I was young I read this book again and again. It's still my favorite Verne.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Great escape reading. Loved the imagery and adventure!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Imagine "Lost" written by a much better author.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The first half is REALLY slow, but then it gets more and more exciting. It's one of Verne's lesser-known works, worth investigating.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A tale replete with suspense, action, mystery, and fulfillment. I was very impressed at what this novel had to offer and I think it's among Verne's better portions of his work. There is a great surprise too, which I will not reveal for the reader. Overall, the plot was good, the characters likeable, and I felt a strong willingness to embark upon the journey and see it to it's end.3.75 stars- worth it!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book starts out with Verne's usual endearing absurdity (the men have crashlanded after stealing a hot air balloon to escape the American Civil War), but quickly becomes pretty boring. It took me a long time to plow through this, mostly because the plot moves so slowly. The mystery of the island is pretty disappointing, although I did like the final scene very much.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I obviously have not read enough Jules Verne. I was pleasantly surprised with this book. Now I have to start reading more of Verne's works. I like him better then H. G. Wells. Wells' stories were often more dreadful, hopeless and too "Victorian England". Verne writes with a timeless flavor of optimism and possibility.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    in 1865 5 men and a dog attempt a desparate escape during the american civil war by balloon. they become stranded on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. Their incredible resourcefulness, ingenuity and teamwork help them to colonize what they later rename as Lincoln Island. Verne can be tedious in his description of the engineering and metallurgic techinques but they are interesting all the same. Ending was quite far fetched and disappointing.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This was a very entertaining adventure novel, even if Verne's castaways were implausibly gifted with just the right skills and knowledge necessary to survive.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This a book I'd recommend to just about anyone!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Sequel to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I think I liked it even better, but its been a long time. Must read again
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What a fascinating story. As attractive now as when I read it as a teenager. This doesn't read as an old story, but rather as a modern story about an old subject.

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