The Mysterious Island
Book 12 of Extraordinary Voyages
Language: English
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: Jan 1, 1874
Form:
Novel
Pages:
667
Word Count:
195741
Book Details
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Description:
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 Verne’s masterpiece. “Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump” (*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 island’s secret.