The mysterious island
Verne, Jules, 1828-19052002
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The plot depicts a group of men who have become castaways stranded on an island in the Pacific during the American Civil War. 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.
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The mysterious island / Jules Verne ; translated by Jordan Stump ; introduction by Caleb Carr.
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New York : Random House ; London : Kuperard [distributor], 2002.
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560 p. ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: 2001.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780812966428 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
3852496
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