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Contents Introduction - The Public's Library and Digital Archive
Introduction At a time when Jules Verne is making a comeback in the United States as a mainstream literary figure, one of his most brilliant and famous novels remains unavailable in English. Although half a dozen works carrying the title “The Mys-terious Island” are in print, all follow W. H. G. Kingston’s 1874-75 translation, which omits sections of the novel and ideologically skews ...
The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island 4 the greatest rapidity, following the direction of the wind, that is to say, from the northeast to the southwest. Frightful indeed was the situation of these unfortunate men. They were evidently no longer masters of the machine. All their attempts were useless.
L ÎLE MYSTÉRIEUSE
Cependant, le ballon, délesté de lourds objets, tels que muni-tions, armes, provisions, s’était relevé dans les couches supé-rieures de l’atmosphère, à une hauteur de quatre mille cinq cents pieds. Les passagers, après avoir reconnu que la mer était sous la nacelle, trouvant les dangers moins redoutables en haut qu’en bas, n’avaient pas hésité à jeter par-dessus le bord les ...
JULES VERNE
First published in 1875, The Mysterious Island is one of Jules Verne’s most popular adventure stories. The story begins during the American Civil War. Four men, a boy and a dog escape from an enemy town in a hot-air balloon. They land on a strange island where they have many adventures and mysterious things happen.
The Analysis of Cyrus Smith as A Hero in Jules Verne’s ...
This study's main objective was a novel entitled The Mysterious Island, written by Jules Verne, a French author. The novel was a crossover sequel to the other story published in French in 1875.
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