num_pages: 493
description: The sea indeed formed an immense circular sheet of water all around them! ...No land in sight. Not a sail. ...Was the island inhabited?The five castaways, having landed from a balloon on an island in the Pacific, begin their struggle for survival and the adventures that will lead them to the mysterious Captain Nemo.Verne's remarkable novel, originally published in 1875 and by Scribners in 1918 with N.C. Wyeths's magnificent illustrations, is that latest of the Scribner Illustrated Classics to be reissued. The original canvases have been newly photographed and reproduced with exceptional fidelity for this edition, and the text has been reset in the original typeface.
language: French
title: The Mysterious Island
titlecomplete: The Mysterious Island
characters: Cyrus Smith, Bob Harvey, Robert Grant, Captain Nemo, Bonadventure Pencroff, Nebuchadnezzar, Tom Ayrton, Gideon Spilett, Top, Jupiter, Herbert Brown
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, France, Adventure, French Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Fantasy
ratings_count: 52685
places: Lincoln Island, Richmond, Virginia, Tabor Island
series: Capitaine Nemo
publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons