description: The Mysterious Island is a classic adventure novel written by Jules Verne. The story follows the adventures of five castaways who find themselves stranded on an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. The group includes a Union Army engineer named Cyrus Smith, a sailor named Pencroft, his adopted son Herbert, a journalist named Gideon Spilett, and a black servant named Neb.The castaways must use their skills and ingenuity to survive on the island, which is full of strange and dangerous creatures. They build shelters, hunt for food, and explore the island in search of a way to escape. Along the way, they discover a mysterious message in a bottle that leads them on a quest to uncover the island's secrets.As they delve deeper into the island's mysteries, the castaways encounter a series of incredible events and discoveries. They find a hidden underground river, a vast network of caves, and a mysterious source of light that seems to emanate from the island itself. They also uncover evidence of a previous inhabitant of the island, who seems to have left behind a series of clues and puzzles for them to solve.The Mysterious Island is a thrilling adventure story that combines science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. Verne's vivid descriptions of the island and its inhabitants, as well as his detailed explanations of the castaways' inventions and discoveries, make this book a classic of the genre.""Are we rising again?"" ""No. On the contrary."" ""Are we descending?"" ""Worse than that, captain! we are falling!"" ""For Heaven's sake heave out the ballast!"" ""There! the last sack is empty!"" ""Does the balloon rise?"" ""No!"" ""I hear a noise like the dashing of waves. The sea is below the car! It cannot be more than 500 feet from us!"" ""Overboard with every weight! ...everything!""This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
language: English
title: The Mysterious Island
titlecomplete: The Mysterious Island
characters: Captain Nemo, Cyrus Smith, Bonadventure Pencroff, Top, Herbert Brown, Robert Grant, Nebuchadnezzar, Gideon Spilett, Jupiter, Tom Ayrton, Bob Harvey
genres: Literature, 19th Century, Fantasy, Novels, Adventure, French Literature, Fiction, Classics, France, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 52703
places: Lincoln Island, Tabor Island, Richmond, Virginia
series: Capitaine Nemo
publisher: Kessinger Publishing