The mysterious island / Jules Verne ; translated by Jordan Stump ; introduction by Caleb Carr ; with illustrations from the original 1875 edition by Jules-Descartes Ferat.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Modern Library classicsPublication details: New York : Modern Library, 2002.Edition: Modern Library pbk. edDescription: xxx, 629 p. : ill., map ; 21 cmISBN: - 0812966422 (pbk.)
- 9780812966428 (pbk.)
- Ile mystérieuse. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Translated from the French.