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Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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Shipwreck survival -- Fiction.
Castaways -- Fiction.
Islands of the Pacific -- Fiction.
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Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Shipwreck survival -- Fiction.
Castaways -- Fiction.
Islands of the Pacific -- Fiction.
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The mysterious island / Jules Verne ; translated by Jordan Stump ; introduction by Caleb Carr ; with illustrations from the original 1875 edition by Jules-Descartes Ferat.
by
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Modern Library, 2002, c2001.
Call #:
FICTION
VER
Subjects
Shipwreck survival --
Fiction
.
Castaways --
Fiction
.
Islands of the Pacific --
Fiction
.
Series
Modern Library classics.
ISBN:
9780486820392
9780812966428 (trade pbk.)
Uniform title:
Ile mystérieuse. English
Edition:
2002 Modern Library pbk. ed.
Description:
xxx, 629 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Translation of: Ile mystérieuse.
Translated from the French.
Summary:
"Novel tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. The story begins in the American Civil War, during the siege of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. As famine and death ravage the city, five northern prisoners of war decide to escape by the unusual means of hijacking a balloon. The escapees are Cyrus Smith, a railroad engineer in the Union army (named Cyrus Harding in some English translations); his black manservant Neb (short for Nebuchadnezzar), a former slave who had been freed by Smith; the sailor Bonadventure Pencroff (who is addressed only by his surname, but his "Christian name", Bonadventure, is given to their boat; in other translations, he is also known as Pencroft); his protégé Harbert Brown (called Herbert in some translations), a young boy whom Pencroff raises as his own after the death of his father (Pencroff's former captain); and the journalist Gedéon Spilett (Gideon Spilett in English versions). The company is completed by Cyrus' dog "Top". After flying in stormy weather for several days, the group crash-lands on a cliff-bound, volcanic, unknown (and fictitious) island. They name it "Lincoln Island" in honor of American President Abraham Lincoln. With the knowledge of the brilliant engineer Smith, the five are able to sustain themselves on the island, producing fire, pottery, bricks, nitroglycerin, iron, a simple electric telegraph, a home on a stony cliffside called "Granite House", and even a seaworthy ship. They also manage to figure out their geographical location. Map of "Lincoln Island" During their stay on the island, the group endures bad weather, and adopts and domesticates an orangutan, Jupiter, abbreviated to Jup (or Joop, in Jordan Stump's translation)."--Wikipedia.
Genre:
Adventure
fiction
Historical
fiction
.
Classic
fiction
.
Robinsonades.
French
fiction
-- Translations into English.
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