The Mysterious Island: Castaways Build a World from Nothing
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 99 full-page plates by Winslow Homer, Thomas Luny and J. M. W. Turner. Five prisoners of the Confederacy escape Richmond by balloon in a storm and come down on an uncharted Pacific island with nothing but a dog, a watch and one grain of wheat. From that they build a colony, pottery and iron and a telegraph line, while something on the island keeps quietly intervening on their behalf. Verne meant it as the meeting point of two of his earlier books, and his publisher made him rewrite the ending twice. Its 118 original illustrations have been carefully restored and coloured for this edition.
Complete and unabridged, with 99 full-page plates by Winslow Homer, Thomas Luny and J. M. W. Turner. Five prisoners of the Confederacy escape Richmond by balloon in a storm and come down on an uncharted Pacific island with nothing but a dog, a watch and one grain of wheat. From that they build a ...
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Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist sent to Paris to study law who chose the theatre and then the Voyages Extraordinaires — some sixty novels that took readers to the Moon, the sea floor and the centre of the earth. His publisher Hetzel shaped and censored him for forty years. Shot in the leg by his nephew in 1886, he limped for the rest of his life, and is among the most translated authors in the world.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist sent to Paris to study law who chose the theatre and then the Voyages Extraordinaires — some sixty novels that took readers to the Moon, the sea floor and the centre of the earth. His publisher Hetzel shaped and censored him for forty years. Shot in t...
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