Jules VerneThe Mysterious Island (May 10, 2007)

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne. Read by Mark F. Smith.

A story of castaways, similar to Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, this book details the escape from Civil War-era Richmond, Virginia, of five Northern men who dared to go aloft in a balloon in the midst of a hurricane. Deposited on a lonely island in the Pacific, they make do with Yankee ingenuity where Chance has left them nothing. Only later do they find they have a hidden benefactor: Captain Nemo, of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, who resides, alone, secretly on the island. In time, the tiny colony becomes so prosperous that it is able to rescue another castaway from an island a hundred miles away. But all their work will come to naught - their island's volcano is about to awake!(Summary by Mark)

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Author: Jules Verne
Date: 2007-05-10
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: LibriVox; literature; audiobook; verne; sci-fi; adventure

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: fresch - - March 20, 2008
Subject: One of my favorite books!

I remember seeing the 1961 movie as an end-of-term film at school.

Later on, got the e-book on my Palm, and was very impressed with the detail of survival on Lincoln Island.

Now, have listened to the audiobook, certainly one of my favorite books, I think this would be more valuable to a castaway than Robinson Crusoe would!