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In the midst of the American Civil War, five prisoners hijack a hot air balloon to make their escape. Caught in the winds of a violent storm, the balloon is blown far, far away from its point of departure in Richmond, Virginia. When the craft crash-lands, its passengers find themselves castaways on an exotic island. Here they are forced to contend with wild animals, pirates, and an active volcano—in a fight for their very survival.
Beloved for well over a century, The Mysterious Island is an enduring adventure classic by the masterful Jules Verne.
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- ISBN: 9781504013895
- File size: 965 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781504013895
- File size: 2302 KB
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- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 410
- Text Difficulty: 1
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February 1, 2002
The second title in Wesleyan's new Early Classics of Science Fiction series is Sidney Kravitz's translation (14 years in the making) of Jules Verne's castaway epic, The Mysterious Island. Like the new Modern Library edition (noted in Forecasts, Dec. 24), it boasts black-and-white illustrations and is unexpurgated; unlike it, this volume contains a Verne chronology and brief biography, endnotes, appendixes and information about previous translations.
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