The Mysterious Island,9780819564757

The Mysterious Island

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ISBN13: 9780819564757
ISBN10: 0819564753
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-02-27
Publisher(s): Wesleyan Univ Pr
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Note on Previous Translations xxxiii
Inception of the Novel xxxv
The Manuscripts of ``Uncle Robinson'' xxxv
The Manuscripts of The Mysterious Island xxxviii
Publication of The Mysterious Island xliii
Prefaces to The Mysterious Island, Two Years Vacation, and Second Homeland xlvii
A Few Words to the Readers of The Mysterious Island xlvii
Preface to Two Years Vacation xlviii
Preface-Why I Wrote Second Homeland xlviii
Abbreviations li
The Mysterious Island
1(636)
Notes 637(16)
A Chronology of Jules Verne 653(6)
Select Bibliography 659(8)
Principal Works of Verne Cited
659(1)
Studies of The Mysterious Island
659(3)
Books on Verne
662(3)
The Principal Sources of The Mysterious Island
665(2)
Appendix A: The Origins of The Mysterious Island 667(6)
Appendix B: Verne's Other Writing on the Desert-Island Theme 673

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