The Mysterious Island
$44.01
- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2002
Summary
The Mysterious Island: A Tale of Survival and Intrigue
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. 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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812966428 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812966422 |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
| Author: | Jules Verne, Jordan Stump, Caleb Carr |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2002 |
| Weight: | 505g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 33mm |
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“The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who ever lived.” - Arthur C. Clarke
“The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who ever lived.” —Arthur C. Clarke
About The Author
Jules Verne
Jordan Stump is an associate professor of French at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and translator of more than half a dozen French novels. His translation of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Claude Simon’s Le jardin des plantes won the French-American Foundation Translation Prize for 2001.
Caleb Carr is the bestselling author of The Alienist and, most recently, The Lessons of Terror. He lives in New York.
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