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(0)Jules Verne
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
1952
Physical Desc
417 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 10.8 - AR Pts: 41
Language
English
Formats
Description
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. Published in French as L'Île Mystérieuse in 1874, this novel is a sequel to Verne's earlier Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas. After hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escape the American...