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The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

  • Adventure
  • Book language: English
  • 519 pages

The Mysterious Island is an adventure novel by Jules Verne. It follows a group of castaways who escape by balloon and land on a remote Pacific island, where they must survive and uncover its secrets. It is worth listening to for its blend of survival, science and mystery.

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Opening of the book

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

by Jules Verne

1874

CONTENTS

PART 1—DROPPED FROM THE CLOUDS

Chapter 1

“Are we rising again?” “No. On the contrary.” “Are we descending?” “Worse than that, captain! we are falling!” “For

Heaven’s sake heave out the ballast!” “There! the last sack is empty!”

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Contents

  1. THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
  2. 1874
  3. CONTENTS
  4. PART 1—DROPPED FROM THE CLOUDS
  5. Chapter 1
  6. Chapter 2
  7. Chapter 3
  8. Chapter 4
  9. Chapter 5
  10. Chapter 6
  11. Chapter 7
  12. Chapter 8
  13. Chapter 9
  14. Chapter 10
  15. Chapter 11
  16. Chapter 12
  17. Chapter 13
  18. Chapter 14
  19. Chapter 15
  20. Chapter 16
  21. Chapter 17
  22. Chapter 18
  23. Chapter 19
  24. Chapter 20
  25. Chapter 21
  26. Chapter 22
  27. PART 2. ABANDONED
  28. Chapter 1
  29. Chapter 2
  30. Chapter 3

and 39 more chapters

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