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After reading The Mysterious Island, I wonder how much Jules Verne’s current reputation is based on 1950s and ’60s movies loosely — very loosely — adapted from his novels. In this book, there are no giant crabs or bees, or aliens, or even women. There are five men and a dog seeking to escape besieged Richmond during the Civil War who are carried off in a balloon by hurricane winds to an uncharted island in the Pacific, where they find and make what they need to survive.
The “colonists,” as they style themselves to avoid the negative connotations of “castaways,” are an improbable assortment, each man having knowledge or skills that complement those of the others. Cyrus Harding, the engineer, is not only a bottomless well of information about mechanics, chemistry, navigation, and other practical topics, but is also a natural leader. Gideon Spillett, the reporter, is an expert hunter. Pencroft, the sailor, knows shipbuilding and is a willing worker, while his teenage ward, Herbert, is a knowledgeable naturalist and able hunter. Harding’s servant, Neb, plays the role of cook and domestic, while Harding’s dog, Top, provides keen senses and instinct. When Verne wrote, “It would have been difficult to unite five men, better fitted to struggle against fate, more certain to triumph over it,” it cannot have been without some sense of irony, since he is the one who brought them together in his imagination.
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After reading The Mysterious Island, I wonder how much Jules Verne’s current reputation is based on 1950s and ’60s movies loosely — very loosely — adapted from his novels. In this book, there are no giant crabs or bees, or aliens, or even women. There are five men and a dog seeking to escape besieged Richmond during the Civil War who are carried off in a balloon by hurricane winds to an uncharted island in the Pacific, where they find and make what they need to survive.
The “colonists,” as they style themselves to avoid the negative connotations of “castaways,” are an improbable assortment, each man having knowledge or skills that complement those of the others. Cyrus Harding, the engineer, is not only a bottomless well of information about mechanics, chemistry, navigation, and other practical topics, but is also a natural leader. Gideon Spillett, the reporter, is an expert hunter. Pencroft, the sailor, knows shipbuilding and is a willing worker, while his teenage ward, Herbert, is a knowledgeable naturalist and able hunter. Harding’s servant, Neb, plays the role of cook and domestic, while Harding’s dog, Top, provides keen senses and instinct. When Verne wrote, “It would have been difficult to unite five men, better fitted to struggle against fate, more certain to triumph over it,” it cannot have been without some sense of irony, since he is the one who brought them together in his imagination.
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Hi mate ! Your answer is A Jules Verne mystery. The mysterious island is an exciting tale of mystery and adventure as a group of castaways struggle to overcome the elements and survive on an uncharted. This novel was written by Jules Verne in 1874 .
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