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孝邪懈薪褋褌胁械薪薪褘泄 芯褋褌褉芯胁
袙 芯斜褕懈褉薪芯屑 薪邪褋谢械写懈懈 袞.袙械褉薪邪 褉芯屑邪薪 "孝邪懈薪褋褌胁械薪薪褘泄 芯褋褌褉芯胁" 蟹邪薪懈屑邪械褌 写芯褋褌芯泄薪芯械 屑械褋褌芯. 袨褋褌褉芯写褉邪屑邪褌懈褔械褋泻懈械 褋懈褌褍邪褑懈懈, 胁薪械蟹邪锌薪褘械 锌芯胁芯褉芯褌褘 褋褞卸械褌邪, 褌邪泄薪褘 蟹邪斜褉芯褕械薪薪芯谐芯 胁 芯泻械邪薪械 薪械芯斜懈褌邪械屑芯谐芯 芯褋褌褉芯胁邪, 薪邪 泻芯褌芯褉芯屑 芯泻邪蟹褘胁邪褞褌褋褟 锌芯褌械褉锌械胁褕懈械 泻褉褍褕械薪懈械 胁 胁芯蟹写褍褏械 谐械褉芯懈, 鈥� 胁褋械 褝褌芯 写械谢邪械褌 褔褌械薪懈械 褉芯屑邪薪邪 薪械芯斜褘泻薪芯胁械薪薪芯 褍胁谢械泻邪褌械谢褜薪褘屑.
624 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1874
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Jules Verne
6,780听books11.6k听followersNovels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1864) and
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1873).
This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."
This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."
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November 24, 2020
"Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best."
This book is one of the most complete books I have ever read - literally. One one hand, it contains what we normally look for in a book like this, elements related to a great adventure. Then on the other hand it has so much more what we would never expect: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Astrology, Navigation, Cultivation, Food Production, Metallurgy, Biology, Medicine and so many more, not in mere statements, but in very descriptive explanations. I did not at all expected this book to contain so much information. Personally, I found those fascinating, as I love all things Engineering. I also imagined the regular reader might not like this as much. But it's quite a wonder how well this book has been received by many readers, and has not been criticized for being over-descriptive (or boring).
"Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards."
Sure, it's a long book, but that does not take away a bit from the sense of adventure and mystery it offers. If you're a big fan of adventure books, living the life of those characters over their long, eventful, and ever thrilling journey is one of the best reading experiences one can have. Well, if I do ever get marooned on an island, I don't think I'll be out of ideas now :)
"Sir, your error was in supposing that the past can be resuscitated, and in contending against inevitable progress. It is one of those errors which some admire, others blame; which God alone can judge."
This book is one of the most complete books I have ever read - literally. One one hand, it contains what we normally look for in a book like this, elements related to a great adventure. Then on the other hand it has so much more what we would never expect: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Astrology, Navigation, Cultivation, Food Production, Metallurgy, Biology, Medicine and so many more, not in mere statements, but in very descriptive explanations. I did not at all expected this book to contain so much information. Personally, I found those fascinating, as I love all things Engineering. I also imagined the regular reader might not like this as much. But it's quite a wonder how well this book has been received by many readers, and has not been criticized for being over-descriptive (or boring).
"Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards."
Sure, it's a long book, but that does not take away a bit from the sense of adventure and mystery it offers. If you're a big fan of adventure books, living the life of those characters over their long, eventful, and ever thrilling journey is one of the best reading experiences one can have. Well, if I do ever get marooned on an island, I don't think I'll be out of ideas now :)
"Sir, your error was in supposing that the past can be resuscitated, and in contending against inevitable progress. It is one of those errors which some admire, others blame; which God alone can judge."
January 8, 2022
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May 9, 2023
I love survivalist stories. Here stranded characters must use all their knowledge and intelligence to live on a island. It was fun to read how they worked diligently to build a home, finding food and making clothes and tool. The cooperating between the characters was also nice to read about, it shows that with a common goal people can solve problems and find solutions that an individual alone wouldn鈥檛 manage.
October 12, 2012
I can't remember the number of times I have re-read this Verne masterpiece and discovered something new every time I had. In fact, my book has become so frayed around the edges over the years that I fear I won't be able to open it anymore without being afraid of ruining the pages or the cover for good.
Trying to recollect my feelings when I read the book for the first time ever seems a bit of a humongous task. But I can't possibly forget the rush of adrenaline and intense emotions, joy and thrill that inhabitants of Lincoln Island and their numerous adventures gave me - be it while hunting game in the forests, or rescuing Captain Harding, building a boat for a voyage to an island close by, fending off an attack by pirates, making priceless discoveries like finding a hint of sulphur in a nearby spring or even a massive block of granite (which was to become their home later on). Every time I have started reading it, I have been sucked right into the core of the tale, the predicament of the castaways and their struggle against the forces of nature and their quest for survival and felt like I was one of them.
This book would've been my most favorite Verne novel without any competition whatsoever if I had not read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. But being torn between these two books, wondering which one edges past the other in terms of adventure or plot or characters or backdrop or scientific information is a sweet dilemma to have.
Will read it again and again and again and again....
Trying to recollect my feelings when I read the book for the first time ever seems a bit of a humongous task. But I can't possibly forget the rush of adrenaline and intense emotions, joy and thrill that inhabitants of Lincoln Island and their numerous adventures gave me - be it while hunting game in the forests, or rescuing Captain Harding, building a boat for a voyage to an island close by, fending off an attack by pirates, making priceless discoveries like finding a hint of sulphur in a nearby spring or even a massive block of granite (which was to become their home later on). Every time I have started reading it, I have been sucked right into the core of the tale, the predicament of the castaways and their struggle against the forces of nature and their quest for survival and felt like I was one of them.
This book would've been my most favorite Verne novel without any competition whatsoever if I had not read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. But being torn between these two books, wondering which one edges past the other in terms of adventure or plot or characters or backdrop or scientific information is a sweet dilemma to have.
Will read it again and again and again and again....
January 15, 2025
An exciting 19th century heroic adventure!
Five intrepid souls - typical Victorian "men's men" all - imprisoned in Richmond by the North's siege of the city during the American Civil War, band together in a daring escape attempt - the theft of a hot air balloon grounded by a horrific summer storm. The five men - Cyrus Harding, an abolitionist and distinguished captain in Grant's army with Neb, his negro manservant; Gideon Spilett, dauntless war correspondent for the New York Herald; Pencroft, a dashing businessman from the North and former sailor trapped in Richmond by the siege; and his young friend, Herbert Brown - plus Harding's loving dog, Top, are lofted high into the sky by the powerful storm, blown thousand of miles from Richmond and brutally dashed onto the shores of an uncharted island somewhere deep in the southern hemisphere.
The tale unfolds as a straightforward dramatic adventure outlining the trials and tribulations of our five heroes. We are witness to their amazing transformation from prisoners, to castaways, to explorers, to pioneers and, finally, through a combination of intrepid daring, perseverance, cunning, ingenuity, derring-do, and eclectic scientific know-how, to comfortable, established colonists and citizens of their tropical paradise. Quite aptly, they've christened it "Lincoln Island". That Verne allowed himself the luxury of creating characters that were the very model of goodwill and cooperation can be overlooked. That Cyrus Harding, as an engineer, and Herbert Brown, as a young naturalist, had collective instant recall of virtually the world's accumulated scientific knowledge and a great deal of arcana besides was pushing the limits even for a story like this. But, what the heck - The Mysterious Island was intended as a "feel good" adventure, after all. My suggestion to help the reader get past this credibility factor problem is to allow Verne's tale to stand-in as a representative microcosm of the perils facing any group of courageous immigrants colonizing a strange land starting with nothing more than the clothes on their back and their wits. I'm sure you'll set the book down feeling no less than awestruck at the achievements that a successful flourishing colony represents.
As a historical aside, it was with no small amount of horror and disgust that I realized that Spilett's and Pencroft's complete and utter disdain and lack of consideration for the ecology of their island was probably entirely representative of Europe's attitude to these issues in the late 19th century. For example:
" ... Gideon Spilett and Herbert one day saw an animal which resembled a jaguar. Happily the creature did not attack them, or they might not have escaped without a severe wound. As soon as he could get a regular weapon, that is to say, one of the guns which Pencroft begged for, Gideon Spilett resolved to make desperate war against the ferocious beasts, and exterminate them from the island."
And:
"If the island is inhabited by wild beasts, we must think how to fight with and determine how to exterminate them. A time may come when this will be our first duty."
Ironically, despite their crystal clear certainty about their ability to exterminate a species under a planned program of attack, they were completely blind about the potential inability of another species to last forever as a food resource. To wit:
" ... commonly known by the name of American Rabbits. This product of the chase was brought back to Granite House and figured at the evening repast. The tenants of the warren were not at all to be despised, for they were delicious. It was a valuable resource of the colony and it appeared to be inexhaustible."
That said, the book was clearly a child of its times and, as such, the attitudes which we have hopefully left behind us can now be overlooked and accepted as historical artifacts. As an adventure story, it succeeds well and Ray Harryhausen chose well to build an exciting adventure film around it. The Mysterious Island unquestionably deserves a place on your reading list.
Paul Weiss
Five intrepid souls - typical Victorian "men's men" all - imprisoned in Richmond by the North's siege of the city during the American Civil War, band together in a daring escape attempt - the theft of a hot air balloon grounded by a horrific summer storm. The five men - Cyrus Harding, an abolitionist and distinguished captain in Grant's army with Neb, his negro manservant; Gideon Spilett, dauntless war correspondent for the New York Herald; Pencroft, a dashing businessman from the North and former sailor trapped in Richmond by the siege; and his young friend, Herbert Brown - plus Harding's loving dog, Top, are lofted high into the sky by the powerful storm, blown thousand of miles from Richmond and brutally dashed onto the shores of an uncharted island somewhere deep in the southern hemisphere.
The tale unfolds as a straightforward dramatic adventure outlining the trials and tribulations of our five heroes. We are witness to their amazing transformation from prisoners, to castaways, to explorers, to pioneers and, finally, through a combination of intrepid daring, perseverance, cunning, ingenuity, derring-do, and eclectic scientific know-how, to comfortable, established colonists and citizens of their tropical paradise. Quite aptly, they've christened it "Lincoln Island". That Verne allowed himself the luxury of creating characters that were the very model of goodwill and cooperation can be overlooked. That Cyrus Harding, as an engineer, and Herbert Brown, as a young naturalist, had collective instant recall of virtually the world's accumulated scientific knowledge and a great deal of arcana besides was pushing the limits even for a story like this. But, what the heck - The Mysterious Island was intended as a "feel good" adventure, after all. My suggestion to help the reader get past this credibility factor problem is to allow Verne's tale to stand-in as a representative microcosm of the perils facing any group of courageous immigrants colonizing a strange land starting with nothing more than the clothes on their back and their wits. I'm sure you'll set the book down feeling no less than awestruck at the achievements that a successful flourishing colony represents.
As a historical aside, it was with no small amount of horror and disgust that I realized that Spilett's and Pencroft's complete and utter disdain and lack of consideration for the ecology of their island was probably entirely representative of Europe's attitude to these issues in the late 19th century. For example:
" ... Gideon Spilett and Herbert one day saw an animal which resembled a jaguar. Happily the creature did not attack them, or they might not have escaped without a severe wound. As soon as he could get a regular weapon, that is to say, one of the guns which Pencroft begged for, Gideon Spilett resolved to make desperate war against the ferocious beasts, and exterminate them from the island."
And:
"If the island is inhabited by wild beasts, we must think how to fight with and determine how to exterminate them. A time may come when this will be our first duty."
Ironically, despite their crystal clear certainty about their ability to exterminate a species under a planned program of attack, they were completely blind about the potential inability of another species to last forever as a food resource. To wit:
" ... commonly known by the name of American Rabbits. This product of the chase was brought back to Granite House and figured at the evening repast. The tenants of the warren were not at all to be despised, for they were delicious. It was a valuable resource of the colony and it appeared to be inexhaustible."
That said, the book was clearly a child of its times and, as such, the attitudes which we have hopefully left behind us can now be overlooked and accepted as historical artifacts. As an adventure story, it succeeds well and Ray Harryhausen chose well to build an exciting adventure film around it. The Mysterious Island unquestionably deserves a place on your reading list.
Paul Weiss
December 27, 2017
L'卯le myst茅rieuse = The Mysterious Island (Extraordinary Voyages, #12), Jules Verne
Published in 1874.
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賲鬲乇噩賲: 丨爻賳 鬲賵讴賱蹖貙 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲貙 鬲亘乇蹖夭貙 鬲賱丕卮貙 1365貨 丿乇 192 氐貨
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賲鬲乇噩賲: 爻倬賴乇 丨丕噩鬲蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丿亘蹖乇貙 丿丕丿噩賵貙 1384貨 丿乇 108 氐貨 趩丕倬 丿蹖诏乇: 1387貨 趩丕倬 丿蹖诏乇: 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丿亘蹖乇貙 1388貨 丿乇 108 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9789642621828貨
賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲丨賲丿 賴賲鬲禺賵丕賴貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 毓氐乇 丕賳丿蹖卮賴貙 1391貨 丿乇 59 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9786005550092貨
賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲噩蹖丿 乇蹖丕丨蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 倬蹖賲丕賳貙 1376貙 丿乇 128 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9645981123貨 趩丕倬 丿蹖诏乇: 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 倬賳诏賵卅賳貙 1396貨 丿乇 112 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9786009835515貨
噩夭蹖乇賴 丕爻乇丕乇丌賲蹖夭 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 倬賳噩 賳賮乇 亘賴 賳丕賲鈥屬囏й�: 賲賴賳丿爻 爻丕蹖乇賵爻 丕爻賲蹖鬲貙 賳丕亘 亘乇丿賴 爻蹖丕賴倬賵爻鬲貙 跇丿卅賵賳 丕爻倬蹖賱鬲 禺亘乇賳诏丕乇貙 賲賱賵丕賳 倬賳讴乇賵賮貙 賳賵噩賵丕賳蹖 亘賴 賳丕賲 賴丕乇亘乇鬲 亘乇丕賵賳 乇丕 丿乇 蹖讴 噩夭蹖乇賴 賳丕卮賳丕禺鬲賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丕蹖賳 倬賳噩 賳賮乇 丿乇 爻丕賱 1865 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖 賵 丿乇 禺賱丕賱 噩賳诏鈥屬囏й� 丿丕禺賱蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕貙 亘丕 蹖讴 亘丕賱賳 丕夭 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 丿乇 卮賴乇 乇蹖趩賲賵賳丿 (賵丕賯毓 丿乇 丕蹖丕賱鬲 賵蹖乇噩蹖賳蹖丕蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕) 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 賵 賴賮鬲 賴夭丕乇 賲丕蹖賱 亘賴 賵爻蹖賱賴 胤賵賮丕賳 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴蹖 亘乇 賮乇丕夭 丕賯蹖丕賳賵爻 丌乇丕賲 亘賴 倬蹖卮 乇丕賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 丿乇 丌禺乇蹖賳 賱丨馗丕鬲 賲鬲賱丕卮蹖 卮丿賳 亘丕賱賳貙 亘賴 賳丕趩丕乇 丿乇 噩夭蹖乇賴 丕蹖 睾蹖乇賲爻讴賵賳蹖 賵 賳丕卮賳丕禺鬲賴 丿乇 噩賳賵亘 丕賯蹖丕賳賵爻 丌乇丕賲 賮乇賵丿 賲蹖鈥屫③屬嗀�. 賵賯鬲蹖 亘丕賱賳 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴 乇爻蹖丿賳 亘賴 禺卮讴蹖 丕爻鬲貙 賲賴賳丿爻 丕爻賲蹖鬲 亘賴 丿乇蹖丕 爻賯賵胤 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丿乇 卮乇賮 賲乇诏 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭屫必�. 丕賲丕 丕賵 亘賴 卮讴賱 賲毓噩夭賴 丌爻丕 賵 賲卮讴賵讴蹖 賳噩丕鬲 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丌賳賴丕 噩夭蹖乇賴 乇丕 亘賴 丕賮鬲禺丕乇 乇卅蹖爻 噩賲賴賵乇卮丕賳 賱蹖賳讴賱賳 賳丕賲鈥屭柏ж臂� 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 趩賴丕乇 爻丕賱 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 (丕夭 爻丕賱 1865 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖 鬲丕 爻丕賱 1869 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖) 乇丕 丿乇 丌賳 噩夭蹖乇賴 睾蹖乇賲爻讴賵賳蹖 爻倬乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�. 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲丿鬲 丕夭 賴賲賴 賲賴丕乇鬲鈥屬囏й� 禺賵蹖卮 亘乇丕蹖 丕丿丕賲賴 亘賯丕 爻賵丿 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀� 賵 賴賲賴 蹖 丕亘夭丕乇賴丕蹖 賱丕夭賲 亘乇丕蹖 卮讴丕乇 賵 丿賮丕毓 丕夭 禺賵丿 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫池ж操嗀� 亘賴 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 卮讴賱 賲讴丕賳 丕蹖賲賳蹖 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 爻讴賵賳鬲 禺賵丿 丿乇爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 丿丕賲倬乇賵乇蹖 乇丕賴 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀ж操嗀� 讴卮丕賵乇夭蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 爻丕禺鬲賳 讴卮鬲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賳噩丕鬲 丕夭 噩夭蹖乇賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�. 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 噩夭蹖乇賴 亘丕 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖蹖 乇賵丿乇乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 丕夭 噩賲賱賴 丨賲賱賴 賲蹖賲賵賳鈥屬囏� 賵 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 賵丨卮蹖 丿蹖诏乇貙 丌賲丿賳 丿夭丿丕賳 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 亘賴 噩夭蹖乇賴貙 賲亘丕乇夭賴 亘丕 丌賳賴丕 賵 賲噩乇賵丨 卮丿賳 卮丿蹖丿 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丌賳賴丕. 丿乇 鬲賲丕賲 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 倬蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屫③屫� 賲蹖鈥屫з嗁嗀� 讴賴 賳蹖乇賵蹖 賲乇賲賵夭蹖 亘賴 丌賳賴丕 讴賲讴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 亘丕乇賴丕 賵 亘丕乇賴丕 賳噩丕鬲卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏�. 乇锟斤拷夭蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴鈥� 丕蹖 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賳賴丕 賲蹖鈥屫必池� 賵 丕夭 乇賵蹖 丌賳 丌蹖乇鬲賵賳 乇丕 (讴賴 丿賵丕夭丿賴 爻丕賱 丿乇 噩夭蹖乇賴 鬲丕亘賵乇貙 丿乇 賴賲爻丕蹖诏蹖 丌賳丕賳 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 亘賵丿賴 賵 禺賵蹖 賳蹖賲賴 賵丨卮蹖 蹖丕賮鬲賴) 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 丕夭 丌賳噩丕 賳噩丕鬲卮 賲蹖鈥屫囐嗀�. 爻丕讴賳丕賳 噩夭蹖乇賴 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 亘丕 賳丕卮賳丕爻 賲乇賲賵夭 倬蹖卮 丕夭 賲乇诏卮 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 丕蹖賳 賳丕卮賳丕爻 賲賴乇亘丕賳貙 讴丕倬蹖鬲丕賳 賳賲賵 (蹖讴蹖 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕蹖賽 讴鬲丕亘賽 亘蹖爻鬲 賴夭丕乇 賮乇爻賳诏 夭蹖乇 丿乇蹖丕) 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 亘丕 夭蹖乇 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 賲毓乇賵賮 禺賵丿 蹖毓賳蹖 賳丕鬲蹖賱賵爻 丿乇 夭蹖乇 丌亘賴丕蹖 丕胤乇丕賮 噩夭蹖乇賴 賱蹖賳讴賱賳 賱賳诏乇 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴鈥� 丕爻鬲. 亘丕 賵乇賵丿 倬乇賵賮爻賵乇 丕爻賲蹖鬲 賵 賴賲乇丕賴丕賳卮 亘賴 噩夭蹖乇賴貙 丕賵 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖鈥屭屫必� 丌賳噩丕 乇丕 鬲乇讴 讴賳丿貨 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕孬乇 丌鬲卮賮卮丕賳 夭蹖乇丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖貙 鬲賵丿賴鈥� 賴丕蹖 亘丕夭丕賱鬲 乇丕賴 禺乇賵噩 賳賵鬲蹖賱賵爻 锟斤拷丕 賲爻丿賵丿 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 讴丕倬蹖鬲丕賳 賳賲賵 讴賴 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 丌禺乇 毓賲乇 禺賵丿 乇丕 爻倬乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賲蹖鈥屬呟屫必� 賵 爻丕讴賳丕賳 噩夭蹖乇賴貙 胤亘賯 賵氐蹖鬲卮 丕賵 乇丕 丿乇 夭蹖乇 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 禺賵丿卮 丿乇 夭蹖乇 丿乇蹖丕 丿賮賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�. 丌鬲卮賮卮丕賳 噩夭蹖乇賴 賳蹖夭 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 賮賵乇丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 賲爻丕賮乇丕賳 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘賴 賵爻蹖賱賴 讴卮鬲蹖 丿賵賳讴丕賳 賳噩丕鬲 賲蹖鈥屰屫жㄙ嗀�. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Published in 1874.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 賲丕賴 丕讴鬲亘乇 爻丕賱 1992 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
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噩夭蹖乇賴 丕爻乇丕乇丌賲蹖夭 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 倬賳噩 賳賮乇 亘賴 賳丕賲鈥屬囏й�: 賲賴賳丿爻 爻丕蹖乇賵爻 丕爻賲蹖鬲貙 賳丕亘 亘乇丿賴 爻蹖丕賴倬賵爻鬲貙 跇丿卅賵賳 丕爻倬蹖賱鬲 禺亘乇賳诏丕乇貙 賲賱賵丕賳 倬賳讴乇賵賮貙 賳賵噩賵丕賳蹖 亘賴 賳丕賲 賴丕乇亘乇鬲 亘乇丕賵賳 乇丕 丿乇 蹖讴 噩夭蹖乇賴 賳丕卮賳丕禺鬲賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丕蹖賳 倬賳噩 賳賮乇 丿乇 爻丕賱 1865 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖 賵 丿乇 禺賱丕賱 噩賳诏鈥屬囏й� 丿丕禺賱蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕貙 亘丕 蹖讴 亘丕賱賳 丕夭 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 丿乇 卮賴乇 乇蹖趩賲賵賳丿 (賵丕賯毓 丿乇 丕蹖丕賱鬲 賵蹖乇噩蹖賳蹖丕蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕) 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 賵 賴賮鬲 賴夭丕乇 賲丕蹖賱 亘賴 賵爻蹖賱賴 胤賵賮丕賳 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴蹖 亘乇 賮乇丕夭 丕賯蹖丕賳賵爻 丌乇丕賲 亘賴 倬蹖卮 乇丕賳丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 丿乇 丌禺乇蹖賳 賱丨馗丕鬲 賲鬲賱丕卮蹖 卮丿賳 亘丕賱賳貙 亘賴 賳丕趩丕乇 丿乇 噩夭蹖乇賴 丕蹖 睾蹖乇賲爻讴賵賳蹖 賵 賳丕卮賳丕禺鬲賴 丿乇 噩賳賵亘 丕賯蹖丕賳賵爻 丌乇丕賲 賮乇賵丿 賲蹖鈥屫③屬嗀�. 賵賯鬲蹖 亘丕賱賳 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴 乇爻蹖丿賳 亘賴 禺卮讴蹖 丕爻鬲貙 賲賴賳丿爻 丕爻賲蹖鬲 亘賴 丿乇蹖丕 爻賯賵胤 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丿乇 卮乇賮 賲乇诏 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭屫必�. 丕賲丕 丕賵 亘賴 卮讴賱 賲毓噩夭賴 丌爻丕 賵 賲卮讴賵讴蹖 賳噩丕鬲 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丌賳賴丕 噩夭蹖乇賴 乇丕 亘賴 丕賮鬲禺丕乇 乇卅蹖爻 噩賲賴賵乇卮丕賳 賱蹖賳讴賱賳 賳丕賲鈥屭柏ж臂� 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 趩賴丕乇 爻丕賱 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 (丕夭 爻丕賱 1865 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖 鬲丕 爻丕賱 1869 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖) 乇丕 丿乇 丌賳 噩夭蹖乇賴 睾蹖乇賲爻讴賵賳蹖 爻倬乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�. 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲丿鬲 丕夭 賴賲賴 賲賴丕乇鬲鈥屬囏й� 禺賵蹖卮 亘乇丕蹖 丕丿丕賲賴 亘賯丕 爻賵丿 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀� 賵 賴賲賴 蹖 丕亘夭丕乇賴丕蹖 賱丕夭賲 亘乇丕蹖 卮讴丕乇 賵 丿賮丕毓 丕夭 禺賵丿 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫池ж操嗀� 亘賴 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 卮讴賱 賲讴丕賳 丕蹖賲賳蹖 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 爻讴賵賳鬲 禺賵丿 丿乇爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 丿丕賲倬乇賵乇蹖 乇丕賴 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀ж操嗀� 讴卮丕賵乇夭蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 爻丕禺鬲賳 讴卮鬲蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賳噩丕鬲 丕夭 噩夭蹖乇賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�. 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 噩夭蹖乇賴 亘丕 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖蹖 乇賵丿乇乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 丕夭 噩賲賱賴 丨賲賱賴 賲蹖賲賵賳鈥屬囏� 賵 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 賵丨卮蹖 丿蹖诏乇貙 丌賲丿賳 丿夭丿丕賳 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 亘賴 噩夭蹖乇賴貙 賲亘丕乇夭賴 亘丕 丌賳賴丕 賵 賲噩乇賵丨 卮丿賳 卮丿蹖丿 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丌賳賴丕. 丿乇 鬲賲丕賲 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 倬蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屫③屫� 賲蹖鈥屫з嗁嗀� 讴賴 賳蹖乇賵蹖 賲乇賲賵夭蹖 亘賴 丌賳賴丕 讴賲讴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 亘丕乇賴丕 賵 亘丕乇賴丕 賳噩丕鬲卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫囏�. 乇锟斤拷夭蹖 賳賵卮鬲賴鈥� 丕蹖 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賳賴丕 賲蹖鈥屫必池� 賵 丕夭 乇賵蹖 丌賳 丌蹖乇鬲賵賳 乇丕 (讴賴 丿賵丕夭丿賴 爻丕賱 丿乇 噩夭蹖乇賴 鬲丕亘賵乇貙 丿乇 賴賲爻丕蹖诏蹖 丌賳丕賳 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 亘賵丿賴 賵 禺賵蹖 賳蹖賲賴 賵丨卮蹖 蹖丕賮鬲賴) 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 丕夭 丌賳噩丕 賳噩丕鬲卮 賲蹖鈥屫囐嗀�. 爻丕讴賳丕賳 噩夭蹖乇賴 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 亘丕 賳丕卮賳丕爻 賲乇賲賵夭 倬蹖卮 丕夭 賲乇诏卮 丌卮賳丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 丕蹖賳 賳丕卮賳丕爻 賲賴乇亘丕賳貙 讴丕倬蹖鬲丕賳 賳賲賵 (蹖讴蹖 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕蹖賽 讴鬲丕亘賽 亘蹖爻鬲 賴夭丕乇 賮乇爻賳诏 夭蹖乇 丿乇蹖丕) 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 亘丕 夭蹖乇 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 賲毓乇賵賮 禺賵丿 蹖毓賳蹖 賳丕鬲蹖賱賵爻 丿乇 夭蹖乇 丌亘賴丕蹖 丕胤乇丕賮 噩夭蹖乇賴 賱蹖賳讴賱賳 賱賳诏乇 丕賳丿丕禺鬲賴鈥� 丕爻鬲. 亘丕 賵乇賵丿 倬乇賵賮爻賵乇 丕爻賲蹖鬲 賵 賴賲乇丕賴丕賳卮 亘賴 噩夭蹖乇賴貙 丕賵 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賲蹖鈥屭屫必� 丌賳噩丕 乇丕 鬲乇讴 讴賳丿貨 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕孬乇 丌鬲卮賮卮丕賳 夭蹖乇丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖貙 鬲賵丿賴鈥� 賴丕蹖 亘丕夭丕賱鬲 乇丕賴 禺乇賵噩 賳賵鬲蹖賱賵爻 锟斤拷丕 賲爻丿賵丿 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 讴丕倬蹖鬲丕賳 賳賲賵 讴賴 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 丌禺乇 毓賲乇 禺賵丿 乇丕 爻倬乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 賲蹖鈥屬呟屫必� 賵 爻丕讴賳丕賳 噩夭蹖乇賴貙 胤亘賯 賵氐蹖鬲卮 丕賵 乇丕 丿乇 夭蹖乇 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 禺賵丿卮 丿乇 夭蹖乇 丿乇蹖丕 丿賮賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�. 丌鬲卮賮卮丕賳 噩夭蹖乇賴 賳蹖夭 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 賮賵乇丕賳 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 賲爻丕賮乇丕賳 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘賴 賵爻蹖賱賴 讴卮鬲蹖 丿賵賳讴丕賳 賳噩丕鬲 賲蹖鈥屰屫жㄙ嗀�. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
August 26, 2014
If The Mysterious Island isn't the biggest novel undertaken by someone conditioned with what we today diagnose as Aspberger's Syndrome, it comes close. Published in 1875, Jules Verne's epic castaway tale is loaded with geography, meteorology, astronomy, hydrography, orography, chemistry, geology and by virtue of appearing first in serialized form (as "The Secret of the Island"), the saga runs 193,266 words. Verne doesn't so much stop as he runs out of natural sciences to explore.
The fanciful adventure begins above the Pacific Ocean on March 23, 1865 as a balloon is ripped apart by a cyclone. Five Americans and one dog are aboard. The men are railroad engineer Cyrus Smith, journalist Gideon Spilett, freed slave Neb (short for Nebuchadnezzar), sailor Bonadventure Pencroff and 15-year-old Harbert Brown, Pencroff's protege and the son of his former captain. The dog is named Top and they are all prisoners of war, having escaped Confederate controlled Richmond by stealing the balloon.
The escapees stay aloft long enough to crash onto the shoreline of a deserted island. After searching for one of their missing mates, the men immediately begin to fortify themselves against the elements. Verne seems positively giddy at the prospect of leaving civilization and using his knowledge of the natural world to build a new one where the footprint of man has never been left. The castaways master the procurement of shelter, fuel, fire, food and tools before exploring their new habitat.
Verne builds his dream ecology on the island, which includes a dormant volcano, thick forests, lakes and streams and abundant plant and animal life, with everything from rabbits and foxes to sheep and jaguars. The men note and name all of the island's geographic features, arriving on Lincoln Island as a name for their new home. Led by Smith's engineering ingenuity, the castaways begin to improvise construction and manufacturing projects immediately.
Strange things are afoot on Lincoln Island. The missing castaway is found with no recollection of how he came to be deposited on the island. When Top is dragged underwater by a manatee, the creature is slain by an unseen predator. After four months marooned, Pencroff discovers a lead pellet in a bird no more than three months old. The castaways later discover a watertight crate washed ashore with rifles, lead, gunpowder, tools, utensils and books, with no wreckage from a ship found.
The Mysterious Island settles between Around the World In Eighty Days and Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, not quite science fiction until the final chapters, but a real attempt by Verne to try his hand at something different: a mystery. The 1961 film adaptation took wild liberties with the material, inserting giant creatures (designed by visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen) and lady castaways to sell concessions to 20th century boys like myself.
One of the antiquated qualities of Verne's writing here is that in three years of being marooned, the men never wear on each other's nerves or even disagree how to tackle a problem. The closest they come to Island Drama is when Pencroff lobbies Smith to let him build a skiff and sail to an island 120 miles away to see what's there. Not only are these men the most stoic, resourceful and stout of heart men in fiction, but they're apparently the friendliest as well!
By virtue of Verne publishing this a chapter at a time as a serial, when read in one volume, the novel is a long one. A damn long one. There are far too many chapters devoted to habitat building, exploring, plant cataloging, etc. without any development in the characters or the plot. It's just interesting stuff to Verne. The lead pellet isn't discovered until page 214. It was around that time that I began skimming the book or else I'd still be reading it.
Still, Verne's imagination is never in question. If I ever get marooned on a desert island, I hope that Eva Green is with me, but aside from that, I hope I have a copy of this book with me. While the characters are monochromatic and the plot very slow to develop, Verne is clearly a geek for the ages when it comes to the natural sciences and he communicates that ardor clearly, and across many different fields of study.
This edition of The Mysterious Island features a 2001 translation by Jordan Stump, associate professor of French at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and 1875 illustrations by Jules-Descartes Ferat. These are the work of A-class artisans and add tremendously to the pleasure of the book. I recommended it for anyone fascinated by tests of man versus nature. Fans of Verne are in for a treat in the final chapters, while those too young to have read Verne's work should have a good time as well.
The fanciful adventure begins above the Pacific Ocean on March 23, 1865 as a balloon is ripped apart by a cyclone. Five Americans and one dog are aboard. The men are railroad engineer Cyrus Smith, journalist Gideon Spilett, freed slave Neb (short for Nebuchadnezzar), sailor Bonadventure Pencroff and 15-year-old Harbert Brown, Pencroff's protege and the son of his former captain. The dog is named Top and they are all prisoners of war, having escaped Confederate controlled Richmond by stealing the balloon.
The escapees stay aloft long enough to crash onto the shoreline of a deserted island. After searching for one of their missing mates, the men immediately begin to fortify themselves against the elements. Verne seems positively giddy at the prospect of leaving civilization and using his knowledge of the natural world to build a new one where the footprint of man has never been left. The castaways master the procurement of shelter, fuel, fire, food and tools before exploring their new habitat.
Verne builds his dream ecology on the island, which includes a dormant volcano, thick forests, lakes and streams and abundant plant and animal life, with everything from rabbits and foxes to sheep and jaguars. The men note and name all of the island's geographic features, arriving on Lincoln Island as a name for their new home. Led by Smith's engineering ingenuity, the castaways begin to improvise construction and manufacturing projects immediately.
Strange things are afoot on Lincoln Island. The missing castaway is found with no recollection of how he came to be deposited on the island. When Top is dragged underwater by a manatee, the creature is slain by an unseen predator. After four months marooned, Pencroff discovers a lead pellet in a bird no more than three months old. The castaways later discover a watertight crate washed ashore with rifles, lead, gunpowder, tools, utensils and books, with no wreckage from a ship found.
The Mysterious Island settles between Around the World In Eighty Days and Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, not quite science fiction until the final chapters, but a real attempt by Verne to try his hand at something different: a mystery. The 1961 film adaptation took wild liberties with the material, inserting giant creatures (designed by visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen) and lady castaways to sell concessions to 20th century boys like myself.
One of the antiquated qualities of Verne's writing here is that in three years of being marooned, the men never wear on each other's nerves or even disagree how to tackle a problem. The closest they come to Island Drama is when Pencroff lobbies Smith to let him build a skiff and sail to an island 120 miles away to see what's there. Not only are these men the most stoic, resourceful and stout of heart men in fiction, but they're apparently the friendliest as well!
By virtue of Verne publishing this a chapter at a time as a serial, when read in one volume, the novel is a long one. A damn long one. There are far too many chapters devoted to habitat building, exploring, plant cataloging, etc. without any development in the characters or the plot. It's just interesting stuff to Verne. The lead pellet isn't discovered until page 214. It was around that time that I began skimming the book or else I'd still be reading it.
Still, Verne's imagination is never in question. If I ever get marooned on a desert island, I hope that Eva Green is with me, but aside from that, I hope I have a copy of this book with me. While the characters are monochromatic and the plot very slow to develop, Verne is clearly a geek for the ages when it comes to the natural sciences and he communicates that ardor clearly, and across many different fields of study.
This edition of The Mysterious Island features a 2001 translation by Jordan Stump, associate professor of French at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and 1875 illustrations by Jules-Descartes Ferat. These are the work of A-class artisans and add tremendously to the pleasure of the book. I recommended it for anyone fascinated by tests of man versus nature. Fans of Verne are in for a treat in the final chapters, while those too young to have read Verne's work should have a good time as well.
December 7, 2012
This is a story about the artist 鈥� not his art. The plot is practically nonexistent, contrived purely so Jules Verne can demonstrate his extensive scientific knowledge.
Four men are air-balloon wrecked on an uncharted, uninhabited island in the pacific ocean. The island has every vegetable, animal, and mineral resource to be found anywhere else in the world. The four castaways, who never once disagree with each other or say a cross word, colonize the island with nothing more than their knowledge, intelligence, empty pockets, and bare hands. Within a couple of years they manufacture metal, glass, bricks, animal farms, windmills, boats, a telegraph, batteries; gun powder, you name it 鈥� they got it!
And by the time you reach the end of this long tedious book, after having learnt the names of all the hills, rivers, lakes, bays, forests; botanical names for all the trees, animals and insects; mineral and chemical names for every lump of rock they trip over 鈥� the whole island blows up and vanishes into the ocean.
A waste of time鈥�
Four men are air-balloon wrecked on an uncharted, uninhabited island in the pacific ocean. The island has every vegetable, animal, and mineral resource to be found anywhere else in the world. The four castaways, who never once disagree with each other or say a cross word, colonize the island with nothing more than their knowledge, intelligence, empty pockets, and bare hands. Within a couple of years they manufacture metal, glass, bricks, animal farms, windmills, boats, a telegraph, batteries; gun powder, you name it 鈥� they got it!
And by the time you reach the end of this long tedious book, after having learnt the names of all the hills, rivers, lakes, bays, forests; botanical names for all the trees, animals and insects; mineral and chemical names for every lump of rock they trip over 鈥� the whole island blows up and vanishes into the ocean.
A waste of time鈥�
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 11, 2016
Passionnant et palpitant jusqu'脿 la toute fin, avec un style 茅rudit mais vivant. Mon premier coup de coeur de l'ann茅e 2016, et certainement pas mon dernier Jules Verne !
January 9, 2015
As with many of my pre-欧宝娱乐 books, the date read for this one is a best guess, but probably roughly accurate. Although I liked it overall, I didn't rate it as highly as my 欧宝娱乐 friend Bruce recently did.
Simply put, the premise here is that in March 1865, five Unionists (one the black former slave of one of the white escapees, and another a 15-year-old boy) escape from Richmond by stealing a balloon that's been prepared and provisioned for a Confederate mission; but are quickly blown WAY off course by a massive hurricane, and five days later wind up on an uncharted island. By the time of the Civil War, of course, balloon flights were not science-fictional. This novel's science fiction element is actually a tie-in with Verne's earlier novel, ; but I would say that much of the plot is a descriptive fiction tale of adventure and survival under adverse conditions. (In that respect, it has a lot in common with Defoe's , and readers who like the one might like the other.) That's not out of character for Verne; he didn't think of himself as a writer of "science fiction" (the concept as such didn't exist then), but as a writer of "Extraordinary Voyages," of which this is one, and he was as interested in describing the extraordinary wonders of the actual world as in speculating about the extraordinary marvels he believed science could achieve.
Verne was a practicing Roman Catholic. To a greater extent than in his other works (at least the ones I've read), he speaks here in his third-person narration about the providential care of God; and our castaways here several times both pray to God for help and acknowledge and thank Him for blessings received. Bruce, in his review, discerns a deliberate symbolism here in which the island stands for the world, whose inhabitants are watched over and supplied by a beneficent Deity. As an intentional symbolism, I wouldn't rule it out, though it's subtle enough that it didn't suggest itself to me when I read the book. In any case, it could certainly be a legitimate reader-response criticism. (And given the geological instability of the island, one could extend this symbolism to include Christian eschatology --but no spoilers here!) But this doesn't imply that the castaways are or can be passive; on the contrary, for them as for the inhabitants of this terrestrial island in space, benefiting from the resources they're blessed with takes cooperation, hard work, courage, and technological know-how and ingenuity. Fortunately, they have these in abundance!
Despite the 欧宝娱乐 reference to their needing to build a "society," this isn't really sociologically-oriented science fiction. Our characters have to work together, pull their weight and share; but you don't develop much of a "society" with five people in it. Their conflicts and challenges are basically with nature and with physical processes, rather than interpersonal. Verne is part of a literary tradition that tends to be more gadget-oriented than people-oriented; and this shows here. My literary preferences are more drawn to the human element, rather than the physical-technological. That accounts for my lower rating for this than for other SF works that focus more on character. For me, this was often a less than riveting read, though readers more fascinated by learning about survival techniques and do-it-yourself technology might react differently. The prose style per se wasn't problematical; I found this more readable than some of the author's other works in that respect. Of course, this requires a caveat: international copyright didn't exist in Verne's day, so many English-language editions of his work were pirated, and he was very poorly served by most of the unauthorized translators, who took vast liberties. So with most 19th-century translations, you're never 100% sure that you're actually reading anything very similar to Verne's original. :-( (The Airmont edition I read provides no information about what translation was used.)
As a History major, I was put off by the inaccuracies in the way the Richmond setting of March 1865 was depicted. Verne was writing about nine years after the war; but he obviously either didn't follow the contemporary accounts of it very closely, didn't remember them well, or both. (And he didn't take time to research the subject, either!) Richmond was never "besieged" by Grant or anybody else; and a Union prisoner would not have been free to walk around the city. (Union officers were held in Richmond; but they were confined to Libby Prison.) Also, the tie-in with Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea which I mentioned above has some chronological inconsistencies with the earlier book that I noted at the time I read this one, but which are hard to explain without a spoiler. But on the positive side, I don't recall anything invidious or derogatory in the portrayal of the black character, Neb; and that's a plus not always found in the literature of that era!
Simply put, the premise here is that in March 1865, five Unionists (one the black former slave of one of the white escapees, and another a 15-year-old boy) escape from Richmond by stealing a balloon that's been prepared and provisioned for a Confederate mission; but are quickly blown WAY off course by a massive hurricane, and five days later wind up on an uncharted island. By the time of the Civil War, of course, balloon flights were not science-fictional. This novel's science fiction element is actually a tie-in with Verne's earlier novel, ; but I would say that much of the plot is a descriptive fiction tale of adventure and survival under adverse conditions. (In that respect, it has a lot in common with Defoe's , and readers who like the one might like the other.) That's not out of character for Verne; he didn't think of himself as a writer of "science fiction" (the concept as such didn't exist then), but as a writer of "Extraordinary Voyages," of which this is one, and he was as interested in describing the extraordinary wonders of the actual world as in speculating about the extraordinary marvels he believed science could achieve.
Verne was a practicing Roman Catholic. To a greater extent than in his other works (at least the ones I've read), he speaks here in his third-person narration about the providential care of God; and our castaways here several times both pray to God for help and acknowledge and thank Him for blessings received. Bruce, in his review, discerns a deliberate symbolism here in which the island stands for the world, whose inhabitants are watched over and supplied by a beneficent Deity. As an intentional symbolism, I wouldn't rule it out, though it's subtle enough that it didn't suggest itself to me when I read the book. In any case, it could certainly be a legitimate reader-response criticism. (And given the geological instability of the island, one could extend this symbolism to include Christian eschatology --but no spoilers here!) But this doesn't imply that the castaways are or can be passive; on the contrary, for them as for the inhabitants of this terrestrial island in space, benefiting from the resources they're blessed with takes cooperation, hard work, courage, and technological know-how and ingenuity. Fortunately, they have these in abundance!
Despite the 欧宝娱乐 reference to their needing to build a "society," this isn't really sociologically-oriented science fiction. Our characters have to work together, pull their weight and share; but you don't develop much of a "society" with five people in it. Their conflicts and challenges are basically with nature and with physical processes, rather than interpersonal. Verne is part of a literary tradition that tends to be more gadget-oriented than people-oriented; and this shows here. My literary preferences are more drawn to the human element, rather than the physical-technological. That accounts for my lower rating for this than for other SF works that focus more on character. For me, this was often a less than riveting read, though readers more fascinated by learning about survival techniques and do-it-yourself technology might react differently. The prose style per se wasn't problematical; I found this more readable than some of the author's other works in that respect. Of course, this requires a caveat: international copyright didn't exist in Verne's day, so many English-language editions of his work were pirated, and he was very poorly served by most of the unauthorized translators, who took vast liberties. So with most 19th-century translations, you're never 100% sure that you're actually reading anything very similar to Verne's original. :-( (The Airmont edition I read provides no information about what translation was used.)
As a History major, I was put off by the inaccuracies in the way the Richmond setting of March 1865 was depicted. Verne was writing about nine years after the war; but he obviously either didn't follow the contemporary accounts of it very closely, didn't remember them well, or both. (And he didn't take time to research the subject, either!) Richmond was never "besieged" by Grant or anybody else; and a Union prisoner would not have been free to walk around the city. (Union officers were held in Richmond; but they were confined to Libby Prison.) Also, the tie-in with Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea which I mentioned above has some chronological inconsistencies with the earlier book that I noted at the time I read this one, but which are hard to explain without a spoiler. But on the positive side, I don't recall anything invidious or derogatory in the portrayal of the black character, Neb; and that's a plus not always found in the literature of that era!
September 15, 2024
袧邪泄-写芯斜褉邪褌邪 懈 薪邪泄-谢褞斜懈屑邪褌邪 屑芯褟 锌褉懈泻谢褞褔械薪褋泻邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 锌褉械锌褉芯褔械谢 褋褗屑 褋懈谐褍褉薪芯 写械褋械褌懈薪邪 锌褗褌懈 泻芯锌懈械褌芯 薪邪 斜邪褖邪 屑懈, 泻芯械褌芯 胁械褔械 械 屑芯械 懈 褖械 斜褗写械 薪邪 褋懈薪邪 屑懈!
袘邪谢芯薪芯泻褉褍褕械薪懈械 薪邪 薪械芯斜懈褌邪械屑 芯褋褌褉芯胁 芯褋褌邪胁褟 薪邪褕懈褌械 褋屑械谢懈 懈 褉邪蟹褍屑薪懈 谐械褉芯懈 胁 械写薪芯 薪械蟹邪胁懈写薪芯 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械 - 褌械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁褟褌 褋褗褋 褋胁芯械褌芯 芯褑械谢褟胁邪薪械 懈 谐芯 锌褉邪胁褟褌 锌芯 械泻褋褌褉邪胁邪谐邪薪褌械薪 懈 褋 胁褟褉邪 胁 薪邪褍泻邪褌邪 懈 锌褉芯谐褉械褋邪 薪邪褔懈薪!
袙械褉薪 械 胁褗胁 胁懈褏褗褉邪 褋懈 胁 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 懈 薪械 褋械 褋锌懈褉邪 锌褉械写 薪懈褖芯 胁 褋褗褌胁芯褉褟胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 锌邪屑械褌薪懈泻 薪邪 褔芯胁械褕泻懈褌械 蟹薪邪薪懈褟 懈 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪褌 斜械蟹 锌褉械写械谢!
袗斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 薪邪褋褌芯谢薪邪 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 械 蟹邪 屑芯屑褔械褌邪褌邪 懈 屑芯屑懈褔械褌邪褌邪 芯褌 7 写芯 15 谐芯写懈褕薪邪 胁褗蟹褉邪褋褌 懈 胁褟褉胁邪屑, 褔械 褖械 锌芯谢褍褔懈屑 胁 褉械蟹褍谢褌邪褌 械写薪芯 屑薪芯谐芯 锌芯-褋屑械谢芯 懈 褋褗褋 褋懈谐褍褉薪芯褋褌 锌芯-芯褌谐芯胁芯褉薪芯 懈 褍屑械谢芯 褔芯胁械褕泻懈 锌芯泻芯谢械薪懈械!
袨褉懈谐懈薪邪谢薪懈褌械 懈谢褞褋褌褉邪褑懈懈 胁泻谢褞褔械薪懈 胁 屑芯械褌芯 懈蟹写邪薪懈械 褋褗褖芯 褋邪 褔褍写械褋薪懈!
P.S. 袣邪泻褌芯 胁 锌芯褋谢械写褋褌胁懈械 薪邪褍褔懈褏, 褌芯胁邪 械 褌褉械褌邪褌邪 褔邪褋褌 芯褌 褌褉懈谢芯谐懈褟. 袩褗褉胁懈褌械 写胁械 泻薪懈谐懈 褋邪 "袣邪锌懈褌邪薪 袧械屑芯" 懈 "袛械褑邪褌邪 薪邪 泻邪锌懈褌邪薪 袚褉邪薪褌", 薪芯 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褌械 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 褋械 褔械褌邪褌 懈 褋邪屑芯褋褌芯褟褌械谢薪芯 锌褉懈 卸械谢邪薪懈械.
袘邪谢芯薪芯泻褉褍褕械薪懈械 薪邪 薪械芯斜懈褌邪械屑 芯褋褌褉芯胁 芯褋褌邪胁褟 薪邪褕懈褌械 褋屑械谢懈 懈 褉邪蟹褍屑薪懈 谐械褉芯懈 胁 械写薪芯 薪械蟹邪胁懈写薪芯 锌芯谢芯卸械薪懈械 - 褌械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁褟褌 褋褗褋 褋胁芯械褌芯 芯褑械谢褟胁邪薪械 懈 谐芯 锌褉邪胁褟褌 锌芯 械泻褋褌褉邪胁邪谐邪薪褌械薪 懈 褋 胁褟褉邪 胁 薪邪褍泻邪褌邪 懈 锌褉芯谐褉械褋邪 薪邪褔懈薪!
袙械褉薪 械 胁褗胁 胁懈褏褗褉邪 褋懈 胁 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 懈 薪械 褋械 褋锌懈褉邪 锌褉械写 薪懈褖芯 胁 褋褗褌胁芯褉褟胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 锌邪屑械褌薪懈泻 薪邪 褔芯胁械褕泻懈褌械 蟹薪邪薪懈褟 懈 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪褌 斜械蟹 锌褉械写械谢!
袗斜褋芯谢褞褌薪芯 薪邪褋褌芯谢薪邪 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 械 蟹邪 屑芯屑褔械褌邪褌邪 懈 屑芯屑懈褔械褌邪褌邪 芯褌 7 写芯 15 谐芯写懈褕薪邪 胁褗蟹褉邪褋褌 懈 胁褟褉胁邪屑, 褔械 褖械 锌芯谢褍褔懈屑 胁 褉械蟹褍谢褌邪褌 械写薪芯 屑薪芯谐芯 锌芯-褋屑械谢芯 懈 褋褗褋 褋懈谐褍褉薪芯褋褌 锌芯-芯褌谐芯胁芯褉薪芯 懈 褍屑械谢芯 褔芯胁械褕泻懈 锌芯泻芯谢械薪懈械!
袨褉懈谐懈薪邪谢薪懈褌械 懈谢褞褋褌褉邪褑懈懈 胁泻谢褞褔械薪懈 胁 屑芯械褌芯 懈蟹写邪薪懈械 褋褗褖芯 褋邪 褔褍写械褋薪懈!
P.S. 袣邪泻褌芯 胁 锌芯褋谢械写褋褌胁懈械 薪邪褍褔懈褏, 褌芯胁邪 械 褌褉械褌邪褌邪 褔邪褋褌 芯褌 褌褉懈谢芯谐懈褟. 袩褗褉胁懈褌械 写胁械 泻薪懈谐懈 褋邪 "袣邪锌懈褌邪薪 袧械屑芯" 懈 "袛械褑邪褌邪 薪邪 泻邪锌懈褌邪薪 袚褉邪薪褌", 薪芯 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褌械 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 褋械 褔械褌邪褌 懈 褋邪屑芯褋褌芯褟褌械谢薪芯 锌褉懈 卸械谢邪薪懈械.
February 28, 2016
韦喂 蟺喂慰 蠅蟻伪委慰 谓伪 尉伪谓伪纬委谓蔚蟽伪喂 苇蠁畏尾慰蟼, 未喂伪尾维味慰谓蟿伪蟼 苇谓伪 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰 尾喂尾位委慰 !
February 1, 2016
3,5/4 Fini dans la nuit hier, je n'arrivais plus 脿 m'arr锚ter !
Apr猫s une premi猫re partie douloureuse pour moi (trop de descriptions tr猫s, tr猫s d茅taill茅es, trop scientifiques 脿 mon go没t...) le reste s'est lu tout seul, c'茅tait passionnant et palpitant, et le style de Jules Verne est 脿 saluer - quel talent !
Bon, tout ne m'a pas plu 脿 100% (mais j'y reviendrai 脿 travers un article de blog prochainement) mais c'茅tait une belle lecture et une belle surprise, contre toute attente ! Et 莽a m'a donn茅 envie de lire d'autres livres de Jules Verne...
Apr猫s une premi猫re partie douloureuse pour moi (trop de descriptions tr猫s, tr猫s d茅taill茅es, trop scientifiques 脿 mon go没t...) le reste s'est lu tout seul, c'茅tait passionnant et palpitant, et le style de Jules Verne est 脿 saluer - quel talent !
Bon, tout ne m'a pas plu 脿 100% (mais j'y reviendrai 脿 travers un article de blog prochainement) mais c'茅tait une belle lecture et une belle surprise, contre toute attente ! Et 莽a m'a donn茅 envie de lire d'autres livres de Jules Verne...
March 17, 2011
Finished it a few days ago. This book has restored my faith in reading. It's the second best book I've ever read. I've rarely read anything that has kept me spellbound from start to finish. I think I'd like to start reading it again.
For what is seen as an adventure book, it's mind blowingly in-depth, overly interesting and so well written, it has taught me many lessons in writing. I never new Jules Verne was so good. I already miss each character and even the animals. Poor Jup. Wow wow wow.
For what is seen as an adventure book, it's mind blowingly in-depth, overly interesting and so well written, it has taught me many lessons in writing. I never new Jules Verne was so good. I already miss each character and even the animals. Poor Jup. Wow wow wow.
August 6, 2019
260913: i had to take a break on page 346, as the extensive description of application, recapitulation, celebration, of all industrial engineering resulting in 19th century European technology, by five men, from nothing, on an island which just happens to contain all desired resources, began to make me wonder if this is satire- really have to clarify this: i was not beginning to sense this in his writing, i was beginning to read it myself too much like satire, not taking it seriously- but no, this is sincere, scientific, humanistic, and obviously result of much research and imagination...
this break was a good, because once you leave behind or just ignore all this survival Science, possibility but not plausibility, this is a fun book. even though it is so long, it zips by, and it becomes clear that the protagonist is not any or all of the castaways or even their mysterious benefactor- the protagonist is Science, of all sorts, as presented most forcefully as Engineering. is it possible to have such innocent, unquestioning, all-encompassing, faith in the wonder and moral value of Science, of Engineering?... well perhaps in 1875, when this was published...
there are no women, no natives, no Others of any sort. there are not even any conflicts between the men, no doubts, but that the sincere application of so much, so applicable, so fortunately known Science, that if you are not willing to enter this mindset... i cannot help but be overwhelmed by absurdity of their technological progress throughout the years, their development of everything from iron to glass to an elevator, their construction of a boat, their rescue of yet another castaway, who has not been so fortunate in his exile. unfortunately, i already knew who is their mysterious benefactor, but this knowledge does not diminish the triumphant narrative of Science, and the ultimate appeal to the providence of god seems only kind of tacked on at the end...
this book made me think of several others, particularly other Verne, but the one that surprises me most comes out of nowhere: i think of Samuel Beckett's Trilogy. and no, i have not decided to reappraise those books, but made me wonder why this, which is about as long as those three, is so much easier to read even when i know what/who will be revealed as their mysterious djinni. there must be something, some pleasure, in this deliberate escape to an era, a world, that pre-dates the great horrors our protagonist Science can generate, that makes me think of those who read this in that time, those who could only foresee the wonders and not the terrors, something i do not even recall from childhood when everything from Vietnam on the TV to the unspoken, ever-present, idea of nuclear Armageddon, were only too strong an idea of Science...
but what this has to do with Beckett, i am unsure. have to think about it...
i think about it and recall one of the signal moments early on the island, when they measure the location of this place on something of latitude and longitude- this made me think of the philosophy of the 'life-world' (husserl) and the difference between lived space and the objective space (Cartesian) as measured on the more 'scientific' way, as defined by some arbitrary other scale which has no immediate, human, value. this makes me on reflection think of heidegger's contention we have 鈥榮cientifically鈥�'leveled' all the world as 'resource' rather than 'being'. how tall is that cliff, how can we measure it, how can we discover our place relative to the 'real' world, how can we use our clocks to place us. well, all of this is possible by Science. and how this place has rocks, sand, trees, grass, only in their utility as resources, only in how we humans or rather our avatars the five castaways, may use them...
this understanding of the world according to Science, as resources, instead of facing difficulty of climbing that cliff, rather our five relating on some Science 'stance'- instead of engaging the world as the World- this will be how the book seems to be a parody, a satire, but no, in fact, these educated castaways can be thought of as intelligent men of the industrial world, the island as our entire planet, and this is the romance of Science, that we should enact without doubt or uncertainty that this may be less than entirety of the world. that cliff is measured by calculating angles of trigonometry, whereas the ordinary man would say, Can i climb it? of the beach sand, We can fashion glass, rather than, Damn sand gets in everything! the island, as the World, seems an inexhaustible fount of resources, even as we are given argument about What will we humans do when the coal runs out? by that time we will use hydrogen, of course, simple sea water, and will not face that moment for what, two hundred years!...
Beckett has no arguments of that sort, no Science in fact or dream, only that complex reality each human must face bravely or not, of the absurdity of the World, and, in an almost religious way of thinking, we humans are our own greatest absurdity...
ah, but then, is it possible that humans are both scientific masters and existential clowns, in this world?...
this break was a good, because once you leave behind or just ignore all this survival Science, possibility but not plausibility, this is a fun book. even though it is so long, it zips by, and it becomes clear that the protagonist is not any or all of the castaways or even their mysterious benefactor- the protagonist is Science, of all sorts, as presented most forcefully as Engineering. is it possible to have such innocent, unquestioning, all-encompassing, faith in the wonder and moral value of Science, of Engineering?... well perhaps in 1875, when this was published...
there are no women, no natives, no Others of any sort. there are not even any conflicts between the men, no doubts, but that the sincere application of so much, so applicable, so fortunately known Science, that if you are not willing to enter this mindset... i cannot help but be overwhelmed by absurdity of their technological progress throughout the years, their development of everything from iron to glass to an elevator, their construction of a boat, their rescue of yet another castaway, who has not been so fortunate in his exile. unfortunately, i already knew who is their mysterious benefactor, but this knowledge does not diminish the triumphant narrative of Science, and the ultimate appeal to the providence of god seems only kind of tacked on at the end...
this book made me think of several others, particularly other Verne, but the one that surprises me most comes out of nowhere: i think of Samuel Beckett's Trilogy. and no, i have not decided to reappraise those books, but made me wonder why this, which is about as long as those three, is so much easier to read even when i know what/who will be revealed as their mysterious djinni. there must be something, some pleasure, in this deliberate escape to an era, a world, that pre-dates the great horrors our protagonist Science can generate, that makes me think of those who read this in that time, those who could only foresee the wonders and not the terrors, something i do not even recall from childhood when everything from Vietnam on the TV to the unspoken, ever-present, idea of nuclear Armageddon, were only too strong an idea of Science...
but what this has to do with Beckett, i am unsure. have to think about it...
i think about it and recall one of the signal moments early on the island, when they measure the location of this place on something of latitude and longitude- this made me think of the philosophy of the 'life-world' (husserl) and the difference between lived space and the objective space (Cartesian) as measured on the more 'scientific' way, as defined by some arbitrary other scale which has no immediate, human, value. this makes me on reflection think of heidegger's contention we have 鈥榮cientifically鈥�'leveled' all the world as 'resource' rather than 'being'. how tall is that cliff, how can we measure it, how can we discover our place relative to the 'real' world, how can we use our clocks to place us. well, all of this is possible by Science. and how this place has rocks, sand, trees, grass, only in their utility as resources, only in how we humans or rather our avatars the five castaways, may use them...
this understanding of the world according to Science, as resources, instead of facing difficulty of climbing that cliff, rather our five relating on some Science 'stance'- instead of engaging the world as the World- this will be how the book seems to be a parody, a satire, but no, in fact, these educated castaways can be thought of as intelligent men of the industrial world, the island as our entire planet, and this is the romance of Science, that we should enact without doubt or uncertainty that this may be less than entirety of the world. that cliff is measured by calculating angles of trigonometry, whereas the ordinary man would say, Can i climb it? of the beach sand, We can fashion glass, rather than, Damn sand gets in everything! the island, as the World, seems an inexhaustible fount of resources, even as we are given argument about What will we humans do when the coal runs out? by that time we will use hydrogen, of course, simple sea water, and will not face that moment for what, two hundred years!...
Beckett has no arguments of that sort, no Science in fact or dream, only that complex reality each human must face bravely or not, of the absurdity of the World, and, in an almost religious way of thinking, we humans are our own greatest absurdity...
ah, but then, is it possible that humans are both scientific masters and existential clowns, in this world?...
August 6, 2020
Jules Verne fuels the imagination! Verne had a vision of a Hollow Earth. Fascinating topic. Lots of esoteric knowledge out there in the public domain, if one knows where to look. Great books. Tolkien also had Middle Earth in his books and of course Alice went down the rabbit hole. Maybe that is where the elves and dwarves live! Lol!馃惎馃憤
February 16, 2009
Last year I participated with a group of friends in doing a Secret Santa. This was the book that my Santa gave me (as well as Gulliver's Travels). I think it was because of the fact I was moaning about the lack of any Verne on Maui. I am SOOOOO glad my santa chose this book for me. It was amazing. Yes there were some dry parts, unless you like painstaking detail about how to make Iron or Bricks, but even they were quickly dispatched, and could be skimmed without really mising anything.
Verne's Characters rank in loveability with Characters such as Jim Hawkins,Rhett Butler,Huck Fynn and Tom Sawyer, as a matter of fact there were not many characters I did not like,other than the ones you were supposed to dislike. For me,IMHO, This Classic ranks right up there with The Count of Monte Christo, Great Expectations ETC. I have already read Journey to the Centre of the Earth and again in my humble opinion this outranks it by miles! If you are not familiar with Verne I think this qwould be a great one to start with. And no matter how knowledgeable you are, the end will leave you saying WTF. However, all the Mysteries of said Mysterious Island are dealt with and you are not left with the feeling of ok now what happens.
Verne's Characters rank in loveability with Characters such as Jim Hawkins,Rhett Butler,Huck Fynn and Tom Sawyer, as a matter of fact there were not many characters I did not like,other than the ones you were supposed to dislike. For me,IMHO, This Classic ranks right up there with The Count of Monte Christo, Great Expectations ETC. I have already read Journey to the Centre of the Earth and again in my humble opinion this outranks it by miles! If you are not familiar with Verne I think this qwould be a great one to start with. And no matter how knowledgeable you are, the end will leave you saying WTF. However, all the Mysteries of said Mysterious Island are dealt with and you are not left with the feeling of ok now what happens.
February 27, 2015
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March 28, 2024
As usual in Mr. Verne's stories, there is a mixture of good quality science fiction and adventures, with strong elements of history and geography.
Wonder how many youngsters today would prefer reading such novels, instead of "studying" their mobile phones...
Wonder how many youngsters today would prefer reading such novels, instead of "studying" their mobile phones...
February 25, 2025
Devo essere sincero: sono giunto alla lettura di questo celebre romanzo di avventura di Jules Verne grazie alla visione della serie tv Lost, dove appunto in un episodio viene citato questo libro.
I protagonisti di questo romanzo precipitano, con la loro mongolfiera, in un'isola misteriosa dopo una brutta tempesta. L'isola a prima vista sembrerebbe disabitata, ma durante la loro permanenza scopriranno che forse c'猫 qualcuno che li aiuta in segreto, senza farsi vedere. La storia ricorda molto da vicino quella del naufrago Robinson Crusoe, ma stavolta i naufraghi sono 5: l'ingegnere Cyrus Smithe, il giovane Harbert Browne esperto botanico, il giornalista Spilett, il marinaio Pencroff e l鈥檈x schiavo Nab. e proprio come Robinson anche loro costruiscono un rifugio, coltivano un orto, allevano degli animali, costruiscono addirittura una barca. Ma la montagna sembra risvegliarsi dal suo sonno millenario.
Ritornare a leggere un romanzo di Verne mi mette sempre tanta gioia, visto che 猫 stato uno degli autori che ho amato fin da giovanissimo. E poi scoprire la presenza di un personaggio che avevo gi脿 amato in rende tutto ancora pi霉 bello.
Il messaggio che voleva dare Verne credo fosse che l'uomo, quando collabora coi suoi simili e non si scoraggia della sorte avversa, riesce a sopravvivere e ad addomesticare un mondo selvaggio.
I protagonisti di questo romanzo precipitano, con la loro mongolfiera, in un'isola misteriosa dopo una brutta tempesta. L'isola a prima vista sembrerebbe disabitata, ma durante la loro permanenza scopriranno che forse c'猫 qualcuno che li aiuta in segreto, senza farsi vedere. La storia ricorda molto da vicino quella del naufrago Robinson Crusoe, ma stavolta i naufraghi sono 5: l'ingegnere Cyrus Smithe, il giovane Harbert Browne esperto botanico, il giornalista Spilett, il marinaio Pencroff e l鈥檈x schiavo Nab. e proprio come Robinson anche loro costruiscono un rifugio, coltivano un orto, allevano degli animali, costruiscono addirittura una barca. Ma la montagna sembra risvegliarsi dal suo sonno millenario.
Ritornare a leggere un romanzo di Verne mi mette sempre tanta gioia, visto che 猫 stato uno degli autori che ho amato fin da giovanissimo. E poi scoprire la presenza di un personaggio che avevo gi脿 amato in rende tutto ancora pi霉 bello.
Il messaggio che voleva dare Verne credo fosse che l'uomo, quando collabora coi suoi simili e non si scoraggia della sorte avversa, riesce a sopravvivere e ad addomesticare un mondo selvaggio.
August 17, 2018
Che Verne sia oggi un autore abbandonato mi pare innegabile; lo vedi ancora sbucare qua e l脿 negli scaffali dei libri per ragazzi, ridotto e illustrato, in faticosa competizione con la fornitissima produzione contemporanea. Questo stupendo romanzo di avventura, mistero e ingegno umano ha per fortuna una pubblicazione "adulta" per i tipi di Marsilio, un bellissimo paperback che non mi son lasciato sfuggire. Cosa non piace pi霉 di questo autore, perch猫 ha perduto il suo antico fascino il transalpino Giulio che sfidava Salgari nelle librerie di un tempo? Mah! Mistero pi霉 arcano di quello che nasconde la remota isola di Lincoln, luogo fuori dalle rotte conosciute del Pacifico in cui un gruppo di naufraghi atterra con una mongolfiera, in fuga dalla Guerra Civile americana. Le gesta dell'ingegnere Cyrus Smith col suo labrador, il marinaio Pencroff, il giornalista Gedeon Spilett, lo schiavo liberato Nab e il giovane Harbert sono probabilmente uscite dal mito collettivo, restando nello scrigno prezioso dei pochi che ancora oggi ne ripercorrono successi e fallimenti. Se questo 猫 stato un "libro per ragazzi" d'altri tempi beh, mi vien da dire, che ragazzi in gamba si son formati! Oltre al sapore dell'avventura infatti il romanzo 猫 un compendio misurato e attento di biologia, chimica, scienze, ingegneria, medicina, agricoltura, navigazione e chi pi霉 ne ha pi霉 ne metta, mai prolisso ma fuso e saldato efficacemente alla narrazione. Un capolavoro immortale con piega finale degli eventi ampiamente spoilerata in lungo e in largo nella rete; io non sono troppo sensibile e me ne sono fatto una ragione, ma in effetti pu貌 essere fastidioso scoprire il mistero dell'isola gi脿 a inizio lettura quindi il mio consiglio 猫: se volete intraprendere anche voi questa magnifica avventura, fatelo senza cercare troppo sul web, wikipedia inclusa.
March 15, 2022
Toward the end of the Civil War, five northerners escape detention in Richmond, Virginia. The small band takes advantage of a storm to hijack a Confederate balloon with the intention of crossing over to Union lines. But the storm blows them off course鈥攚ay off course鈥攖o a remote uncharted island in the South Pacific.
Led by a brilliant officer of engineers, the group survives, explores, builds and ultimately thrives as 鈥渃olonists鈥� of Lincoln Island. Among other things, they build a small boat to explore another island where they find a 鈥渨ild man鈥� who turns out to be a marooned pirate. The colonists respect the man鈥檚 humanity, and that respect and offer of friendship result in the ex-pirate鈥檚 confession, atonement and transformation into an honored member of the community.
But all isn鈥檛 idyllic on Lincoln Island; the challenges of nature come in the form of wild animals, storms and a seemingly dormant volcano, and from humans in the form of a band of escaped convicts turned to piracy. But through all their trials, there is a benevolent force that seems to watch over the colonists, the 鈥渕ystery鈥� of the island.
I could recommend this novel as a fine example of 19th century adventure stories, but I believe there鈥檚 more to it than that. Verne鈥檚 story can be read as an allegory, a story of struggle against the forces of evil and the fortifying power of human kindness, faith, hope and charity. It is also a story about sin, repentance, atonement and redemption. In many ways the story is the polar opposite of William Golding鈥檚 dark vision of human nature castaway on a remote island, 鈥淟ord of the Flies.鈥�
鈥淢ysterious Island鈥� remains an inspiring book for troubled times, and since all times are more or less troubled, I believe Verne鈥檚 story will continue to stand the test of time.
Led by a brilliant officer of engineers, the group survives, explores, builds and ultimately thrives as 鈥渃olonists鈥� of Lincoln Island. Among other things, they build a small boat to explore another island where they find a 鈥渨ild man鈥� who turns out to be a marooned pirate. The colonists respect the man鈥檚 humanity, and that respect and offer of friendship result in the ex-pirate鈥檚 confession, atonement and transformation into an honored member of the community.
But all isn鈥檛 idyllic on Lincoln Island; the challenges of nature come in the form of wild animals, storms and a seemingly dormant volcano, and from humans in the form of a band of escaped convicts turned to piracy. But through all their trials, there is a benevolent force that seems to watch over the colonists, the 鈥渕ystery鈥� of the island.
I could recommend this novel as a fine example of 19th century adventure stories, but I believe there鈥檚 more to it than that. Verne鈥檚 story can be read as an allegory, a story of struggle against the forces of evil and the fortifying power of human kindness, faith, hope and charity. It is also a story about sin, repentance, atonement and redemption. In many ways the story is the polar opposite of William Golding鈥檚 dark vision of human nature castaway on a remote island, 鈥淟ord of the Flies.鈥�
鈥淢ysterious Island鈥� remains an inspiring book for troubled times, and since all times are more or less troubled, I believe Verne鈥檚 story will continue to stand the test of time.
April 30, 2012
my favorite among 40+ books I've read by Jules Verne. read count = 4 (although not recently) . An example of how scientific knowledge dramatically increases the chances of survival on a deserted island. Probably one of the reasons I've chosen a career as an engineer, I like to take things apart to see how they work, and i also love the satisfaction of fixing something that is broken. The four stranded technology wizards recreate the industrial revolution from scatch among the pristine tropical paradise. At the time I first read it (I was 9 or 10) I didn't miss so much the lack of a feminine character to spice up the plot.
January 24, 2016
J'avais quelques r茅serves en entamant ce livre (j'avais pas mal d'a priori sur l'茅criture tr猫s descriptive de Jules Verne), mais j'ai finalement beaucoup aim茅 L'卯le myst茅rieuse !
L'histoire nous accroche assez vite (malgr茅 une premi猫re partie un peu longuette), beaucoup de myst猫res apparaissent les uns apr猫s les autres et la fin est vraiment surprenante et ne d茅莽oit pas !
Le seul b茅mol que j'aurais est que cela manque d'茅motion, notamment au niveau des personnages. Ces naufrag茅s sont tellement optimistes, r茅ussissent tout ce qu'ils entreprennent et il est du coup compliqu茅 de s'identifier 脿 eux et de craindre pour leur vie.
L'histoire nous accroche assez vite (malgr茅 une premi猫re partie un peu longuette), beaucoup de myst猫res apparaissent les uns apr猫s les autres et la fin est vraiment surprenante et ne d茅莽oit pas !
Le seul b茅mol que j'aurais est que cela manque d'茅motion, notamment au niveau des personnages. Ces naufrag茅s sont tellement optimistes, r茅ussissent tout ce qu'ils entreprennent et il est du coup compliqu茅 de s'identifier 脿 eux et de craindre pour leur vie.
March 22, 2012
This book was recommended by the 2012 Book Lover's Page-A-Day Calendar. Entry was for January 2, 2012.
Wow.
Let me start by saying that I'm already pretty familiar with the work of Jules Verne, having gotten pretty well addicted to an abridged children's version of Around The World in 80 Days back when I was eight or nine years old. Since then, I've read the actual unabridged version and have read both 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and A Journey To The Center of The Earth more times than I can count. I am, without question, a tremendous fan of the novels of that era and can rank Jules Verne up there with my favorites.
With that said, I was not expecting to be so utterly blown away by The Mysterious Island. More than a couple of reviewers on this site have given this book bad reviews, citing it as unrealistic, laughable, or wordy. Well, those people are haters. It鈥檚 a novel from the 1800鈥檚鈥攐f course it鈥檚 wordy! It鈥檚 a novel about desert island survival鈥攐f course it鈥檚 unrealistic!
Stop hating, folks!
The Mysterious Island is a masterwork by a master writer. I guarantee I will be reading this one again.
Wow.
Let me start by saying that I'm already pretty familiar with the work of Jules Verne, having gotten pretty well addicted to an abridged children's version of Around The World in 80 Days back when I was eight or nine years old. Since then, I've read the actual unabridged version and have read both 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and A Journey To The Center of The Earth more times than I can count. I am, without question, a tremendous fan of the novels of that era and can rank Jules Verne up there with my favorites.
With that said, I was not expecting to be so utterly blown away by The Mysterious Island. More than a couple of reviewers on this site have given this book bad reviews, citing it as unrealistic, laughable, or wordy. Well, those people are haters. It鈥檚 a novel from the 1800鈥檚鈥攐f course it鈥檚 wordy! It鈥檚 a novel about desert island survival鈥攐f course it鈥檚 unrealistic!
Stop hating, folks!
The Mysterious Island is a masterwork by a master writer. I guarantee I will be reading this one again.
April 27, 2016
Alerte coup de coeur ! Comme je suis heureuse que ce livre ait 茅t茅 choisi pour la lecture de janvier du Club de Lecture MS !
Pourtant, au d茅part, les 800 pages m'ont un peu effray茅e, non pas que je n'aime pas les pav茅s, au contraire, mais j'avais peur que le style de Jules Verne m'ennuie. Quelle erreur 莽'aurait 茅t茅 de me fier 脿 mes craintes ! Je n'aurais troqu茅 la version int茅grale pour rien au monde. Je n'ai rien 脿 redire 脿 ce roman, certes il y a de longues descriptions topographiques et scientifiques auxquelles je n'ai pas toujours tout compris, mais 莽a donne surtout ce c么t茅 tr猫s naturaliste au livre. Bien que les hommes soient 茅chou茅s sur une 卯le, on sent vraiment qu'on est au XIXe si猫cle avec cette passion pour la science, la faune, la flore, l'ing茅nierie ... Il y a aussi le "mauvais" c么t茅 d'锚tre 脿 cette 茅poque, avec parfois des fa莽ons de penser qui ne passeraient plus de nos jours et qui choquent les yeux contemporains, mais c'est bien 莽a qui est int茅ressant aussi !
L'histoire est passionnante, les h茅ros sont formidables, si courageux, volontaires et bienveillants ! Et le suspens augmente progressivement tout au long du livre jusqu'脿 锚tre insoutenable, et quelle fin ! Je ne me serais pas attendue 脿 un tel d茅nouement, quel choc 莽a a 茅t茅 !
J'ai ador茅, c'est le genre de livre que je sers contre moi en le refermant tant il m'a touch茅e (oui je suis un peu dingue). Je suis vraiment triste de quitter ces formidables colons, et c'est clair et net que je me replongerai dans un Jules Verne en 2016 !
Pourtant, au d茅part, les 800 pages m'ont un peu effray茅e, non pas que je n'aime pas les pav茅s, au contraire, mais j'avais peur que le style de Jules Verne m'ennuie. Quelle erreur 莽'aurait 茅t茅 de me fier 脿 mes craintes ! Je n'aurais troqu茅 la version int茅grale pour rien au monde. Je n'ai rien 脿 redire 脿 ce roman, certes il y a de longues descriptions topographiques et scientifiques auxquelles je n'ai pas toujours tout compris, mais 莽a donne surtout ce c么t茅 tr猫s naturaliste au livre. Bien que les hommes soient 茅chou茅s sur une 卯le, on sent vraiment qu'on est au XIXe si猫cle avec cette passion pour la science, la faune, la flore, l'ing茅nierie ... Il y a aussi le "mauvais" c么t茅 d'锚tre 脿 cette 茅poque, avec parfois des fa莽ons de penser qui ne passeraient plus de nos jours et qui choquent les yeux contemporains, mais c'est bien 莽a qui est int茅ressant aussi !
L'histoire est passionnante, les h茅ros sont formidables, si courageux, volontaires et bienveillants ! Et le suspens augmente progressivement tout au long du livre jusqu'脿 锚tre insoutenable, et quelle fin ! Je ne me serais pas attendue 脿 un tel d茅nouement, quel choc 莽a a 茅t茅 !
J'ai ador茅, c'est le genre de livre que je sers contre moi en le refermant tant il m'a touch茅e (oui je suis un peu dingue). Je suis vraiment triste de quitter ces formidables colons, et c'est clair et net que je me replongerai dans un Jules Verne en 2016 !
February 10, 2016
4 misteriosas estrellas
隆Qu茅 aventura! Como toda obra de Jules Verne, La isla misteriosa es de otro mundo. Rica en descripciones, y con un misterio omnipresente (como anuncia su t铆tulo), se regodea en la pericia de cinco na煤fragos que llegan a una isla muy peculiar. Con un paraje curioso, repleto de animales y vegetales de todo tipo, Cyrus Smith (ingeniero y l铆der natural), Gideon Spillet (reportero y confidente de Smith), Pencroff (marino), Harbert (joven protegido de Pencroff), Nab (ex esclavo negro y siervo de Smith) y Top (perro de Cyrus Smith) hacen gala de conocimientos casi alien铆genos que les permiten pasar de estar absolutamente desamparados a: contruir barcos, hornear pan, fabricar balas, hacer un tel茅grafo, practicar la alfarer铆a, metalurgia, caza, qu铆mica, ciencias varias, etc, etc, etc...
No hay nada que estos hombres no sepan hacer, en serio. Cyrus Smith, ingeniero, es presentado como una enciclopedia humana capaz de resolver cualquier problema.
Dejando a un lado la reticencia natural ante tales espec铆menes humanos superiores, La isla misteriosa es una lectura sumamente entretenida, y me ha recordado mi 茅poca verniana, cuando disfrutaba de Viaje al centro de la tierra o Cinco semanas en globo, con un argumento relativamente sencillo y comprensible. La creatividad del autor es puesta a prueba y sale invicta. He disfrutado, sobre todo, esas inc贸gnitas que, tarde o temprano, son respondidas de forma bastante inusual.
PD: Esta lectura amerita leer dos libros que la preceden.
隆Qu茅 aventura! Como toda obra de Jules Verne, La isla misteriosa es de otro mundo. Rica en descripciones, y con un misterio omnipresente (como anuncia su t铆tulo), se regodea en la pericia de cinco na煤fragos que llegan a una isla muy peculiar. Con un paraje curioso, repleto de animales y vegetales de todo tipo, Cyrus Smith (ingeniero y l铆der natural), Gideon Spillet (reportero y confidente de Smith), Pencroff (marino), Harbert (joven protegido de Pencroff), Nab (ex esclavo negro y siervo de Smith) y Top (perro de Cyrus Smith) hacen gala de conocimientos casi alien铆genos que les permiten pasar de estar absolutamente desamparados a: contruir barcos, hornear pan, fabricar balas, hacer un tel茅grafo, practicar la alfarer铆a, metalurgia, caza, qu铆mica, ciencias varias, etc, etc, etc...
No hay nada que estos hombres no sepan hacer, en serio. Cyrus Smith, ingeniero, es presentado como una enciclopedia humana capaz de resolver cualquier problema.
Dejando a un lado la reticencia natural ante tales espec铆menes humanos superiores, La isla misteriosa es una lectura sumamente entretenida, y me ha recordado mi 茅poca verniana, cuando disfrutaba de Viaje al centro de la tierra o Cinco semanas en globo, con un argumento relativamente sencillo y comprensible. La creatividad del autor es puesta a prueba y sale invicta. He disfrutado, sobre todo, esas inc贸gnitas que, tarde o temprano, son respondidas de forma bastante inusual.
PD: Esta lectura amerita leer dos libros que la preceden.
February 1, 2016
Absolument g茅nial ! J'ai bien aim茅 comment le livre monte en intensit茅 au fil des parties : au d茅but le r茅cit est tr猫s descriptif, ce que j'ai par ailleurs trouv茅 passionnant (toutes ces techniques de survie, toute la description de la faune, de la flore et la g茅ographie, g茅nial !), puis l'action est de plus en plus pr茅sente et le livre se termine magistralement ! J'ai d没 faire une pause de quelques minutes 脿 la fin de l'avant-dernier chapitre, pour reprendre mon souffle et m'en remettre avant d'entamer le dernier chapitre ! Enfin du coup, j'ai l'impression que Granite-House est aussi un peu ma maison quelque part dans ma t锚te, j'ai vraiment le sentiment d'avoir v茅cu avec eux sur l'卯le... J'adore aussi le style de Verne, tellement savant mais aussi tellement fluide en m锚me temps ! C'est franchement intelligent.
March 2, 2013
If you love steampunk, you owe it to yourself to read Jules Verne. A very resourceful group of men escape in a hot air balloon, only to be swept off course and land on a mysterious island, where they must supply all their own needs using only what they have on them. Excellent read.
January 13, 2018
A great read! The best adventure story I have read. The author caught the spirit of the time with this story. I was amazed the writer portrayed American characters in such a positive light.
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