The Mysterious Island - Shipwrecked in the Air

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Island book 1 (White translation) by Jules Verne. (Translated by Stephen W. White.) Read in English by Piotr Nater In the final months of the American Civil War five Northerners find themselves trapped in the Southern capital of Richmond. They conceive of a plan to escape with a baloon kept nearby. However, not all goes as planned and as a powerful gale surprises them, their balloon veers off course by some thousands of miles and the five find themselves fighting desperately for their survival... (plot summary by Piotr Nater) The present translation is by the American Stephen W. White. It first appeared in the Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia, PA and was later published as an Evening Telegraph Reprint Book (1876). According to Taves and Michaluk “Although more faithful than any other translation, this one has never been reprinted”. Still, there is still condensation and omission of some sections such as Verne's description of how a sawmill works. (taken from the Redactor's Note available at Project Gutenberg. ( Norman M. Wolcott) and Wikipedia) This is book one of three. For further information, including links to online text, reader informatio…

Directors & creators

Jules Verne

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;

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