The Mysterious Island (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jules Verne
- First Published: 1874
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1865-1869
- Setting: An island in the South Pacific
- Principal Characters: Captain Cyrus Harding, Nebuchadnezzar, Gideon Spilett, Jack Pencroft, Herbert Brown, Ayrton, Captain Nemo
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Voyages, Nineteenth century, Islands, Castaways, Pacific Ocean, Submarines, Volcanoes, Shipbuilding, Pirates, Hot air balloons, blimps, or dirigibles
- Locales: Richmond, VA, Islands, Iowa, South Pacific
The Story:
On March 24, 1865, a balloon carrying five persons who were escaping from Richmond, capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War, fell into the sea. Caught in a storm, the balloon had flown some seven thousand miles in five days. The five passengers were Captain Cyrus Harding, an engineer in General Grant’s army; his black servant, Nebuchadnezzar, known as Neb; Gideon Spilett, a reporter; Jack Pencroft, a sailor; and Herbert Brown, the fifteen-year-old orphan son of one of Pencroft’s former sea captains.
The balloon fell near an uncharted island, and...
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