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L'Île mystérieuse
by Jules Verne
First Published
2009
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Islands
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Castaways -- Fiction
Islands of the Pacific -- Fiction
Island life -- Fiction
Survival -- Fiction
FICTION -- Classics
Island life
Description
This sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" doesn't advertise itself as such. Most of the book concerns the efforts of a group of hot-air balloon castaways in the south Pacific ocean attempting to use modern knowledge in order to survive in near-desert-island conditions. "Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe, 1719) started a trend of survival tales that lasts in some respects to this day and "Island" (1874) is Verne's contribution to that body of work. In my estimate, no film so far has done this book justice.