Mysterious Island (version 2)
What happens when five men, fleeing a dying Confederacy in a leaking balloon, land on an island that shouldn't exist? Cyrus Smith, an engineer; Pencroff, a rough sailor; young Harbert; the steadfast Neb; and journalist Gideon Spilett must build a civilization from nothing on this uncharted Pacific paradise. Their resourcefulness is staggering: they forge steel in crude furnaces, cultivate crops, breed livestock, construct a telegraph. But the island has secrets. Impossible things happen. Fires erupt without cause. Food appears when they're starving. Someone or something is watching over them, and the answer lies in the depths of the ocean. Part Robinson Crusoe, part science fiction mystery, Verne's novel is a paean to human ingenuity and the stubborn belief that intelligence and decency can conquer any wilderness.
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