The Secret of the Island
1875
The Secret of the Island
1875
Translated by William Henry Giles Kingston
They crash-land on a deserted island in the Pacific, and what begins as a fight for survival becomes something far stranger. Five men and a dog, hurled there by a violent storm during a balloon expedition, must learn to live off the land while uncovering the island's impossible secrets. Food and shelter are immediate concerns, but as they explore, they discover phenomena that defy explanation: caves that shouldn't exist, resources that appear when needed most, and a presence watching over them from the shadows. When a pirate ship appears on the horizon flying a black flag, the colonists face their gravest threat yet. But they are not alone. Captain Nemo, the mysterious genius from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, has been sheltering them all along. Verne weaves adventure and mystery into something profound: a meditation on what humans can accomplish when ingenuity meets courage, and what mysteries the world still holds.
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“It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.””
— Jules Verne
“It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.””
— Jules Verne
“Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.””
— Jules Verne
“What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?””
— Jules Verne
“All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.””
— Jules Verne
“In presence of Nature's grand convulsions man is powerless.””
— Jules Verne
“What a big book, captain, might be made with all that is known!""And what a much bigger book still with all that is not known!””
— Jules Verne
“He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.””
— Jules Verne
“Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.””
— Jules Verne
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