The Mysterious Island Trilogy - The Original US Translation (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Shipwrecked in the Air + The Abandoned + The Secret of the IslandBy Jules Verne
Length20h 45m
About this audiobook
Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island Trilogy gathers the three-part saga of five Union prisoners who escape the American Civil War by balloon and are cast upon an uncharted Pacific island. Combining Robinsonade survival narrative, scientific romance, and imperial adventure, Verne turns shipwreck into an encyclopedic drama of industry: engineering, chemistry, agriculture, and cartography become instruments of civilization. In the original U.S. translation, the work also preserves a nineteenth-century Anglophone encounter with Verne's prose and its transatlantic readership. Verne, born in Nantes in 1828, was shaped by maritime culture, geographical speculation, and the scientific optimism of the Second Empire and Third Republic. As the central figure of Hetzel's Voyages extraordinaires, he sought to instruct while entertaining, transforming contemporary discoveries into narrative architecture. The novel's links to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and In Search of the Castaways reveal his habit of building a coherent imaginative universe. This volume is recommended to readers interested in adventure fiction, early science fiction, and the cultural history of technology. It rewards both youthful curiosity and mature critical attention, offering suspense, ingenuity, and a revealing vision of modernity's hopes and contradictions.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Literary Classics
Length20 hrs 45 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 27, 2014
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
38CHAPTER XXXI.
2Introduction
39CHAPTER XXXII.
3Synopsis
40CHAPTER XXXIII
4Historical Context
41CHAPTER XXXIV.
5Author Biography
42CHAPTER XXXV.
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6PART I: SHIPWRECKED IN THE AIR
43CHAPTER XXXVI.
7CHAPTER I.
44CHAPTER XXXVII.
8CHAPTER II.
45CHAPTER XXXVIII
9CHAPTER III.
46CHAPTER XXXIX
10CHAPTER IV.
47CHAPTER XL.
11CHAPTER V.
48CHAPTER XLI.
12CHAPTER VI.
49CHAPTER XLII.
13CHAPTER VII.
50PART III: THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND
14CHAPTER VIII.
51CHAPTER XLIII.
15CHAPTER IX.
52CHAPTER XLIV.
16CHAPTER X.
53CHAPTER XLV.
17CHAPTER XI.
54CHAPTER XLVI.
18CHAPTER XII.
55CHAPTER XLVII
19CHAPTER XIII.
56CHAPTER XLVIII.
20CHAPTER XIV.
57CHAPTER XLIX
21CHAPTER XV.
58CHAPTER L.
22CHAPTER XVI.
59CHAPTER LI.
23CHAPTER XVII
60CHAPTER LII.
24CHAPTER XVIII.
61CHAPTER LIII.
25CHAPTER XIX.
62CHAPTER LIV.
26CHAPTER XX.
63CHAPTER LV.
27CHAPTER XXI
64CHAPTER LVI.
28CHAPTER XXII.
65CHAPTER LVII.
29PARTII: THE ABANDONED
66CHAPTER LVIII.
30CHAPTER XXIII.
67CHAPTER LIX.
31CHAPTER XXIV.
68CHAPTER LX.
32CHAPTER XXV.
69CHAPTER LXI
33CHAPTER XXVI.
70CHAPTER LXII.
34CHAPTER XXVII.
71Analysis
35CHAPTER XXVIII
72Reflection
36CHAPTER XXIX.
73Memorable Quotes
37CHAPTER XXX.
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Vingt mille lieues sous les mersJules Verne46m$16 · $0.00
Around the World in 80 Days: 2 Different Classic Translations in 1 Book (Annotated)Jules Verne15h 53m$2 · $0.00
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and more (Annotated)Jules Verne59h 23m$2 · $0.00
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Around the World in Eighty DaysJules Verne8h 33m$9 · $0.00
The Greatest Sci-Fi Tales Ever WrittenJules Verne, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, George MacDonald, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, David Lindsay, Edward Bellamy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Abraham Merritt, H. G. Wells, H. Rider Haggard, Mary Shelley, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edwin A. Abbott, Hugh Benson180h 51m$1 · $0.00
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