![]() ![]() (taken from the Redactor's Note available at Project Gutenberg. Still, there is still condensation and omission of some sections such as Verne's description of how a sawmill works. According to Taves and Michaluk “Although more faithful than any other translation, this one has never been reprinted”. ![]() It first appeared in the Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia, PA and was later published as an Evening Telegraph Reprint Book (1876). (plot summary by Piotr Nater) The present translation is by the American Stephen W. ![]() However, not all goes as planned and as a powerful gale surprises them, their balloon veers off course by some thousands of miles and the five find themselves fighting desperately for their survival. They conceive of a plan to escape with a baloon kept nearby. In the final months of the American Civil War five Northerners find themselves trapped in the Southern capital of Richmond. LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Island book 1 (White translation) by Jules Verne. ![]()
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