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The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

Start date: December 1, 2019

Finish date: December 31, 2019

Discussion: Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Oct 27, 2021 Barb rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, series, own, audio, classic

I loved it!! Captain Nemo never let's you down! ...more

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Mar 17, 2008 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

Vinte e quatro de março de 1865. Arrastados em seu balão desgovernado e rasgado por um furacão, cinco "náufragos do ar" aterrissam numa ilha deserta do Pacífico Sul. Somente com a roupa do corpo, o pequeno grupo de colonos irá refazer toda a longa trajetória da civilização: da pré-história aos tempos modernos, do domínio do fogo à fabricação de nitroglicerina, dos primeiros artefatos à pilha elétrica, da cerâmica rudimentar à instalação de um elevador e de um telégrafo, sem deixar de passar pelo ...more

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Nov 30, 2024 Annette rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics-read, serial-reader, 2024

In Verne's usual style. A very (too) detailed account of a marooned balloon crew of Civil War prison camp escapees on a remote Pacific island. Then a bit of a rushed ending. ...more

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