The Mysterious Island

Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile <i>The Mysterious Island</i> is considered by many to be Jules Verne&#146;s masterpiece. &#147;Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy blissfully readable translation by Stump&#148; (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>) here is the enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island&#146;s secret.