The Mysterious Island

 About the book:

The book Mysterious Island is written by Jules Verne and published by mm publications. The book is divided into 12 chapters and each chapter kept its readers engaged from one till end.

About the writer:

Jules Verne (1828-1905) is a French writer. He is known for his adventure series. His imagination was very strong as a child he spent his time in watching ships sailing on the sea.  He left for Paris to study Law and there he discovered writing is his passion. Therefore, he neglected studies and opted to writing novels and became well-accomplished writer. The mysterious Island is a sequel to his novels: In search of Castaways and Twenty Thousand Leagues and others.

Review:

The story starts by introducing all the six main characters of the story. Cyrus Smith, Gideon Spilett, Pencroff, Neb, Harbert and Smith’s dog. Cyrus wanted to leave Richmond to do so Pencroff approached him and offered him his basket balloon. Later, the five men and a dog sat in the balloon basket after three days continuous journey, the balloon started losing its air while flying above the water. They men throw all their stuff into the water for saving their lives but unfortunately they found Cyrus missing. Hence, one by one they jumped into the sea in search of their friend. They were on Lincoln Island. There was not any human presence. They found a safe place in granite house. For food, they hunted rabbits and other animals. They made a small boat to travel. They always felt the presence of any mysterious man on the island who kept helping them in all there chores. They travelled to Tabor Island where they found Ayrton. They rescued him and brought him back to Lincoln Island. They were encountered with a pirate’s ship they injured Aryton and captured him. Later, they found the pirates lying on the ground dead. They escaped Aryton and found a hidden large cave that took them to Captain Nemo. He looked very pale and ill. He narrated his story to the men and gave them a treasure chest as a reward of their humanity. They made a boat and unfortunately, Mount Franklin started erupted lava they jumped into the sea again. Next morning, they saw a ship coming to rescue them.

I enjoyed the book. I really admire the courage and teamwork of six men. Without any modern technology they spent years in a lost island but never give up!