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The Mysterious Island
- Narrated by: Berny Clark
- Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
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This 19th-century adventure novel will delight Verne fans. As in other works by Verne the characters are ideal and the plot seems convenient rather than organic. Verne was not a scientist, but he was obsessed by all the scientific disciplines. Verne’s novels are full of magical inventions and pseudo-scientific rhetoric. In The Mysterious Island, five men and a pooch land their balloon on an exotic island. They undertake to learn the secret of the place. Narrator Berny Clark’s lively voice sings out the animated dialogue. His excited yet genteel tone makes the densely descriptive text sound lighter and less mannered. His voice sustains an energetic lilt throughout his performance of this lengthy and exhaustively sketched fiction.
Summary
Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne’s masterpiece.
“Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump” (Kirkus Reviews), 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’s secret.
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- Zeus
- 07-04-18
Awesome narration!!
The narration was so good that it Made the story more interesting, worth it, great job:)
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- Steffi
- 30-06-15
Capital!
Fantastic story and narration, the kind of book that makes you want to hear more of it once you reach the end.
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- G. Stewart
- 20-07-15
in the words of Pencroft, Hoorah!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, yes and yes again, I loved this book and couldn't put it down.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Mysterious Island?
Any thing involving pencroft and food!
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
Any additional comments?
Try it, you'll love it!
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- David
- 01-11-16
Good at points but sometimes dull
i wanted to like it and if you like lots of chemistry read it, but its not a thriller. Some people will find it fascinating, but as I say I got a bit bored at times.
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- Jeremy
- 16-01-13
Great
Really good book couldn’t stop listening to it, it would keep me up all night
Narrator really makes the book come alive
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- Patricia
- 10-07-15
Brilliant
Some very interesting practical solutions expressed in this story, of how to survive in those circumstances.
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- Beanies
- 07-09-23
Basically a survival guide.
If I am ever on "Desert Island Discs" this is the book I would take. It tells me everything I would need to know to survive comfortably. I'm feeling slightly overwhelmed by all the details, that's a lot to remember, still if I take a pencil as well I could mark up the book with headings. Narrator was good, though the only criticism I have is his occasional mispronounced word. Apart from that; Topping.
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- Botty
- 16-01-15
I am delighted
I read the book immediately after I finished 20 000 leagues below the sea, and I found the same narrative style as well as similarities between the characters.
If you enjoyed the previous book this one is a must read.
The narrator is just perfect, impersonating each character, and trying to dramatise at the climax moments.
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- M
- 27-11-18
A secret sequal that's really a prequal
If you are a already a Jules Verne fan you will spot early on the probable presence of a character you already know from his other books. But don't worry this book isn't about him. It's a great story of surviving on ones whits and engineering absolutely from scratch with some real moments of suspense and danger along the way.
As for our mysterious character (Who I will not name despite it being really obvious from very early on) What looks like being a Sequel is in fact far more interesting as a prequel as we learn of the early life of one of Verne's greatest creations. I would even go as far as to suggest that as origin stories go it has much potential for some great (possibly steampunk) fanfic.
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- Anders Clark
- 20-12-23
Fascinating despite far from Verne's scifi
A fantasy-inducing adventure leaning heavily on a belief in strong men conquering nature. Exterminating animals and industrialising a paradise island seems less impressive today than it perhaps did at the time of the books writing.
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