Mysterious Island

Jules Verne is a wonderful writer, the creator of a science fiction novel, one of the most read French authors in the world. From childhood, we are accompanied by his extraordinary works: “Around the world in eighty days”, “Fifteen -year -old captain”, “Children of Captain Grant”, “Twenty thousand leagues under water”. This edition presents one of Jules Verne"s best novels The mysterious island.
A storm, eruption of a volcano, pirate attacks, a mysterious ruler of the island and, of course, the history of survival on a piece of earth in the ocean, are woven into an adventurous plot: resourceful heroes thrown out by a hurricane on a uninhabited island, themselves cook sugar and melt steel, make bricks, make bricks, Wool, glass, sulfur and nitrogen acid, nitroglycerin and dynamite, construct a telegraph and a spinning machine. “The mysterious island” is an exciting story of the adventures of the islanders, the “survival allowance”, the anthem of human courage and willpower.
Thanks to the magnificent illustrations of the wonderful Czech artist Zdenek Burian (1905–1981), readers will be able to fully survive amazing adventures with the heroes of Oman, make amazing discoveries, feel the joy of victory over the elements