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Jules-Descartes Férat (French: Jules-Descartes Férat) is a French artist, painter, etcher and illustrator.

He illustrated books by many famous authors such as Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe and Victor Hugo. Some critics consider his illustrations for Jules Verne's novel Mysterious Island", as the pinnacle of his creative mastery. He also worked extensively for periodicals, including Magasin d'Education et de Recreation (Magazine of Education and Entertainment), L'Illustration and L'Univers Illustré. The magazine Magasin d'Education et de Recreation was published from 1864 to 1906. It owed its popularity mainly to Jules Verne, who published thirty novels on its pages.

On December 15, 1875, in the Parisian “Journal of Education and Entertainment,” intended for a youth audience, the publication of one of the best novels by the French writer Jules Verne, “The Mysterious Island” (French “L’Île mystérieuse”), ended.

Reader interest in the magazine edition of this work was consistently maintained for 2 years, since the beginning of the novel reached subscribers on January 1, 1874. Great place The novel was devoted to a description of chemical processes and technologies (“... this will be a novel about chemistry...” wrote Jules Verne in a letter to the publisher), and the author spent a lot of time in chemical factories and consulted with chemist specialists.

The Mysterious Island was published by Etzel in three separate books. The first part is “Mysterious Island. Crash in the air" - published on September 10, 1874, the second - "The Mysterious Island. Abandoned" - April 12, 1875, and "Mysterious Island. The Secret of the Island" - October 28, 1875. On November 22, 1875, an illustrated edition of the novel (152 illustrations by Jules-Descartes Fehr, engraved by Charles Barbant, which some critics consider as the pinnacle of the artist’s creative skill) was published. This was the ninth “double” (or rather “triple”, judging by the volume) volume of “Extraordinary Journeys”.

“Robinsonades,” recalled Jules Verne in his declining years, “were the books of my childhood, and I retained an indelible memory of them. I re-read them many times, and this contributed to the fact that they were imprinted in my memory. Never later, when reading other works, did I experience more of the impressions of the first years. There is no doubt that my love for this kind of adventure instinctively led me to the road along which I subsequently followed. This love made me write “The Robinson School”, “The Mysterious Island”, “Two Years of Vacation”, the heroes of which are close relatives of Defoe and Vis. Therefore, no one will be surprised that I devoted myself entirely to writing “Extraordinary Journeys.” The word “Robinsonade” itself entered literature back in the 18th century, when in many European countries Dozens of books began to appear one after another, written under the influence of “Robinson Crusoe” (1719), the world-famous novel written by the English writer Daniel Defoe. Robinsonades depict the vicissitudes of the working life of either one person or a small group of people stranded on a desert island. In the 19th century, new examples of “Robinsonades” were created mainly by the authors of adventure novels, who developed the adventurous side of the plot at the expense of its ideological content. In contrast, Jules Verne's "Robinsonades" are full of deep social meaning and are, one might say, philosophical novels, despite the fact that they are intended for young readers.

“The Mysterious Island” - the best of his novels, “Robinsonades” - was conceived even before Jules Verne became Jules Verne.

An unfinished manuscript dates back to the early 60s - the first still very weak draft of the subsequently famous book. On the title page is written in large letters: “Uncle Robinson.”

A certain Mrs. Clifton and her four children - Marie, Robert, Jean and Bella - are thrown by a storm onto an uninhabited island in the North Pacific Ocean. Their fate is shared by the experienced French sailor Flip, who led a small colony. The children call him "Uncle Robinson." A few days later, Mr. Clifton, who miraculously escaped on the same island along with his faithful dog Fido, finds his family. Clifton is a skilled engineer. He produces fire, makes gunpowder, methodically cultivates this wild corner of the earth, in every possible way improving the living conditions of the colonists.

In the future, many characters and episodes will be transferred in a modified form to the pages of “The Mysterious Island”: Engineer Clifton will turn into Cyrus Smith, sailor Flip into Pencroff, Robert Clifton into Herbert Brown. Even the dog Fido will act there under a different nickname, and the island itself, with all its flora and fauna, even the orangutan, will be transferred to the southern zone of the Pacific Ocean.

Ten years later, shortly before moving to Amiens, Jules Verne got the idea to write a novel about the amazing results of the work of a small group of people who found themselves on a desert island. He decided to take the manuscript of “Uncle Robinson” as a basis, but Etzel, having familiarized himself with the “pale Robinsonade,” rejected it without any condescension:

I advise you to drop all this and start over, otherwise it will be a complete failure.
- And yet here lies the grain of a novel! - Jules Verne answered confidently.

But the “grain” could not germinate for a long time. The plot stubbornly did not develop. In the meantime, “in between times,” he managed to write a brilliant novel “Around the World in Eighty Days,” but what he considered his main work - “Robinsonade” - still did not come to fruition.

While he was considering and rejecting options, readers continued to send letters asking him to resurrect Captain Nemo and reveal his mystery, not solved by Professor Aronnax in the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. And when one fine day the writer decided to return to the story of Nemo, and at the same time also connect the storylines of the new “Robinsonade” with “The Children of Captain Grant,” the plan finally matured, and he immediately set to work.

In February 1873, Jules Verne told the publisher: “I have given myself entirely to Robinson, or rather to The Mysterious Island.” I'm rolling around like I'm on wheels. I meet chemistry professors, visit chemical factories, and every time I come back with stains on my clothes, which I will attribute to you, because The Mysterious Island will be a novel about chemistry. I am trying in every possible way to increase interest in the mysterious stay of Captain Nemo on the island in order to gradually prepare a crescendo...” Nemchinova Natalia.

Unlike Daniel Defoe's classic book, the nameless, uninhabited island becomes the haven not of a lone hero, but of a whole group of Americans:

Neb (Nebuchadnezzar) is a former slave and now a devoted servant of Cyrus Smith. Knows a lot about blacksmithing. Was a cook in the granite palace;

Gideon Spilett is a war journalist and friend of Smith, a very energetic and decisive man with a vigorous mind. In addition, a passionate hunter;

Bonaventure Pencroft is a sailor, a good-natured man and an enterprising daredevil. As usual with sailors, he is a jack of all trades. Heavy smoker;.
Herbert (Harbert) Brown is the fifteen-year-old son of the captain of the ship on which Pencroff sailed, who was left an orphan. The sailor treats him like his own son. The young man showed deep knowledge of the natural sciences;

and also Top, Cyrus Smith’s faithful dog.
Subsequently they were joined by:

Yup (Jupiter) - an orangutan, tamed during the monkey invasion of the Granite Palace, who became a friend, servant and indispensable assistant to people;

Ayrton is the sixth colonist brought by Spilett, Pencroft and Herbert from a trip to the island of Tabor. At first he was a wild creature who had lost his mind. Then, after his reason returned to him, he was constantly tormented by a complex of guilt for what he had done earlier, which is why he settled in the corral.

Summary

Finding yourself in time Civil War in the USA in the slave-owning South, brave souls fled to hot-air balloon from Richmond, besieged by northerners, hoping to join the anti-slavery fighters. This happened on March 23, 1865. However, caught in a hurricane, these people, along with their dog Top, find themselves very far from their goal. Courageous, skillful and hardworking, also under the care of a certain mysterious and powerful assistant, they spend 4 whole years on the island named after President Lincoln and create their own world:
plow the land, build a pottery workshop,
raise livestock, smelt iron,
they are building a mill,
hydraulic lift,
telegraph

and other “miracles” of technology,
while simultaneously protecting your island from incoming pirates.

Soon, thanks to their hard work and intelligence, the colonists no longer needed food, clothing, or warmth and comfort. They have everything except news about their homeland, about the fate of which they are very worried. As a reviewer of one of the old Russian newspapers correctly noted, “this novel, so to speak, from the perspective of the history of European civilization in connection with the history of the development of science.”

In the end, they find a mysterious patron, who turns out to be Captain Nemo, who subsequently dies aboard his miracle submarine, the Nautilus.

One day, on June 22, 1867, these three people, who knew nothing about Captain Nemo's past, managed to escape by taking possession of one of the Nautilus's boats.
If we remember the beginning, the heroes rushed from Richmond in 1865. It turns out that Smith and Spillett somehow telepathically became acquainted with the work of the valiant Aronnax. And this with an acute passion for describing all sorts of curlicues, trinkets and other “magnificent decoration”...

The volcanic eruption that begins practically destroys the island, but our heroes leave for their homeland, meeting the yacht Duncan, under the command of Captain Robert Grant, who read the note found in Ayrton’s former hut on Tabor Island (Nemo left it there shortly before his death). Thus, “The Mysterious Island” completed the famous trilogy of Jules Verne, begun by “The Children of Captain Grant” (1867) and continued by the book “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (1869).

Mysterious island (Illustrations by P. Lugansky) Vern Jules

Table of contents

PREFACE
PART ONE CRASH VICTIMS CHAPTER ONE Hurricane of 1865. - Screams in the air. - Balloon. - Torn shell. - There is water all around. - Five passengers. - What happened in the gondola. - Earth on the horizon. - Denouement.
CHAPTER TWO An episode from the war for the liberation of blacks. - Engineer Cyrus Smith. - Gideon Spilett. - Negro Nab. - Sailor Pencroft. - Young Herbert. - Unexpected offer. - Date at 10 pm. - Flight into the storm.
CHAPTER THREE Five o'clock in the afternoon. - Missing passenger. - Neb's despair. - Searches in the north. - Island. - A languid night. - Fog. - Nab rushes into the stream. - View from the ground. - Fording the strait.
CHAPTER FOUR Lithodomes. - Mouth of the river. - Fireplace. - Continuation of the search. - Fuel supply. - Waiting for low tide. - A load of firewood. - Return to shore.
CHAPTER SIX Inventory of property. - Tinder. - Excursion to the forest. - Evergreen trees. - Traces of wild animals. - Yakamara. - Wood grouse. - Extraordinary fishing with a fishing rod.
CHAPTER SEVEN Neb has not returned yet. - Reflections of a journalist. - Dinner. - The weather is getting worse again. - A terrible storm. - Eight miles from the camp.
CHAPTER EIGHT Is Cyrus Smith Alive? - Neb's story, - Footprints. - An unsolvable question. - First words. - Comparison of traces. - Return to Kamin. - Pencroft is horrified.
CHAPTER NINE Cyrus is with us! - Pencroff's experiments. - Island or continent? - Engineer projects. - In the Pacific Ocean. - In the depths of the forest. - Hunting for capybara. - Nice smoke.
CHAPTER TEN The invention of an engineer. - A question that occupies Cyrus Smith. - Mountain climbing. - Forest. - Volcanic soil. - Mouflons. - First tier. - Overnight. - On the top of the mountain.
CHAPTER ELEVEN At the top of the mountain. - The inside of the crater. - The sea is all around. - The coast from a bird's eye view. - Water system. - Is the island inhabited? - All parts of the island get names. - Lincoln Island.
CHAPTER TWELVE Checking the watch. - Pencroft is satisfied. - Suspicious smoke. - The flow of the Red Stream. - Island flora. - Fauna. - Mountain pheasants. - Chasing a kangaroo. - Lake Granta. - Return to Kamin.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Knives. - Making bows and arrows. - Brickworks. - Kiln for firing clay. - Cookware. - Wormwood. - South Cross. - Important astronomical observation.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Height of granite wall. - Practical application of the theorem on the similarity of triangles. - Excursion to the north. - Oyster Bank. - Future plans. - The passage of the sun through the meridian. - Latitude and longitude of Lincoln Island.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Wintering is finally decided. - Question about metal. - Exploration of the island of Salvation. - Hunting for seals. - Catalan way. - Iron. - Steel.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The question of housing arises again. - Pencroff's fantasy. - Exploration of the northern shore of the lake. - Northern tip of the plateau. - Snakes. - Top's excitement. - Fighting underwater. - Manatee.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Visit to the lake. - Current. - Project by Cyrus Smith. - Manatee fat. - Use of sulfur pyrites. - Soap. - Saltpeter. - Sulfuric acid. - Nitric acid. - New stock.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Pencroff no longer doubts anything. - Old lake drainage. - Descent into the dungeon. - The path through granite. - The top disappears. - Central cave. - Well. - Mystery. - Pickaxe strikes. - Return.
CHAPTER NINETEEN Cyrus Smith's plan. - Facade of the Granite Palace. - Rope-ladder. - Pencroff's dreams. - Aromatic herbs. - Rabbit garden. - Water pipes. - View from the windows of the Granite Palace.
CHAPTER TWENTY Rainy season. - Question about clothes. - Hunting for seals. - Making candles. - Internal equipment of the Granite Palace. - Two bridges. - Return from the oyster bank. - What Herbert found in his pocket.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Cold. - Exploration of the swamps of the southeastern part of the island. - Jackal foxes. - The future of the Pacific Ocean. - Work of corals. - Hunting. - Swamp Geese.
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Traps. - Foxes. - North-west wind. - Blizzard. - Deck. - Sugar refining. - Mysterious well. - Exploration plans. - The pellet.
PART TWO Abandoned CHAPTER ONE About the pellet. - Building a pirogue. - Hunting. - On top of the cowrie. - No traces of humans. - Fishing. - Upside down turtle. - Disappearance of the turtle. - Explained by Cyrus Smith.
CHAPTER TWO The first pies test. - Nakhodka. - Tug. - Cape Nakhodka. - What was in the box: tackle, utensils, weapons, tools, clothes, books. - What did Pencroff lack?
CHAPTER THREE Departure. - Tide. - Various plants. - Yakamara. - Types of forest. - Giant eucalyptus trees. - Why are they called “fever trees”. - Flocks of monkeys. - Waterfall. - Camp.
CHAPTER FOUR The path to the west. - Flocks of four-armed ones. - New stream. - Forest instead of shore. - Cape Reptiles. - Herbert is jealous of Gideon Spilett. - Bamboo grove.
CHAPTER FIVE Proposal to return back along the southern coast. - Outlines of the coast. - Search for traces of the alleged crash. - Remains of a balloon. - Finding a natural port. - At midnight on the banks of the Gratitude River. - Floating with the flow of the pie.
CHAPTER SIX Pencroff screams. - A night spent in the Fireplace. - Herbert's Arrow. - Cyrus Smith's proposal. - An unexpected exit. - What happened at the Granite Palace. - How the colonists found the servant.
CHAPTER SEVEN Plans for regular work. - Bridge over river. - Drawbridge. - Wheat harvest. - A trickle. - Bridges. - Poultry yard. - Dovecote. - Two onagers. - Harness. - Trip to the port of Shara.
CHAPTER EIGHT Lingerie. - Shoes made of sealskin. - Production of pyroxylin. - Sowing. - Successes Mr. Jupe. - Coral. - Roundup of mouflons. - New plants and birds.
CHAPTER NINE The weather is getting worse. - Hydraulic lift. - Window glass and glassware. - Frequent visits from the king. - Growth of livestock. - Question from a journalist. - Exact location of the island. - Pencroft's proposal.
CHAPTER TEN Construction of the ship. - Second harvest. - A new plant, more pleasant than useful. - Keith. - Harpoon. - Cutting the carcass. - Application of whalebone. - The end of May. “Pencroft has nothing more to wish for.”
CHAPTER ELEVEN Winter. - Mill. - Pencroft's obsession. - Whalebone. - Fuel of the future. - Top and Yup. - Storms. - Destruction in the poultry yard. - Excursion to the swamp. - Cyrus Smith is left alone. - Exploration of the well.
CHAPTER TWELVE Equipment of the ship. - Attack of jackal foxes. - Jupe is wounded. - Jupe is being treated. - Jupe is recovering. - Completion of ship construction. - Pencroft's triumph. - “Prosperous.” - First sample of the vessel. - An unexpected letter.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN The departure is decided. - Offers. - Fees. - First night. - Second night. - Tabor Island. - Searches on the shore. - Searches in the forest. - Animals. - Plants. - House.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Inventory of property. - Night. - Several letters. - Continuation of the search. - Plants and animals. - Herbert is in danger. - On board the Blagopoluchny. - Departure. - The weather is getting worse. - The sailor's instinct. - Lost in the ocean. - Saving light.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Return. - Dispute. - Cyrus Smith and the unknown. - Port of Shara. - Treatment. - Exciting challenges. - Tears.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN An unsolved mystery. - The first words of a stranger. - Twelve years on the island. - Confession. - Disappearance. - Cyrus Smith is full of confidence. - Construction of a mill. - First bread. - Heroic deed. - Honest hands.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Conversation. - Cyrus Smith and Gideon Spilett. - An engineer's idea. - Telegraph. - Wires. - Battery. - Alphabet. - Summer. - Prosperity of the colony. - Two years on Lincoln Island.
CHAPTER NINETEEN Visions for the future. - Coastal survey plans. - View from the sea to the Snake Peninsula. - Basalt rocks on the western shore. - Bad weather. - Nightfall. - New incident.
CHAPTER TWENTY Night at sea. - Shark Bay. - Confessions. - Preparations for winter. - Early cold weather. - Frost. - Work inside the house. - In six months. - An unexpected incident.
PART THREE THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND CHAPTER ONE Death or salvation? - Ayrton's challenge. - Important meeting. - This is not Duncan. - Suspicious ship. - Cannon shot. - The brig is anchored. - Nightfall.
CHAPTER TWO Military Council. - Premonitions. - Ayrton's proposal. - Ayrton and Pencroff on the island of Salvation. - Norfolk convicts. - Their plans. - Ayrton's feat. - Six against fifty.
CHAPTER THREE The fog rises. - Engineer's intention. - Three posts. - Ayrton and Pencroff. - First boat. - Two others. - On the island of Salvation. - Six convicts landed ashore. - The brig raises anchor. - Fast cores. - A hopeless situation. - An unexpected ending.
CHAPTER FOUR The colonists descend to the shore. - Ayrton and Pencroff are engaged in rescue work. - Conversation at breakfast. - Pencroff's reasoning. - Inspection of the brig's hull. - The powder magazine is undamaged. - New riches. - The last wreckage. - Cylinder fragment.
CHAPTER FIVE Cyrus Smith's Statement. - Pencroft's grandiose plans. - Air battery. - Pirates. - Ayrton's fluctuations. - Generosity of an engineer. - Pencroft reluctantly surrenders.
CHAPTER SIX Expedition plan. - Ayrton returns to the king. - Visit to the port of Shara. - Pencroft's opinion. - Telegram. - Ayrton doesn’t answer. - Departure. - Why didn't the telegraph work? - Shot.
CHAPTER SEVEN Journalist and Pencroff in the corral. - Herbert is being carried into the house. - The desperation of a sailor. - Treatment. - Pirates appear again. - How to warn Neb? - Faithful dog. - Neb's answer.
CHAPTER EIGHT Pirates roam around the corral. - Temporary shelter. - Continuation of Herbert's treatment. - Pencroft's first joy. - Memories. - What the future promises. - Cyrus Smith's thoughts on this.
CHAPTER NINE There is no news from Neb. - The proposal of the sailor and journalist is rejected. - The Sally of Gideon Spilett. - A scrap of fabric. - Message. - Hasty departure. - Arrival at the plateau of the Far View.
CHAPTER TEN Herbert at the Granite Palace. - Neb talks about the events. - Cyrus Smith inspects the plateau. - Destruction and devastation. - Colonists cannot fight the disease. - Willow bark. - Deadly fever. - Top is barking again.
CHAPTER ELEVEN Another inexplicable mystery. - Herbert's recovery. - Unexplored parts of the island. - Preparations for departure. - First day. - Night. - Second day. - Footprints in the forest. - Arrival at Cape Reptile.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Ayrton's story. - Pirates' plans. - Capture of the corral. - Judge of Lincoln Island. - “Prosperous.” - Search for Franklin on Mount. - Underground hum. - Pencroff's answer. - In the depths of the crater. - Return.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Three years have passed. - Question about building a new ship. - The decision was made. - Prosperity of the colony. - Cold in the Southern Hemisphere. - Pencroft submits. - Laundry. - Mount Franklin.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Awakening of the volcano. - Spring. - Resumption of work. - Evening of October 15. - Telegram. - Question. - Answer. - Hurry to the corral! - A note. - Additional wire. - Basalt coast. - Tide. - Low tide. - Cave. - Dazzling light.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Captain Nemo. - His first words. - The story of a fighter for independence. - Hatred of the oppressors. - His comrades. - Life under water. - Loneliness. - The last refuge of the Nautilus. - Patron of the island.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The last hours of Captain Nemo. - The last will of a dying person. - A gift to friends who knew him only for one day. - Captain Nemo's coffin. - Some advice for colonists. - Last minutes. - At the bottom of the ocean.
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Reflections of the colonists. - Resumption of work on the construction of the ship. - January 1, 1869. - Smoke over the top of the volcano. - Harbingers of an eruption. - Ayrton and Cyrus Smith in the King. - Exploration of the Dakkar cave. - What did Captain Nemo say to the engineer?
CHAPTER TWENTY A secluded rock in the Pacific Ocean. - The last refuge of the colonists of Lincoln Island. - Inevitable death in the future. - The last good deed. - An island on the continent. - Monument to Captain Nemo.

PREFACE

In 1872, the world famous writer Jules Verne, at the very height of his fame and in full creative bloom, having just been awarded the Legion of Honor, suddenly left the “city of light” Paris and moved forever to the quiet provincial Amiens.

His whole way of life changed dramatically. Until recently, his mansion in the Parisian suburb of Auteuil was a meeting place for scientists, inventors, engineers, geographers, travelers and even members of the International. Now in Amiens his house, separated from the street by a large garden and surrounded by a high stone wall, became something of a fortress, which a rare visitor could enter only by ringing the large copper bell at the main entrance.

But this seemed to be not enough for the writer. He even isolated himself from his home, setting up his office in a secluded stone tower.

The character of Jules Verne also changed. He became gloomy and unsociable; " polar bear“, standing on his hind legs” - this is how he characterized himself. He hardly met people, spent the whole day in hard work and left the house only for a walk and to meetings of the Amiens Academy - the oldest scientific society of Picardy, of which he was a full member.

Moreover, this relocation to the province left its mark on all of his work: dark shadows fell on the pages of his hitherto optimistic books. Science fiction receded into the background, and its place was taken by social and historical novels.

What made the merry fellow and joker Jules Verne almost a misanthrope? What event happened in 1871 and what shadow fell over the entire second half of the writer’s life?

...On the morning of March 28, 1871, Paris woke up in the bright shine of the sun. Banners fluttered in the streets and an ocean of people moved under arms. On the flagstaffs were red Phrygian caps, symbolizing freedom, and the soldiers' guns were decorated with red ribbons.

The drums beat dully, the beat of the two large drums of Montmartre stood out especially - those that sounded the alarm on the night the Germans entered the capital and on the morning of March 18 - the day of the uprising of the proletariat - woke up the Parisians.

Then, the elected representatives of the people, members of the Council of the Commune, came out onto the stands built on the Place de Greve in front of the building of the Paris City Duma to assume the power transferred to them by the Commune of the city of Paris. Horns played as they took the oath of allegiance to the people. The heavy roar of cannons greeted the revolution. There were no speeches, only a cry: “Long live the Commune!”, and the Marseillaise, like a bird, flew over Paris...

This was a completely new Paris, where, it seemed, all the dreams of young Jules Verne were to come true - dreams that he had harbored within himself for twenty years of the Napoleonic Empire. It was the world's first state of proletarian dictatorship - the fulfillment of the hopes and purpose of life of his friends: Pascal Grousset, Elise Reclus, Louise Michel.

This summer Pascal Grousset took a leadership role in the new government. He was a delegate for external relations, that is, he was in charge of all foreign affairs of the Commune.

Elisée Reclus, who denied any power at all and was true to his convictions, refused to be a delegate of the Commune. But he was faithful to her to the end: first he helped organize an aeronautical park, and then he fought as a simple soldier against the Versaillese.

From the very first day, Louise Michel became an ordinary soldier of the Commune - in a soldier's uniform, with a gun in her hands.

But the Commune lasted only 72 days. The dark days of France have arrived.

Ashes flew over Paris, as if after an eruption. The building of the City Duma, where the Commune of the City of Paris had so recently been solemnly proclaimed under the morning sun, was burning down.

The orgy of open murders, carried out by blood-drunk soldiers who mowed down the people like grass, ended, but death continued its work, donning the mantle of judge. Officially, the number of victims of the Versailles massacre was estimated at thirty-five thousand people, but one hundred thousand Parisian workers disappeared from their apartments during these days.

The Paris Academy stopped working, but countless restaurants opened, where officers in gilded uniforms drank with beauties in lace.

Elisée Reclus, captured with a weapon in his hands, was tied up and taken into custody. As he was being led along the street, some smartly dressed gentleman ran up to him and dealt the great geographer a terrible blow to the head, from which he lost consciousness. Reclus recognized him as one of the members of the geographical society - the same one whose secretary was the great humanist Paganel, the hero of the novel “The Children of Captain Grant.”

The court sentenced Reclus to life hard labor. In a prison cell, shackled, he worked on the second volume of his world-famous book “Earth”...

Pascal Grousset, as one of the leaders of the Commune, and Louise Michel were sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life in hard labor.

Jules Verne wandered through empty Paris, and Parisian ashes rained down on him. The skeleton of the City Duma looked at him through its blind, broken windows. He didn’t want to be a writer anymore, he was ready to return to the Exchange or even take on the mantle of a lawyer, but he was forty-three years old and did not have the strength to start a new life...

There is no doubt that it was during these days that the plan to leave Paris forever was born in the writer’s soul and took real shape: it was internal emigration from the “republic” of Thiers, which turned out to be even more reactionary than the empire of Napoleon III.

In 1872, immediately after moving to Amiens, Jules Verne began work on the huge novel “The Mysterious Island,” which, together with the novel “The Children of Captain Grant” and “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” constitutes a trilogy.

The Mysterious Island (1875), one of the most famous novels by the founder of science fiction, French writer Jules Verne, describes the story of five people who escape from captivity in a hot air balloon and end up on a desert island in Pacific Ocean. Thanks to their courage, intelligence, work and nobility, they manage not only to survive, but also to conquer wildlife islands. Incredible adventures, sudden plot twists, mysterious phenomena and the secrets that the characters are trying to penetrate make this novel a masterpiece of action-packed literature.

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It all started when Taranee got angry at her brother Peter and carelessly declared that she didn't want to see him anymore. And Peter really disappeared. The search for the young man led his sorceresses to a mysterious island, in the rocks of which a passage to another world was hidden. Will the girls dare to open the doors to this world and challenge the powerful evil sorceress?..

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“Uncle Robinson” is Jules Verne’s first attempt to create an adventure novel in which the educational beginning would be organically combined with lively, intricate intrigue. Many motifs from this unfinished work were transferred to the famous “Mysterious Island”.

The Long Way to Happiness Victoria Holt

The young, charming Ellen Kelleway, being in the position of a poor relative in the rich house of her second cousin, could not help but rejoice at the unexpected happiness - she was proposed to by a charming aristocrat, Lord Carrington. It would seem like a brilliant game! But everything collapsed before it even began. The tragedy that took place almost on the eve of the wedding brought the unfortunate girl to a remote, forgotten corner, to a mysterious island where her distant relatives lived. It was here that she was destined to learn through suffering, doubts and fears...

Golden Morning Carol Marsh

Katie Wilcox and Fiske Spencer met at a bad time in their lives - both had recently failed in love, and each swore to himself that he would never waste time on this “stupid feeling” again. In addition, they are separated by a huge social gap: Spencer is one of the wealthiest people in America, the owner of land on a protected island; Katie is an aspiring aspiring journalist who dreams of making a career in photography. There is nothing in common between them, but from the first minute, contrary to logic, they experience a frantic attraction, and with their hearts...

"If", 1995 No. 04 Douglas Adams

MAGAZINE OF FICTION AND FUTUROLOGY Contents: Thomas Disch. THE GOOD LITTLE TOASTER IS GOING TO MARS. Tale. Robert Bloch. THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND OF DOCTOR MINK. Yuliy Kim. THE GOOD THING IS THAT THEY ARE SINGING SONGS AGAIN. L. Ron Hubbard. NEGATIVE DIMENSION. Alexander Glazunov. IS THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT...CONTINUING? Jack Williamson. PRESENT. Douglas Adams. A GUIDE TO THE GALAXY FOR HITCHHIKERS. Novels. Yuri Borev. PLEASE LAUGH AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE!

Aunt Caroline Island Frantisek Pilar

What would you do if you found out that you owned the island? An entire island in the ocean! True, inhabited by aborigines, poor, unenlightened savages who don’t even know what socks are. You, of course, hit the road, on the first long journey in your life across the oceans, into the unknown, into adventure. So what if you, although stunning, are fat and aged? So what if a horde of adventurers and secret agents with a variety of goals rushes after you? You have a task - to plant the flag of your...

Island. Forgotten alive Vyacheslav Denisov

The luxury transatlantic liner Cassandra, chartered by a little-known travel company, commits sea cruise from Havana to Bermuda. There are more than 1000 passengers on board: Italians, French, Americans, Russian Germans... all of them are enjoying the journey, basking in the sun, swimming in the pools, playing billiards, talking, drinking in the bar... And only a few of them find much here strange: no one I have never seen the captain among the guests of the ship, his assistant gives inaccurate coordinates of their location and mysteriously disappears...

Island Rus 2, or Princess of Leocada Yuliy Burkin

This book is a real gift for those who fell in love with the heroes of the cool trilogy by Yuli Burkina and Sergei Lukyanenko “Island of Rus'”. These are new adventures of Kostya and Stas, their friends Kubatai and Smolyanin, the sphinx Shidla and others - in the past and future, in reality and virtuality, on Earth and Venus. And also on the mysterious and ominous planet Leokada. In “Princess Leokada” the hero of “Island of Rus'” Stas acted as a co-author. Stanislav, the son of Yuli Burkin, is now a writer, laureate of the Debut national literary award. Artist A. E. Dubovik Computer…

Pirrow Island Alexander Sharov

Science fiction stories and novellas by the famous prose writer Alexander Sharov left a noticeable mark on Russian literature. There is always a paradox in his works - a clash of deep philosophical content with the external grotesqueness of form; satire and bitter irony; unexpected plot moves; actions that at first glance lack logic, and the destruction of social stereotypes. This collection will be a gift for all science fiction lovers and admirers of Sharov’s work, because, in addition to the author’s most striking works: “Pirrow Island”,…

Crimea Island Vasily Aksenov

History textbooks lie! Crimea was not taken by the Bolsheviks during the Civil War, but remained a free and independent territory, whose name is Crimea Island. This fantastic historical hypothesis formed the basis of probably Aksenov’s most famous novel, which was first published in 1981 in America and was then inaccessible to Russian readers. Twenty years have passed since then, Crimea has indeed in many ways become an island for us, and we are still reading this fascinating book with a fast-paced plot, exciting adventures and bright...

The most beautiful edition of the book The Mysterious Island of Jules Verne to date. Publisher: NIGMA. Gift for readers.

The book is ideal as a gift for both children and adults. The drawings can be looked at endlessly; these are real masterpieces of book illustration.

The publication is no less masterpiece than the illustrations.

Five brave northerners escape from the city of Richmond, taken by the southerners, in a hot air balloon. After a terrible storm, they find themselves on the shore of a desert island. Life on the island becomes a real test of their ingenuity and courage. They manage not only to survive, but also to create a small civilization: they raise livestock, grow wheat from a single grain, make labor and household items in their own small factories, and even conduct a real telegraph.

However, the island turns out to be not so uninhabited - someone mysterious more than once saves the novel’s heroes from imminent death.

The book presents an abridged version of the novel (which is good, because the full version is such a volume that hardly anyone can read today).

Edition illustrated by famous artist Anatoly Itkin, a master of the historical adventure genre, who created illustrations for more than two hundred works of Russian and foreign literature.

If you just need a full-text, non-abridged edition, there are these good options:

www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/4633285/ - very expensive exclusive edition, illustrations by Gordeev.

www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/5417278/ - both illustrations and full text. Fera, the French respect this artist.

www.labirint.ru/books/375454/- one of the best publications, but it’s difficult to get, it hasn’t been on sale anywhere for a long time

www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/23889436/ - budget and therefore inexpensive, but high-quality publication

www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/1342933/ - the golden fund of world classics, the AST series, there are also other works, all in one volume of almost a thousand pages