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| title = The Mysterious Island
| original title = L'Île mystérieuse
| caption = Image from the Hetzel edition
| author = Jules Verne
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| publication date = 1875
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''[[The Mysterious Island]]'' (or ''L'Île Mystérieuse'', if you want to use the original French title) is a novel by [[Jules Verne]]. Originally published in 1874, the book is essentially a castaway story. During the American Civil War, five Union Soldiers and their dog companion escape a Confederate prison in a <s>hot air</s> balloon. Unfortunately, a storm blows them off course and they end up on a deserted island, which they are forced to make their new home. This being a Verne story, our heroes are far too industrious to merely ''survive''. Over the course of the book, they tame the island and reconstruct the civilization they left behind. They become quite content in their new home, but never enough to abandon their ultimate quest to re-establish contact with the rest of the world.
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