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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, 5 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.
If this sounds familiar, it's because it's based on Alexander Selkirk, whose life-story had already served as the basis for ''[[
Fun fact: While this isn't the most famous of Verne's works, it has the distinction of having inspired two major franchises: ''[[Myst]]'' and ''[[Lost]]''.
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* {{spoiler|[[Happy Ending]]: Verne originally wanted a [[Bittersweet Ending]] where the castaways are somewhat depressed at having lost the Island. His editor had him change it to an upbeat one where they buy some territory in the state of Iowa and create a replica of the island to serve as a colony and a tourist attraction.}}
* [[Go Mad From the Isolation]] : {{spoiler|Ayrton.}} He's in a pretty bad state when they find him, to say the least...
* [[Is It Something You Eat?]]: Pencroff. Surrounded by the wonders of nature, his interests are still primarily culinary.
* [[Large Ham]]: Pencroff
* [[Misplaced Vegetation]] / [[Misplaced Wildlife]] : Lincoln Island has almost implausible levels of biodiversity and has species that couldn't realistically exist in the latitude it's supposed to lie in. This was something already noted by Verne's ''contemporaries''. His answer ? A wink, followed by a 19. century version of the [[MST3K Mantra]] slash [[Rule of Cool]] argument.
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