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The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

21 h 58 min · 62 chapters · read by Mark F. Smith

During the American Civil War, five prisoners escape the siege of Richmond in a balloon. A storm carries them across the Pacific to an unknown island, where they build a life from nothing and find someone has been helping them. Jules Verne's 1874 novel, and a sequel of sorts to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Listen to 1-01 The Storm of 1865. Voices in the Air. · 15:45

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21 h 58 min
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17 h 34 min
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14 h 39 min
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Chapters

  1. 1-01 The Storm of 1865. Voices in the Air. 15:45
  2. 1-02 An Incident in the War of Secession 21:58
  3. 1-03 Five O'Clock in the Evening 17:37
  4. 1-04 Lithodomes. The River's Mouth. The Chimneys.20:21
  5. 1-05 Arranging the Chimneys. How to Procure Fire. 18:06
  6. 1-06 The Inventory of the Castaways. Expedition to the Forest. 19:01
  7. 1-07 Neb Has Not Yet Returned. A Threatening Night. 19:39
  8. 1-08 Is Cyrus Harding Living? Neb's Recital. 19:24
  9. 1-09 Cyrus is Here. Pencroft's Attempts. 21:47
  10. 1-10 The Engineer's Invention. Volcanic Soil. 21:16
  11. 1-11 At the Summit of the Cone 24:01
  12. 1-12 Regulating the Watches. Pencroft is Satisfied. 21:27
  13. 1-13 What is Found Upon Top 24:21
  14. 1-14 Measuring the Cliff. Latitude of the Island. 20:42
  15. 1-15 It Is Decided to Winter on the Island 18:46
  16. 1-16 The Question of a Dwelling is Again Discussed. 18:58
  17. 1-17 Visit to the Lake. The Indicating Current. 21:55
  18. 1-18 Pencroft Now Doubts Nothing 18:54
  19. 1-19 Cyrus Harding's Project. The Rope Ladder. 19:58
  20. 1-20 The Rainy Season. The Question of Clothes. 17:43
  21. 1-21 Some Degrees Below Zero. 20:43
  22. 1-22 Traps. Foxes. Peccaries. 26:54
  23. 2-01 Conversation on the Subject of the Bullet 20:05
  24. 2-02 First Trial of the Canoe. A Wreck on the Coast. 20:17
  25. 2-03 The Start. The Rising Tide. 21:55
  26. 2-04 Journey to the Coast. Troops of Monkeys. 18:23
  27. 2-05 Proposal to Return By the Southern Shore 21:52
  28. 2-06 Pencroft's Halloos. A Night in the Chimneys. 20:12
  29. 2-07 Plans. A Bridge Over the Mercy. 20:59
  30. 2-08 Linen. Shoes of Seal-Leather. 20:56
  31. 2-09 Bad Weather. The Hydraulic Lift. 19:18
  32. 2-10 Boat-Building. Second Crop of Corn. 19:20
  33. 2-11 Winter. Felling Wood. The Mill. 24:13
  34. 2-12 The Rigging of the Vessel 27:40
  35. 2-13 Departure Decided Upon. Conjectures. 20:34
  36. 2-14 The Inventory. Night. A Few Letters. 23:06
  37. 2-15 The Return. Discussion. 18:40
  38. 2-16 A Mystery to be Cleared Up. 25:33
  39. 2-17 Still Alone. The Stranger's Request. 25:15
  40. 2-18 Conversation. Cyrus Harding and Gideon Spilett. 22:50
  41. 2-19 Recollections of Their Native Land 20:30
  42. 2-20 A Night at Sea. Shark Gulf. Confidences. 23:40
  43. 3-01 Lost or Saved? Ayrton Summoned. 24:25
  44. 3-02 Discussions. Presentiments. 22:04
  45. 3-03 The Mist Rises. The Engineer's Preparations. 26:01
  46. 3-04 The Colonists on the Beach. 24:17
  47. 3-05 The Engineer's Declaration. 19:50
  48. 3-06 Expeditions Planned. Ayrton at the Corral. 21:13
  49. 3-07 The Reporter and Pencroft in the Corral 18:15
  50. 3-08 The Convicts in the Neighborhood of the Corral 10:13
  51. 3-09 No news of Neb. A Proposal. 20:20
  52. 3-10 Herbert Carried to Granite House 17:23
  53. 3-11 Inexplicable Mystery. Herbert's Convalescence. 20:56
  54. 3-12 Exploration on the Serpentine Peninsula. 20:45
  55. 3-13 Ayrton's Story. A Subterranean Volcano. 24:37
  56. 3-14 Three Years Have Passed. The New Vessel. 22:25
  57. 3-15 The Awakening of the Volcano. The Fine Season. 27:17
  58. 3-16 Captain Nemo. His First Words. 22:28
  59. 3-17 Last Moments of Captain Nemo 19:34
  60. 3-18 Reflections of the Colonists 31:01
  61. 3-19 Cyrus Harding's Account of His Exploration 27:50
  62. 3-20 An Isolated Rock in the Pacific 12:35

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