The Mysterious Island

De: Jules Verne

Narrado por: Berny Clark

Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne’s masterpiece.

“Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump” (Kirkus Reviews), here is the enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island’s secret.

Public Domain (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

A look back of almost 150 years

I have always enjoyed the novels of Jules Verne. While not a scientist by training, his writing includes enough technical detail (perhaps too much, at times) to make the story very believable. What I enjoy is being able to listen or read stories from this era. I feel it is important to keep the story in context. Although published nearly 20 years after the U.S. Civil War, Verne does a good job of portraying the public face of civil behavior at the time. The caring yet always appropriate relationship between the main characters does not fit well in a RAP society where caring has lost its meaning to many.

Having said all that, Verne's story lines can become tedious when he does into detail on botanicals and phylogenetic classifications. Even so, that is his style and his work influenced many scientist.

As for Mr. Clark, the narrator, I felt he did an admirable job considering that Verne's writing (originally in French), is a struggle in translated works.

I read this book several times in the past and was curious how it would work as an audio book. I enjoyed it -- more than I thought I would.

Nice reading of this great classic

Would you consider the audio edition of The Mysterious Island to be better than the print version?

If the narrator is good then the audio edition is pretty much always better. In this case, the narrator was very good and I liked it.

Any additional comments?

I finally read/listened to this book last month and enjoyed every chapter. It shows how they managed to survive on the island by making tools and items in their cave. This book is by far one of the best "stranded on an island" books you could hope for. It is probably one of Jules Verne's best. The inhabitants of an island are banded together and when they get into a tight spot, there is a mysterious force that always helps out. This force is not revealed until nearly the end. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Thoroughly enjoyable

I read most of Jules Verne's fictions when I was young (a long, long time ago). I particularly remembered that I had enjoyed Mysterious Island though I remembered little about the plot. I came across this in Audible and it was on sale so I took the plunge. It was a lot of fun, not too deep or complex, just a good story about a group that get stranded and use their wits and their absolute commitment to one another to survive, and survive well. If you've read any of his stories, you know they can get bogged down in details now and then and the language is stilted at times, but the story is very well done. And most important, for me anyways, is that I love how it ends. The trails they face are believable, complex, and make the last couple of hours very suspenseful. For those that remember the movie (which was ridiculous in my opinion) and have not read the book, it is nothing like the movie, which is a good thing.

The narration was good, not great, but good. Nice job with the various characters on the whole.

Not the best book I've listened to, but I thoroughly enjoyed it nonetheless. Great for young adults...

Berny Clark brought it to life

Would you listen to The Mysterious Island again? Why?

Mr. Clark brought each character to life and made the listen so enjoyable. I will look for more from him.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Penncroft, human and a good sort.

Which scene was your favorite?

in the balloon

Any additional comments?

A classic and deservedly so.

Imagination excellency from the master Verne

Where does The Mysterious Island rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is the second best audiobook I've listened to.

What other book might you compare The Mysterious Island to and why?

Comparing it to Ender's Game, this book also makes the mind imagine ramifications of the story as it conserves a real athmosphere. The carachters are really great, they are full of carachteristics, they are smart, innocent and inventive.

Any additional comments?

With Verne you cannot go wrong.

Great book

What did you love best about The Mysterious Island?

Cyrus Harding was my favorite character. Just the idea that such a man had that much knowledge of so many different topics that he was able to guide the rest of the colonists in recreating a new society of a kind.

What does Berny Clark bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

did a very good job, Half way through my iPhone died and had to get a blackberry so I also had to get a different audiobook. The other guy didnt cut it.

No wonder it’s a classic!

I can’t believe it took me this long to read this book. I loved it! The narration was great and the story was incredible. A very fun read; I highly recommend it!

My favorite book

This is one of the only books I have read as an adult. It has a great storyline and that's why I bought the audio version of it, and I love to listen to it.

A Study on the Potential Humanity

Some might find detailed descriptions difficult to get through, but I found it fascinating! ot a fast read, but I would plan to read with Wikipedia / Google open and prepare to fall down many Rabbit holes.

It is science fiction focusing on a wide range typical science nature, biology, chemistry, geology, phisics. and engineering. It is however just as much a study of the potential of the human race. it covers the whole gambit of human values including love, compassion, mercy, gratitude, hope loyalty, ingenuity, diversity, and innovation.
I had Wikipedia and YouTube open continually research all of the

what an adventure!

loved it from end to end. taking place in the US Civil War Era the language is sometimes hard. The descriptions are so detailed and vivid I felt myself stranded upon the island