Verne (1828-1905), a famous French writer of science fiction and adventure novels in the 19th century, the founder of world science fiction literature, was once known as the "father of science fiction". From 1836 onwards, he began publishing science fiction novels, which became famous under the umbrella title of Strange Wanderings in Known and Unknown Worlds, and his representative works were Captain Grant's Daughter, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and The Mysterious Island, which were also known as "Verne's Science Fiction Trilogy".
The story of "Mysterious Island" is this: During the American Civil War, 5 Northerners trapped in the Southern Military City escaped in hot air balloons. They were blown down by a storm to a desert island in the Pacific Ocean, and without any tools, they relied on unity and cooperation, overcame many difficulties, and built pottery, glass, wind mills, telegraph machines, and built the island into a prosperous paradise. In every moment of crisis, there is always a mysterious figure who comes to the aid of the victims, and this person is Captain Nemo, who lived on the island before they arrived. Together, they repelled the pirate invasion. Unfortunately, then the volcano erupted... The novel brings suspense and makes people enjoy the joy of reading.
"Mysterious Island" has a great feature, that is, its content is associated with "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "Captain Grant's Daughter", showing the struggle between people and nature on a desert island, technological innovation and creative labor from scratch, full of descriptions of the strange and colorful natural world, and the integration of various knowledge into thrilling stories. It can be said that "Mysterious Island" is a romantic literary work, and for today's friends, it still has emotion and a kind of appeal!
The novel is divided into twenty-three chapters:
Chapter 1: Hydrogen Balloons Falling from the Sky
Chapter Two: Sir, Are You Going to Run Away?
Chapter 3: Desert Island Day One
Chapter 4: Predators in the Forest
Chapter Five: In Search of Hilius Harding
Chapter 6: The Wisdom of the Engineer
Chapter 7: Naming pirates
Chapter Eight: Locking Lincoln Island
Chapter Nine: Perfect Manufacturing in the Metal Age
Chapter 10: Who Killed the Dugong
Chapter 11: The Apartment on five floors
Chapter 12: A Succession of Strange Things
Chapter 13: Encounter with the Jaguar
Chapter 14: The Ape Tug-of-War
Chapter 15: Hard Work and Harvest
Chapter 16: The Battle with the FoxEs
Chapter Seventeen: Expedition to Dabao Island
Chapter Eighteen: Tell Your Secret
Chapter 19: Looking out at the mysterious light on the post
Chapter 20: Defending Lincoln Island
Chapter Twenty-One: The Bell Is About to Bring Out the Truth
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Story of Captain Nemo
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Great Eruption of the Volcano
Every chapter of the novel is very exciting, like the little friends can find a look, I hope you can like!
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