The Mysterious Island

by Jules Verne · Free audiobook · 62 chapters

LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne. Read by Mark F. Smith. A story of castaways, similar to Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, this book details the escape from Civil War-era Richmond, Virginia, of five Northern men who dared to go aloft in a balloon in the midst of a hurricane. Deposited on a lonely island in the Pacific, they make do with Yankee ingenuity where Chance has left them nothing. Only later do they find they have a hidden benefactor: Captain Nemo, of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, who resides, alone, secretly on the island. In time, the tiny colony becomes so prosperous that it is able to rescue another castaway from an island a hundred miles away. But all their work will come to naught - their island's volcano is about to awake!(Summary by Mark) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B Part 1 (197MB) Download M4B Part 2 (191MB) Download M4B Part 3 (186MB)

Chapters

• 1. 1-01 The Storm of 1865. Voices in the Air.15:45
• 2. 1-02 An Incident in the War of Secession21:58
• 3. 1-03 Five O'Clock in the Evening17:37
• 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 Cone24:01
• 12. 1-12 Regulating the Watches. Pencroft is Satisfied.21:27
• 13. 1-13 What is Found Upon Top24:21
• 14. 1-14 Measuring the Cliff. Latitude of the Island.20:42
• 15. 1-15 It Is Decided to Winter on the Island18:46
• 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 Nothing18:54
• 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.26:53
• 23. 2-01 Conversation on the Subject of the Bullet20:05
• 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 Shore21:51
• 28. 2-06 Pencroft's Halloos. A Night in the Chimneys.20:11
• 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 Vessel27:40
• 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 Land20:30
• 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 Corral18:15
• 50. 3-08 The Convicts in the Neighborhood of the Corral10:13
• 51. 3-09 No news of Neb. A Proposal.20:20
• 52. 3-10 Herbert Carried to Granite House17:23
• 53. 3-11 Inexplicable Myetery. Herbert's Convalescence.20:56
• 54. 3-12 Exploration on the Serpentine Peninsula.20:45
• 55. 3-13 Ayrton's Story. A Subterranean Volcano.24:36
• 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 Nemo19:34
• 60. 3-18 Reflections of the Colonists31:01
• 61. 3-19 Cyrus Harding's Account of His Exploration27:49
• 62. 3-20 An Isolated Rock in the Pacific12:35