The Mysterious Island - Shipwrecked in the Air
Jules Verne
Read by Piotr Nater
In the final months of the American Civil War five Northerners find themselves trapped in the Southern capital of Richmond. They conceive of a plan to escape with a balloon kept nearby.
However, not all goes as planned and as a powerful gale surprises them, their balloon veers off course by some thousands of miles and the five find themselves fighting desperately for their survival... (plot summary by Piotr Nater)
The present translation is by the American Stephen W. White. It first appeared in the Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia, PA and was later published as an Evening Telegraph Reprint Book (1876). According to Taves and Michaluk “Although more faithful than any other translation, this one has never been reprinted”. Still, there is still condensation and omission of some sections such as Verne's description of how a sawmill works. (taken from the Redactor's Note available at Project Gutenberg. ( Norman M. Wolcott) and Wikipedia)
"Shipwrecked in the Air", together with 2 subsequent volumes, "The Abandoned" and "The Secret of the Island", form "The Mysterious Island". (5 hr 56 min)
Chapters
Chapter 01 | 12:43 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 02 | 18:46 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 03 | 14:50 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 04 | 13:50 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 05 | 15:33 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 06 | 12:40 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 07 | 15:57 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 08 | 16:18 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 09 | 18:41 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 10 | 15:12 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 11 | 17:46 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 12 | 16:37 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 13 | 18:35 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 14 | 14:13 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 15 | 14:08 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 16 | 15:11 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 17 | 18:21 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 18 | 16:05 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 19 | 14:53 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 20 | 13:46 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 21 | 18:36 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Chapter 22 | 23:35 | Read by Piotr Nater |
Reviews
This is only the first of 3 volumes.
Alan H.
The narrator is pleasing to listen to but often difficult to understand. Since I was interested in how this translation differs from those previously published, this defect proved to be insurmountable in this respect. It also wasn't clear to me that this was only 1 of the 3 volumes described. I was disappointed about that, but at least it provided an easy way to cut my losses and find something enjoyable.