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The Mysterious Island

Name: The Mysterious Island
Author: Jules Verne

Jules Verne

Read by Mark F. Smith · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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

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