Abandoned

Abandoned

The present romance, the second in the Mysterious Island triad, was originally issued in Paris with the title of L'Abandonn. Jules Verne's list of stories already ran then to some twenty volumesa number which has since grown to almost Dumasien proportions. L'Abandonn, like its two companion tales, ran its course as a serial through the Magasin Illustr of education and recreation, before its issue as a boy's story-book. Its success in both forms seems to have established a record in the race for popularity and a circulation in both the French and English fields of current literature. The present book was translated into English by the late W. H. G. Kingston; and is printed in Everyman's Library by special exclusive arrangement with Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. 1909 The list of tales and favourite romances by Jules Verne includes the following: [Pg ix] [Pg xiii] [Pg 1] It was now exactly seven months since the balloon voyagers had been thrown on Lincoln Island. During that time, notwithstanding the researches they had made, no human being had been discovered. No smoke even had betrayed the presence of man on the surface of the island. No vestiges of his handiwork showed that either at an early or at a late period had man lived there. Not only did it now appear to be uninhabited by any but themselves, but the colonists were compelled to believe that it never had been inhabited. And now, all this scaffolding of reasonings fell before a simple ball of metal, found in the body of an inoffensive rodent! In fact, this bullet must have issued from a firearm, and who but a human being could have used such a weapon? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 33516
Author: Verne, Jules
Release Date: Aug 23, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880