TheMysteriousIsland

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND JULES VERNE TRANSLATED BY SIDNEY KRAVITZ EDITED BY ARTHUR B. EVANS INTRODUCTION AND CRITICAL MATERIAL BY WILLIAM BUTCHER Wesleyan University Press Middletown, Connecticut Published by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown CT 06459 Translation copyright © 2001 by Sidney Kravitz. Introduction and critical materials © 2001 William Butcher. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America &tc Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Verne, Jules, 1828–1905. [Ile mystérieuse. English] The mysterious island / Jules Verne ; translated by Sidney Kravitz ; edited by Arthur B. Evans ; with an introduction and critical materials by William Butcher. p. cm. — (Early classics of science fiction) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8195-6475-3 (cloth : alk. paper) I. Kravitz, Sidney. II. Evans, Arthur B. III. Butcher, William, 1951–IV. Title. V. Series. PQ 2469.I 43 E 5 2001 843′.8—dc21 2001026939 CONTENTS Introduction vii Note on Previous Translations xxxiii Inception of the Novel xxxv A . The Manuscripts of “Uncle Robinson” xxxv B . The Manuscripts of The Mysterious Island ......