Five brave northerners flee the city of Richmond taken by the southerners in a hot air balloon. After a terrible storm, they find themselves on the shore of an uninhabited island. Life on the island becomes a real test of their ingenuity and courage. They manage not only to survive, but also to create a small civilization: they breed cattle, grow wheat from a single grain, make items of labor and everyday life in their own small factories, and even install a real telegraph. But the island turns out to be not so uninhabited - someone mysterious repeatedly saves the heroes of the novel from imminent death.
The book presents an abridged version of the novel. The publication is illustrated by the famous artist Anatoly Itkin, a master of the historical adventure genre, who created illustrations for more than two hundred works of Russian and foreign literature.
Printed in abbreviated form.
Recommended reader age: 12+
Author: Jules Verne
Artist: Itkin Anatoly Zinovievich
Translator: Nemchinova Natalya Ivanovna, Khudadova Anna Aleksandrovna
Year of issue: 2023
Publisher: Nigma
Pages: 480
Dimensions: 267x212x27 mm
Cover type: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-5-4335-0132-4