Summary of the "Mysterious Island". Contents on the chapters of the novel Verna "The Mysterious Island"

Oh, this restless Jules Vern ... Fantasy sometimes led him to daring stories, as if snatched from a distant future. This man, who is the most faithful friend of Dumas son, was the first to write about space travel accomplished with the help of technology. By the way, the invented passenger module Columbia, as well as the real American space shuttle Columbia, is made of aluminum. The world's first nuclear submarine was named Nautilus, in honor of the fantastic underwater ship of Captain Nemo. The reality was also the underwater battles anticipated by the science fiction writer, and the march to the pole.

Perhaps he anticipated the coming world wars. In the novel "500 million Begums" the main negative hero, a German by birth, dreamed of world domination. And in the "Paris of the 20th century" skyscrapers rise, the townspeople drive electric trains, and powerful computers operate in banks.

About him you can talk endlessly ... However, the topic of this article is a summary of the "Mysterious Island", the world-famous book by Jules Verne.

The third writer's Robinsonade

This novel, written by a well-known forty-six-year-old writer, was eagerly awaited by the world readership (Jules Verne, in the number of published translations, took second place after Agatha Christie). Huge popularity was enjoyed by the previous books of the Jules-Vernovsky Robinsonade: "20 thousand leagues under the water", as well as "Children of Captain Grant". The genre of Robinsonade, where people who have fallen into the world of wild nature, oppose circumstances, return to the civilized world, was then especially popular.

Main characters. Introduction

The brief content of the "Mysterious Island" begins with a string: prisoners of war, representatives of the army of the North, escaping from the south by flight from Richmond in a balloon, because of the storm on March 23, 1865, they find themselves on a desert island 7 thousand miles from the continent. Who are they, the new Robinsons?

Their leader is Cyrus Smith - scientist and engineer. This is a lean and even bony man of 45 years of age with a short hairstyle and mustache. He is remarkably brave, because he participated in many battles under the command of General Grant. He is accompanied by a deeply respected and faithful servant - a dark-skinned strong man Nab.

With them in one team, the fearless, dynamic and resourceful military journalist of the New York Herald, Gideon Spilett, whose courage and fearlessness surprised even the soldiers. Outwardly he is a tall, physically strong man of about forty with light, slightly brown whiskers. He, along with Cyrus Smith, is the initiator of the escape. The summary of the "Mysterious Island" presents them to us as like-minded people, people of business and decisive, the backbone of the team.

With them the will of fate also turned out to be a real sea wolf, a man familiar with the sea not by hearsay - the sailor Pencroff. Together with them is the son of the captain who arrived with Pencroff to Richmond, fifteen-year-old Herbert Brown. A good sailor, who swam under his father, takes care of a young man as a son. He is determined and smart. It is Pencroff who owns the risky idea of escaping from captivity on the ball.

The collapse of the balloon and rescue

The genre of the book itself presupposes the creative logic of further events. The summary of the "Mysterious Island", suggests that the plot of the novel, like all Robinsonades, is typical. His heroes are people who have become victims of circumstances, by the power of their spirit, thanks to their work, again gaining power over their destiny. At the same time, they pass through serious trials and challenges.

A balloon with fugitives started in a storm. People were obviously at risk, but this was the only way to lull the vigilance of the southerners and run away unnoticed. In fact, landing the ball on the island was not, there was a wreck. Cyrus Smith along with his dog were thrown out of the basket of the ball apart from the rest of the fugitives. He, exhausted, found himself a mile away from the coast, was found by the faithful servant Nab. Thus, classically for the Robinsonade: from the disaster begins a novel, respectively, and its brief content.

The mysterious island was quite hospitable. It is inhabited by plants and animals. Here, fortunately, it was easy enough to find food and shelter.

At first, the travelers found edible bivalve mollusks, a lithotome. Also easily accessible food was eggs of rocky pigeons. They were discovered by the interested in zoology Herbert Brown. The island was fresh water, trees grew here. Pencroff wove an impromptu rope from lianas, built a raft, suitable to cross the river and swim along it. So began the Robinsonade of the five resourceful Americans-northerners.

The creative activity of settlers

Invariably in this kind of novels housing construction is present in the plot, it will not pass over its attention and a brief content. The mysterious island provides five whole natural palace - a granite cave, and even with a superb view, opening for an observer who is in such a fortress house. After all, the rock, where this dwelling was, towered over the rest of the terrain.

Northerners colonists are already engaged in plant cultivation (from a miracle discovered in Herbert's pocket of a single grain of wheat, they grew this grain culture in an amount sufficient for regular bread baking). The island now provides the settlers with meat, milk, clothes. After all, they muffled mouflons, pigs. They keep the animals in a structure called a coral.

They tame and exotic animals, and about this case mentions our brief content of the story. The "mysterious island" is also inhabited by monkeys. One of them, wandered into their granite dwelling of an orangutan, managed to tame. The animal, attached to them, which became their real friend, was called Jupe.

Nevertheless, settlers periodically feel that there is a well-wisher on the island. Indeed, an invaluable gift for five Americans was a box of tools, utensils, small arms and ammunition found on the beach in the morning. Now, the engineering knowledge of Cyrus Smith allowed the Robinsons to adjust the production of the most necessary.

However, not only information about the improvement of life by settlers contains a brief content. Vern "The Mysterious Island" turns it into a dynamic work by enriching the plot of the novel with new characters.

Swimming on about. Camp

Sailor Pencroff, having carefully studied the map carefully put in a pencil case with tools by an unknown well-wisher, discovered that next to the island where he and his friends live now, there is another island, Tabor. The experienced sea-wolf realized that it makes sense to examine him. Friends together build a small flat-bottomed boat-boat and begin to explore the water area of this island archipelago. Together with the sailor there are two more people on board who are interested in the idea of Pencroff, - creative journalist Gideon Spilett and young Garbert. They discover a "sea letter" - a floating sealed bottle containing a note with a plea for help. The sailor, who has been shipwrecked, expects help, staying on about. Camp. This is its summary (Vern "The Mysterious Island" builds on the principle of the quest). Indeed, landing on the island. Tabor, friends discover this man. He is in an inadequate state of consciousness. Ayrton (that was the name of the former pirate) - half-wild, overgrown with hair and dressed in ragged creature, tries to attack the young man of Garbert. Togo help my friends. Ayrton is bound and sent to the island of Lincoln in the Granite Castle (as friends call their cave-dwelling).

History of Ayrton

Care and nutrition did their job: the repentant Ayrton told about his unsightly history. Twelve years ago, he, as a total rejection of society, along with the same as himself, accomplices tried to capture the sailing ship "Duncan". Captain Edward Glenarvan spared the offender, but left him on about. Tabor, telling Ayrton that he would take him, re-educated, someday. Thus, Ayrton served his sentence on the island. This is his story is very brief. The mysterious island became a prison for him.

From the island of Tabor returned in the dark ... Colonists then saved a landmark - a fire on the shore. Then they decided that he had been kindled by a Negro Nab. It turned out - no. He was kindled by a mysterious friend ... (However, the "bottle mail" was the work of his hands.) Ayrton did not write a note.)

Settlement of the economy of settlers

The three years that Cyrus Smith stayed with his comrades on the island were not wasted. In their farm - a mill, a poultry farm, wheat fields, an established production of woolen products. There is even a telegraph linking the place of residence of the colonists to the coral where they keep animals.

However, a terrible danger awaits our friends: in the bay of the island, a pirate ship is casting its anchor. The forces are clearly unequal. Ayrton, who carried out a night reconnaissance, established: there were 50 pirates on board the ship.

The war with pirates

The battle scene further adorns the plot and our brief content of the book "The Mysterious Island". Two pirate boats carry thugs from the sailboat to the shore. Northerners bravely accept the battle. One of the boats, having lost three corsairs, returns. The second with six fighters nevertheless approaches to the jungle covered with a jungle, and pirates hide in thickets.

Americans, apparently, expect a disaster. In their direction, the guns are turning the battle ship of the thugs, the guns begin to shoot through the area around them. But suddenly an incident happens again, inspiring respect for the power of their secret friend. The pirate ship suddenly explodes and dies instantly. A combat mine worked.

Further on, the author tells us about the real war with pirates, by some unrecognized readers called nothing but Zhulver ("The Mysterious Island"). The brief mentions that it begins with the attacks of pirates who landed from the boat. Relying on the common sense of robbers deprived of the ship, the northerners did not pursue them. However, the thugs started their usual business - robbery and arson of the property of the settlers. They captured Ayrton, who, tormented by his conscience, voluntarily lived not in a granite castle, but near a coral. Cyrus Smith came to his aid with his comrades. However, pirates manage to seriously injure the young Garbert. The northerners return to their dwelling. A wounded person begins fever. He is rescued by a medicine thrown up by a mysterious friend.

The summary of the novel Verna "The Mysterious Island" enters the stage of denouement. Settlers decide, finally, to destroy the uninvited guests. In their opinion, thugs are in the corral. And indeed it is. However, all the bandits are dead, and next to them is the haggard Ayrton, who has no idea how he got here (the pirates kept him in the cave). Again, the presence of an unknown benefactor is palpable.

Life returns to the usual course. However, the new danger threatens the settlers: the island volcano is gradually beginning to wake up and gain strength. The boat was previously broken into pirates by reefs. Concerned settlers are accepted for building a large ship to leave the island if necessary.

Acquaintance with the secret benefactor

Once in their granite cave, a telegraph from the corral is triggered. Finally, the previously unknown patron decided to meet with them! They are summoned to him by the Coral. Lying there a note (again the quest item) then directs them along the laid cable - to the majestic grotto. Here they are awaited by their patron, sixty-year-old captain Nemo, who by his origin is the Indian prince Dakar, and by conviction - a fighter for the independence of his homeland. He's old, he's lonely. In campaigns and in the struggle for the independence of India his associates were killed. This is also a creative scientist. The unprecedented submarine "Nautilus" was designed and assembled by him from components manufactured by different contractors. Sensing the approach of death, Captain Nemo called the settlers to help accomplish the last thing - to help him be buried in the abyss of the sea along with his Nautilus. This noble person gives our travelers a casket with valuables and something else that does not have a price. He left a note on the island of Tabor, addressed to the rescuers. When he dies, the northerners fill up the hatches and lower the submarine to the bottom. This is a very touching scene.

Final catastrophe and salvation

Soon, the island of Lincoln explodes because of the volcano. The explosion turns out to be such a force that settlers throw out settlers from the tent, where they moved because of the impending catastrophe, into the water. Do not spare the colors for the final scenes Verne G. ("The Mysterious Island"). The summary of the chapters ends with a touching salvation. Sailors sailing for the rescue of Ayrton sailing ship "Duncan", orientated by the found note, are removed from the lifeless reef island of settlers, a few days suffering from hunger and thirst.

Returning to their homeland, the Americans are turning the jewels donated by Captain Nemo into material values, buying land, livestock, tools and equipment. They recreate the same productive economy on the American continent as they do on the island, and successfully lead it together.

Conclusion

Jules Verne in the novel "The Mysterious Island" gave his readers a fascinating story about American Robinsons. The novelty of the writer is striking. In the composition of the book there are a number of artistic techniques characteristic of the current militants. The subsequent scenes are logically related to the previous ones according to the laws of the quest. The final catastrophe and miraculous salvation are carefully depicted.

Innovation, as well as the artistic presentation of the novel served as a source of its popularity among millions of readers.