The Mysterious Island

by Jules Verne · language: en

Vocabulary level: Intermediate · Flesch–Kincaid grade 10 · 8,190 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Adventure stories · Castaways — Fiction · Islands of the Pacific — Fiction · Science fiction

Words worth knowing: fauna · facade · sulphurous · compression · fabricate · evaporation · hurdle · coop

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND by Jules Verne 1874

“Are we rising again?” “No.

On the contrary.” “Are we descending?” “Worse than that, captain! we are falling!” “For Heaven’s sake heave out the ballast!” “There! the last sack is empty!” “Does the balloon rise?” “No!” “I hear a noise like the dashing of waves.

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