Thread: MobileRead Discussion: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne (spoilers)
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Old 05-24-2010, 12:22 PM   #17
WT Sharpe
Bah, humbug!
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I was amazed by how many of the characters could feel that "[n]othing more is now wanting to our island" even though there were no women there. If the oft quoted statistics are true, only 10% of them would have been satisfied in that state. Of course, it's always possible that they only planned their prison escape with like-minded friends.
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