The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne's masterpiece. This captivating tale of adventure, "The Mysterious Island" tells the tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, Through the use of their ingenuity the five manage to survive on this island wilderness. Many secrets and adventures await the group as they endeavor to discovery the mystery of this "mysterious island".Jules Verne was a French novelist, poet, and pgsk.com is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism.