“ I die of having thought it possible to live alone! ”
Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island (1874). copy citation
| Author | Jules Verne |
|---|---|
| Source | The Mysterious Island |
| Topic | loneliness |
| Date | 1874 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by William Henry Giles Kingston |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1268/1268-h/1268-h.htm |
Context
“«No, Captain Harding; no friends remain to me! I am the last of my race, and to all whom I have known I have long been as are the dead.—But to return to yourselves. Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance. I die of having thought it possible to live alone! You should, therefore, dare all in the attempt to leave Lincoln Island, and see once more the land of your birth. I am aware that those wretches have destroyed the vessel you have built.»
«We propose to construct a vessel,» said Gideon Spilett, «sufficiently large to convey us to the nearest land; but if we should succeed, sooner or later we shall return to Lincoln Island.” source
«We propose to construct a vessel,» said Gideon Spilett, «sufficiently large to convey us to the nearest land; but if we should succeed, sooner or later we shall return to Lincoln Island.” source
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