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This book tells the story of Sir Glenarvan, the owner of the Duncan cruise ship, who took Grant's two children to rescue Grant. After learning about the missing Scottish navigator Captain Grant two years ago, Lord Glenarvan asked the British government to send a ship to rescue him. The British government rejected his request. So Sir Glenarvan resolutely organized a small rescue team, consisting of the Glenarvan couple, Major MacNabbs, Captain Harry Grant's sons and daughters Mary and Robert, and the geographer Paganel, who was famous for his carelessness. He personally led the team to complete the task of finding Captain Harry Grant. They crossed the mountains and grasslands of South America along the 37th parallel of south latitude, traversed Australia and New Zealand, and circled the earth. Due to misinterpretations of documents, they encountered countless hardships along the way: earthquakes, floods, storms, vicious Maori and a conspiracy. But with incomparable perseverance and courage, they finally found Captain Harry Grant on the island of Maria Theresa in the Pacific.

This book is the last part of Jules Verne's famous trilogy ("Captain Grant's Children", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "The Mysterious Island"). In this film, he connected the plot clues of the first two films. The story tells that during the American Civil War, five northerners who were besieged in a Confederate city took advantage of the opportunity to escape with a balloon. They were blown down by a storm on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean, but they did not lose heart or despair. They united and helped each other, and used their collective wisdom and labor to overcome many difficulties and build a happy life. They started with their bare hands and made pottery, glass, wind mills, and telegraphs. They tamed a chimpanzee in an accident, and also saved a criminal who had lost his mind after living alone on another isolated island for twelve years. They defeated the invading pirates with their wisdom and mysterious skills... During the years they spent on the desert island, these victims continued to discover incredible miracles.

"Around the World in Eighty Days" is a novel written by the French writer Jules Verne and is one of his masterpieces. The whole book was published in Le Temps from November 6, 1872 to December 22 of the same year, and was first published in 1873. The novel originated from a bet that the British gentleman Fogg made with his friends: to travel around the world and return to London in 80 days. Later, he and his servants overcame the difficulties and obstacles on the way, passing through the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, traveling to India, Singapore, Japan, the United States and other places, and finally returned to London. Along the way, Fokker was witty and brave, showing a complete gentlemanly style.

During the American Civil War, five northerners and a dog who were trapped in a Confederate city took the opportunity to escape in a hot air balloon, but they encountered a storm on the way. After drifting in the storm for several days, it landed on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. On a strange island, they live in a mysterious cave and go from having nothing to being self-sufficient and even having plenty of food and clothing. Under the guidance of Engineer Smith, everyone worked together to use all available resources on the island to create necessities for survival and meet daily needs in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. At the same time, we have to face various mysterious dangers and brutal pirate attacks on the island... There are hidden dangers everywhere on the island, and people feel an inexplicable weirdness all the time. Natural disasters and man-made disasters have set up many difficulties and dangers for them. However, instead of being discouraged, they have united together in the difficulties and dangers, like a family. They try to build ships in order to leave the island...

"Journey to the Center of the Earth" was first published in 1864 and is one of Verne's early famous science fiction novels. The story tells that the German geologist Lidenbrock, influenced by a coded letter from his predecessor, took his nephew and guide on an adventure trip through the center of the earth. They descended from a volcano crater in Iceland, overcoming difficulties such as lack of water, getting lost, and storms along the way, and finally returned to the ground along a volcano in Sicily. This work has a tortuous plot and fluent language. With its extraordinary imagination, it presents readers with a fantasy world that transcends time and space.

The story takes place in 1864. During a voyage, Sir Glenarvan, the owner of the cruise ship Duncan, got a drift bottle, which contained clues about the Scottish navigator Captain Grant who was in distress and disappeared two years ago. In order to rescue Captain Grant in distress, Sir Glenarvan took his wife, his sailors, Captain Grant's children, and the geographer who accidentally entered the cruise ship on a journey to find Captain Grant. Floods, wolf attacks, scams... They experienced numerous hardships along the way, overcame all dangers with wisdom and courage, and finally rescued Captain Grant on a small island.

"Verne's Science Fiction Trilogy: Captain Grant's Sons and Daughters, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and The Mysterious Island" is a collection of three representative works by Jules Verne, the "father of modern science fiction". It tells three stories of maritime adventures, and the characters are intertwined. As the originator of science fiction novels, Verne had rich imagination, delicate writing style and ingenious conception. What is commendable is that his imagination is not whimsical, but based on science; contemporary readers can learn rich knowledge about marine life, meteorology, geography and other aspects from the book.

"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is a science fiction novel and the second part of Verne's trilogy. The work tells the story of 1866, when people at sea discovered a huge monster called a narwhal. The protagonist accepted the invitation and participated in the capture operation. Unfortunately, during the capture process, he and his servant fell into the water and accidentally swam onto the back of the monster. Later, I learned that this alarming narwhal turned out to be a submarine with a wonderful structure, so I experienced various adventures in this submarine. A submarine, a mysterious captain, and a scientist with extensive knowledge, in various adventures, in nearly a year, the protagonist traveled 20,000 miles under the sea, deducing stories for us, showing thrilling scenes, describing their adventures traveling around the oceans. The story is thrilling and fascinating with twists and turns, the pictures are colorful, and the atmosphere is endless. The whole novel is full of suspense and interlocking. It is both a pleasure to read and a thrilling one that will never be forgotten.