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The Coral Island

by R. M. Ballantyne
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781481275125
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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  • Pages: 226
  • Original Price: USD 14.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 309 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Classics

'The Coral Island' by R. M. Ballantyne is a forgotten adventure classic that deserves to be remembered, and not merely because it holds an interesting place in literary history: William Golding's classic first novel Lord of the Flies was written at least in part as an "answer" to, as a criticism of Ballantyne's optimistic, almost idyllic tale of three young boys shipwrecked on a south sea island. Ballantyne spins an exciting tale of shipwreck and survival, of encounters with cannibals and pirates that holds up remarkably well for its age of nearly a century and a half. A rousing adventure, it is a marvelous tale of buccaneers and sailing ships, high adventure and boyhood courage in the in the best traditions of R.L. Stephensons Kidnapped or Treasure Island.

Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or, Life in the Wilds of North America. For some time he was employed by Messrs Constable, the publishers, but in 1856 he gave up business for the profession of literature, and began the series of adventure stories for the young with which his name is popularly associated.

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