The Coral Island

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean. a Novel By: R. M. Ballantyne: Novel
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean. a Novel By: R. M. Ballantyne: Novel
    By R. M. Ballantyne

    Among the novel's major themes are the civilising effect of Christianity, 19th-century British imperialism in the South Pacific, and the importance of hierarchy and leadership.

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    By R. M. Ballantyne

    When three boys find themselves shipwrecked on a South Pacific Island, they must learn to survive in a sometimes beautiful, sometimes deadly new world. A classic tale of high adventure and boyhood courage.

  • The Coral Island
    The Coral Island
    By R. M. Ballantyne

    " This edition of The Coral Island is unabridged.

  • The Coral Island
    The Coral Island
    By R.M Ballantyne

    R.M Ballantyne. Peterkin stopped one instant to obey the command, and then plied his paddle again with all his might. No sooner had the fish fallen on the water than we observed the shark to sink. In another second we saw its white ...

  • The Coral Island
    The Coral Island
    By R. M. Ballantyne

    Friedrich Kerst Friedrich Nietzsche Fyodor Dostoyevsky G.A. Henty G.K. Chesterton Gabrielle E. Jackson Garrett P. Serviss Gaston Leroux George A. Warren George Ade Geroge Bernard Shaw George Cary Eggleston George Durston George Ebers ...

  • The Coral Island
    The Coral Island
    By R. Ballantyne

    When the three sailor lads, Ralph, Jack and Peterkin are cast ashore after the storm, their first task is to find out whether the island is inhabited.

  • The Coral Island: (Annotated Edition)
    By R. M. R. M. BALLANTYNE

    A thrilling story in the tradition of Robinson Crusoe and a key influence on later classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island and William Golding's Lord of the Flies, The Coral Island is presented here in a new scholarly ...

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean Annotated and Illustrated Edition
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean Annotated and Illustrated Edition
    By Robert Michael Ballantyne

    The beginning-My early life and character-I thirst for adventure in foreign lands and go to sea.Roving has always been, and still is, my ruling passion, the joy of my heart, the very sunshine of my existence.

  • The Coral Island: The Young Fur Traders
    The Coral Island: The Young Fur Traders
    By Robert Michael Ballantyne

    Two classic adventure yarns one set on a tropical island fraught with danger; the other, in the frozen wilds of North America.

  • The Coral Island
    The Coral Island
    By R. M. Ballantyne

    Washed up on the shore of an unfamiliar island paradise, the boys must learn quickly in order to survive. There are plenty of twists and turns ahead in this classic adventure story, which is packed full of danger and excitement.

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    By Robert Michael Ballantyne

    Fifteen-year-old Ralph, mischievous young Peterkin and clever, brave Jack are shipwrecked on a coral reef with only a telescope and a broken pocketknife between them. At first the island seems...

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    By R Ballantyne

    The Coral Island. A Tale of the Pacific Ocean. R. M. Ballantyne. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean (1858) is a novel written by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne.

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    By R. M. Ballantyne

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  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    By Robert Michael Ballantyne

    Top 100 Childrens Adventure Novels. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean by Robert Michael Ballantyne. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean (1858) is a novel written by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne.

  • The Coral Island
    The Coral Island
    By Robert Michael Ballantyne

    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.

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean: Original Text
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean: Original Text
    By Robert Michael Ballantyne

    The departure-The sea-My companions-Some account of the wonderful sights we saw on the great deep-A dreadful storm and a frightful wreck.It was a bright, beautiful, warm day when our ship spread her canvass to the breeze, and sailed for the ...

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    By Robert Michael Ballantyne

    Website containing full text of the novel, the Coral Island: a tale of the Pacific Ocean by R.M. Ballantyne.

  • The Coral Island
    The Coral Island
    By R. M. Ballantyne

    Three boys, fifteen-year-old Ralph Rover (the narrator), eighteen-year-old Jack Martin and fourteen-year-old Peterkin Gay, are the sole survivors of a shipwreck on the coral reef of a large but uninhabited Polynesian island.

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean: is a NOVEL
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean: is a NOVEL
    By Robert Michael Ballantyne

    Modern critics consider the book's worldview to be dated and imperialist, but although less popular today, The Coral Island was adapted into a four-part children's television drama broadcast by ITV in 2000.

  • The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
    By Robert Ballantyne

    IT was a bright, beautiful, warm day when our ship spread her canvas to the breeze, and sailed for the regions of the south.