The Coral Island [with Biographical Introduction]
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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. Their next task is to find a way of staying alive. They go hunting and learn to fish, expore underwater caves and build boats - but then their island paradise is rudely disturbed by the arrival of pirates.
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Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Scotland in 1825. As a young man he went to Canada to work as a clerk with the Hudson Bay Fur Company. His experiences gave him lots of ideas for his career as a writer, artist and lecturer when he returned to Scotland. His best known for his novel The Coral Island which has remained in print since its first publication in 1857. He died in 1894.
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Roving has always been, and still is, my rulling passion, the joy of my heart, the very sunshine of my existence. Read the first page
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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Although this is a great book, it is heavily abridged and censored from the original version. This is probably a good thing if you are buying the book for a child to read, as all of the shockingly racist terms have been removed, but is not helpful if you are studying the text! I bought the book for my English Lit degree and found nothing to indicate that it was abridged or censored until the lecture when it became apparent that whole sections of the book were missing. So, make sure you buy the appropriate edition and enjoy!
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This book I felt initially was too old fashioned for me to read. It appears to be all too happy and cheery. Yet once you begin to read the book you appreciate it for what it is. It is a boyish adventure written at a time when there was faith in the world and it was believed that there was good in all. I now feel that this book is very well written. It shows a side to these boys that now in Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Beach by Alex Garland seem to feel no longer exists. It shows faith in humans and I feel that it is a book that if taken for what it is is a very enjoyable book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The book was delivered promptly and was in good condition and easy to read. Unfotunately it was a somewhat abridged ediion, which was not what I wanted. I cannot recall for sure now, but I don't think the listing in Amazon mentioned that it was abridged. The fact that it rates as a children's book does not mean that abridgement is acceptable. As I remember from my own childhood one of the missing passages has to do with some gruesome actions of the 'cannibals' who land on the island! Whether or not this is 'politically correct' today, it gives a creepy pleasure to most normal children who read the book. I find uninvited censorship of this kind deplorable.
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