R. M. Ballantyne
The Coral Island
Paperback
(Blurb Jan. 16, 2017)
A typical Robinsonade - a genre of fiction inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe - and one of the most popular of its type, the book first went on sale in late 1857 and has never been out of print. 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. It was the inspiration for William Golding's dystopian novel Lord of the Flies (1954), which inverted the morality of The Coral Island; in Ballantyne's story the children encounter evil, but in Lord of the Flies evil is within them.
- ISBN
- 1366609956 / 9781366609953
- Pages
- 330
- Weight
- 17.12 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.98 x 0.74 in.
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