The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean

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1858
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Children’s Robinsonade that closely follows the structure of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1718) but with three boys who are shipwrecked on an idyllic island.

Published Date

1858

Publisher
T. Nelson & Sons
Place Published
London
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1858 Ballantyne, R[obert] M[ichael] (1825-94). The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean. Illus. by the author. London: T. Nelson & Sons. Rpt. London: James Nisbet, 1863; and London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1883. Critical ed. Ed. J. S. Bratton. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1990 with an “Introduction” by the editor (vii-xxvii). PSt

Children’s Robinsonade that closely follows the structure of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1718) but with three boys who are shipwrecked on an idyllic island.

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Rpt. London: James Nisbet, 1863; and London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1883. Critical ed. Ed. J. S. Bratton. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1990 with an “Introduction” by the editor (vii-xxvii).

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Illus. by the author.

Author Note

Scottish author (1825-94)

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