An edition of The Coral Island: a tale of the Pacific Ocean (1858)

The coral island

a tale of the Pacific Ocean

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An edition of The Coral Island: a tale of the Pacific Ocean (1858)

The coral island

a tale of the Pacific Ocean

by and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 31 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

In this adult edition of the children's classic, three English boys, shipwrecked on a deserted island, create an idyllic society despite typhoons, wild hogs, and hostile visitors. Then evil pirates kidnap one of the youths whose adventures continue among the South Sea Islands.

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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
347

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Subjects
Fiction, Adventure and adventurers, Shipwrecks, Juvenile fiction, Survival, Islands, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Adventure stories, Conduct of life, Pirates, Boys, Fiction, general, Action & Adventure, Children's fiction, Islands, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Shipwrecks, fiction, Adventure fiction, Sharks, fiction, Pirates, fiction, Islands of the pacific, fiction
People
Polynesians
Places
Pacific Islands
Times
19th century

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The coral island
2013, Hesperus Minor
in English
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The coral island
2010, ReadaClassic.com
in English - Unabridged.
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The Coral Island
Jun 7, 2007, Project Gutenberg
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Coral Island (Priory Classics - Series Two)
July 1, 2006, Peter Haddock Ltd
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The Coral Island
May 25, 2000, Puffin Books
Paperback - Film & TV Tie-in Ed edition
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The coral island
1991, Fabbri Pub.
in English - Facsim. ed.
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The coral island: a tale of the Pacific Ocean
1990, Oxford University Press
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The coral island: The young fur traders
1979, Octopus Books Ltd.
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The coral island
1977, Purnell
in English
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Coral Island: a tale of the Pacific Ocean
1923, The Cornhill publishing company
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The coral island: a tale of the Pacific Ocean
1901, R. Butterworth
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The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
1897, T. Nelson and Sons

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiii]-xxiv).

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Oxford [England], New York
Series
The World's classics

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.8, Fic
Library of Congress
PR4057.B15 C6 1990, PR4057.B15C6 1990

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxvi, 347 p. ;
Number of pages
347

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1855015M
ISBN 10
0192826441
LCCN
90006820
Library Thing
108604
Goodreads
4685832

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A nineteenth century adventure story of three teenaged boys shipwrecked on a Pacific island. At first they lead an idyllic life but this is soon interrupted by the arrival on the island of rival Polynesian war parties and then pirates. After various adventures the boys find themselves in possession of the pirate’s ship and can sail for home.

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