外國經典文庫：珊瑚島-英文版（套裝共7冊）
AllBallantyne'snovelsare,inhisownwords,"adventurestoriesforyoungfolks",andTheCoralIsland:ATaleofthePacificOcean(1858)isnoexception.ItisaRobinsonade,agenreoffictioninspiredbyDanielDefoe'sRobinsonCrusoe(1719).Oneofthefirstworksofjuvenilefictiontofeatureexclusivelyjuvenileheroes,thestoryrelatestheadventuresofthreeboysmaroonedonaSouthPacificisland,theonlysurvivorsofashipwreck.Threeboys,fifteen-year-oldRalphRover(thenarrator),eighteen-year-oldJackMartinandfourteen-year-oldPeterkinGay,arethesolesurvivorsofashipwreckonthecoralreefofalargebutuninhabitedPolynesianisland.Atfirsttheirlifeontheislandisidyllic;food,intheshapeoffruits,fishandwildpigs,isplentiful,andusingtheironlypossessions;abrokentelescope,aniron-boundoarandasmallaxe,theyfashionashelterandevenconstructasmallboat.
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