![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She focuses upon the socially marginalized characters of these stories: the young, the working-class sailor, and the Pacific Islander convert, arguing that each needs special attention, particularly the latter, who has been limited to stereotypes of either the cannibal or the maiden (3). Taking a postcolonial approach, Elleray looks closely at the books' island locales as sites of colonialist pressure. Kingston, Little Ben Hadden or, Do Right, Whatever Comes of It (1870) and Kidnapping in the Pacific, Or, The Adventures of Boas Ringdon: A Long Yarn in Four Lengths (1879), chapter 4 and, to end, Robert Louis Stevenson's late-century response, the novella The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette (1894). Ballantyne's The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean (1857), chapter 3 two novels by W. The book's introduction and five chapters explore, in order, the Juvenile Missionary Magazine (1844–87), chapter 1 Frederick Marryat's Masterman Ready or The Wreck of the Pacific (1841–42), chapter 2 R. An outgrowth of the author's dissertation, Victorian Coral Islands represents research across the globe, from archives in New Zealand, England, Canada, and the US, all of which provide useful historical documents to enrich chapters focused on a handful of British boys' midcentury adventure novels and stories. ![]()
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