The Island Queen

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Island Queen by R. M. Ballantyne. Read in English by Rachel; Mike Pelton; Esther ben Simonides; Xenablue The story of Dominic, Otto and Pauline Rigonda, three siblings who are blown onto an island after being shipwrecked, and are later joined by the immigrant passengers and crew of a ship that is wrecked on the same island. When the question of government comes up, the little colony chooses a queen, and they work on improving the island for some time, despite internal dissensions, and an attack by savages. But eventually the colony encounters natural forces it cannot resist, and the queen and her family return to England, hopefully to live "happily ever after". - Summary by Alayna May For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (146MB)

Directors & creators

R. M. Ballantyne

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;shipwreck; siblings; island; pioneer government

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