The Island Queen

R. M. Ballantyne (1825 - 1894)

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

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1: The Open Boat Rachel
00:17:13
Play 02 Chapter 2: Wrecked on a Reef Rachel
00:23:40
Play 03 Chapter 3: Explorations and Discoveries Rachel
00:25:37
Play 04 Chapter 4: Difficulties Met and Overcome Rachel
00:25:12
Play 05 Chapter 5: Stirring Events and Changes Mike Pelton
00:29:09
Play 06 Chapter 6: Shipwrecked Emigrants and Horrified Conspirators Mike Pelton
00:30:46
Play 07 Chapter 7: Treats of Big Island: A Great Fight and a Royal Family Esther ben Simonides
00:22:50
Play 08 Chapter 8: The Coronation—Crown-Making Deliberations, Ceremonials, and Catastrophes Xenablue
00:34:35
Play 09 Chapter 9: Shows how they were tormented by an Old Familiar Fiend; How they killed him, and what befell the Queen and Otto while in the Pursuit of Legitimate Pleasure Mike Pelton
00:30:28
Play 10 Chapter 10: Describes a Rescue, a Conspiracy, and a Trial Rachel
00:24:55
Play 11 Chapter 11: Shows how the Queen Conducted herself in Trying Circumstances, and was Finally Dethroned Rachel
00:26:45
Play 12 Chapter 12: Last Chapter Rachel
00:27:56