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Martin Rattler

R. M. Ballantyne

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. . .ntenance, as if they were for ever bewailing the loss of near and dear relations, and could by no means come at consolation; and some were small and pretty, with faces no bigger than a halfpenny. As a general rule, it seemed to Barney, the smaller the monkey the longer the tail.

Yes, well might they gaze and gaze again in surprise and in excessive admiration; and well might Barney O’Flannagan—under the circumstances, with such sights and sounds around him, and the delightful odours of myrtle trees and orange blossoms and the Cape jessamine stealing up his nostrils—deem himself the tenant of another world, and evince his conviction of the fact in that memorable expression—“I’ve woked in paradise!”

But Barney began to find “paradise” not quite so comfortable as it ought to be; for when he tried to get up he found his bones pained and stiff from sleeping in damp clothes; and moreover, his face was very much swelled, owi. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Written in 1858 this book is of its time. A time when racism wasn’t recognised and a person who left town not to return, could not be found. I note some critics have judged it by todays more enlightened standards, which is not a fair thing. I enjoyed this book.

nostalgia! First read when I was aged 7. Only Xmas present in 1941.

Yet another Island classic! First ever English Novel that I read! <3

I would give it a 7 out of 10

One of my favourite childhood stories.

R M Ballantyne was said to have made it his rule to write as far as possible from personal knowledge of the scenes he described in his books but I can find no evidence of his having visited Brazil, in whose forests and besides whose rivers 'Martin Rattler' is set.

But that does not mean that Ballant

Awesome adventure. Loved it.

More than any other - the book I read under my bedsheets, as a boy... Showing me as it did, the power of words to transport...more

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