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Martin Rattler
R. M. Ballantyne
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"I've woked in paradise!"
Such was the exclamation that aroused Martin Rattler on the morning after his landing on the coast of South America. It was uttered by Barney O'Flannagan, who lay at full length on his back, his head propped up by a root of the tree under which they had slept, and his eyes staring right before him with an expression of concentrated amazement. When Martin opened his eyes, he too was struck dumb with surprise. And well might they gaze with astonishment; for the last ray of departing daylight on the night before had flickered over the open sea, and now the first gleam of returning sunshine revealed to them the magnificent forests of Brazil.
Yes, well might they gaze and gaze again in boundless admiration; for the tropical sun shone down on a scene of dazzling and luxuriant vegetation, so resplendent that it seemed to them the realization of a fairy tale. Plants and shrubs and flowers were there, of . . . Read More
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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