The Coral Island the civilising effect of Christianity, 19th-century British imperialism in the South Pacific, and the importance of hierarchy and leadership. It was the inspiration for William Golding's dystopian novel "Lord of the Flies" (1954), which inverted the morality of "The Coral Island"; in Ballantyne's story the children encounter evil, but in "Lord of the Flies" evil is within them. In the early 20th century, the novel was considered a classic for primary school children in the UK, and in the United States it was a staple of high-school suggested reading lists. Modern critics consider the book's worldview to be dated and
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (novel) Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (novel) Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle is a novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, generally considered the eleventh in his series of books about the title character Tarzan (the previous book, "Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins", being omitted from the enumeration on the grounds that it was written for younger readers). It was first published as a serial in "Blue Book Magazine" from December 1927 through May 1928; it first appeared in book form in a hardcover edition from A. C. McClurg in September 1928. Tarzan finds an outpost of European knights and crusaders