In 'Kidnapping in the Pacific; Or, The Adventures of Boas Ringdon. A long four-part Yarn' by William Henry Giles Kingston, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through the Pacific Ocean filled with daring adventures and unexpected twists. Written in a captivating and engaging literary style, this novel showcases Kingston's mastery in storytelling and his ability to keep readers hooked from start to finish. The book is set in the literary context of 19th-century adventure literature, where daring escapades and encounters with exotic cultures were popular themes. Kingston's detailed descriptions of the Pacific landscape and vivid character development add depth to the narrative, making it a truly immersive reading experience. William Henry Giles Kingston, a prolific writer of adventure novels, drew inspiration from his own experiences at sea to create the gripping tale of 'Kidnapping in the Pacific.' His background as a sailor and naval officer equipped him with firsthand knowledge of maritime life, which he expertly incorporates into the storyline. Kingston's passion for storytelling and his dedication to authenticity shine through in this exciting novel. I highly recommend 'Kidnapping in the Pacific; Or, The Adventures of Boas Ringdon' to readers who enjoy classic adventure literature and are looking for a riveting tale of exploration and survival in an exotic setting. Kingston's expertly crafted narrative and compelling characters will leave you on the edge of your seat, eager to discover what awaits Boas Ringdon in his daring adventure.

Attending to the mid-Victorian boys’ adventure novel and its connections with missionary culture, Michelle Elleray investigates how empire was conveyed to Victorian children in popular forms, with a focus on the South Pacific as a key location of adventure tales and missionary efforts. The volume draws on an evangelical narrative about the formation of coral islands to demonstrate that missionary investments in the socially marginal (the young, the working class, the racial other) generated new forms of agency that are legible in the mid-Victorian boys’ adventure novel, even as that agency was subordinated to Christian values identified with the British middle class. Situating novels by Frederick Marryat, R. M. Ballantyne and W. H. G. Kingston in the periodical culture of the missionary enterprise, this volume newly historicizes British children’s textual interactions with the South Pacific and its peoples. Although the mid-Victorian authors examined here portray British presence in imperial spaces as a moral imperative, our understanding of the "adventurer" is transformed from the plucky explorer to the cynical mercenary through Robert Louis Stevenson, who provides a late-nineteenth-century critique of the imperial and missionary assumptions that subtended the mid-Victorian boys’ adventure novel of his youth.

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