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
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Chapter 1: The Open Boat
17:13 - Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Wrecked on a Reef
23:40 - Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Explorations and Discoveries
25:37 - Chapter 4
Chapter 4: Difficulties Met and Overcome
25:12 - Chapter 5
Chapter 5: Stirring Events and Changes
29:09 - Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Shipwrecked Emigrants and Horrified Conspirators
30:46 - Chapter 7
Chapter 7: Treats of Big Island: A Great Fight and a Royal Family
22:50 - Chapter 8
Chapter 8: The Coronation—Crown-Making Deliberations, Ceremonials, and Catastrophes
34:35 - Chapter 9
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
30:28 - Chapter 10
Chapter 10: Describes a Rescue, a Conspiracy, and a Trial
24:55 - Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Shows how the Queen Conducted herself in Trying Circumstances, and was Finally Dethroned
26:45 - Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Last Chapter
27:56