A largely unknown work of the early 20th century that "breaks" the myth of the innocent child. Everything was about in present times which advocates child-king. The metamorphosis of children abandoned to their fate on an island days are over is treated with great finesse. Coming from a background where civility is law, children gradually come to behave as their peers adults in their selfishness and lust for power, if not worse. Probably one of the books that have influenced films like Battle Royale. We are far from Manichaeism, which is law in the mediocre works of this century, a masterpiece that also appeals to all the senses with an attention to detail in the descriptions that gives the impression to be there for better for worse!
