The Blue Lagoon (1908) is a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The
first in a trilogy of novels including The Garden of God (1923) and
The Gates of Morning (1925), The Blue Lagoon is a story of romance
and adventure inspired by the author's travels in the South
Pacific. A total of five films have been adapted from the novel,
including the hit 1980 drama of the same name starring Brooke
Shields. "The Pacific slept; a vast, vague swell flowing from far
away down south under the night, lifted the Northumberland on its
undulations to the rattling sound of the reef points and the
occasional creak of the rudder; whilst overhead, near the fiery
arch of the Milky Way, hung the Southern Cross like a broken kite."
When a terrible shipwreck leaves them stranded on a deserted island
in the South Pacific, Dick and Emmeline Lestrange are merely
children. Paddy Button, the ship's cook and the only other
survivor, takes it upon himself to train them in the ways of
survival, teaching the arts of fishing and pearl diving to ensure
the youths know how to take full advantage of a hostile
environment. When Paddy dies from alcoholism, Dick and Emmeline are
more than prepared to fend for themselves, but as they grow into
young adulthood, a strange sense of desire starts to take hold.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's The Blue
Lagoon is a classic of British literature reimagined for modern
readers.
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