The Gates of Morning (1925) is a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole.
The third in a trilogy of novels including The Blue Lagoon (1908)
and The Garden of God (1923), The Gates of Morning is a story of
romance and adventure inspired by the author's travels in the South
Pacific. The trilogy led to two major Hollywood adaptations,
including the 1980 hit drama The Blue Lagoon starring Brooke
Shields and Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) starring Milla
Jovovich. "Dick standing on a ledge of coral cast his eyes to the
South. Behind him the breakers of the outer sea thundered and the
spindrift scattered on the wind; before him stretched an ocean calm
as a lake, infinite, blue, and flown about by the fishing gulls-the
lagoon of Karolin." Following the deaths of his mother and father,
Dick Lestrange is raised on the island of Palm Tree by his
grandfather and a crewmember named Jim Kearney, who keep him safe
and teach him the ways of survival. In love with the adopted
Spanish daughter of the Kanaka people, he leaves home for the
nearby island of Karolin to live with Katafa. When disaster
strikes, young Dick is selected to lead the Kanakas against an
uprising of Melanesian slaves. Blending romance and adventure,
Henry De Vere Stacpoole tells a story of perseverance and survival
intended to call attention to the destruction of the South Sea
Islands by European colonists and explorers. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's The Gates of Morning is a classic of
British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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