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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The Blue Lagoon is a romance novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole,
first published in 1908 and it became an instant success. Two young
children are the survivors of a shipwreck in the South Pacific.
After days afloat, they arrive and are stranded on a lush tropical
island. Together, cousins Richard and Emmeline Lestrange have to
survive solely on their resourcefulness, and the bounty of their
remote paradise. Years pass and both Richard and Emmeline grow into
tall, strong and beautiful young adults. They live in a hut and
spend their days fishing, swimming, diving for pearls, and
exploring the island. During this period, they get along
unthinkingly, although Richard often ignores Emmeline or takes her
for granted, unless he needs an audience for one of his stories.
Eventually, strange emotions start influencing their relationship.
Richard and Emmeline begin to fall in love, although they do not
realize it. They are physically attracted to each other, but don't
realize it or know how to express it.
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Garden of God (Hardcover)
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Blue Lagoon (Hardcover)
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Beach of Dreams (Hardcover)
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The Blue Lagoon (Paperback)
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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.
The Garden of God (1923) is a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The
second in a trilogy of novels including The Blue Lagoon (1908) and
The Gates of Morning (1925), The Garden of God is a story of
romance and adventure inspired by the author's travels in the South
Pacific. The novel was adapted into the film Return to the Blue
Lagoon (1991), a sequel to the 1980 hit drama starring Brooke
Shields. "The whale boat and the dinghy lay together, gunnels
grinding as they lifted to the swell. [...] [B]eyond and around
from sky-line to sky-line the blue Pacific lay desolate beneath the
day. 'They are dead.' He was gazing at the forms on the dinghy, the
form of a girl with a child embraced in one arm, and a youth.
Clasping one another, they seemed asleep." Aboard the whaling
vessel Raratonga, Arthur Lestrange discovers his long-lost son and
niece after years of searching. As they pull up alongside their
fishing boat, however, he realizes they are too late-the
shipwrecked youths have succumbed to the elements. Between them, a
child lies asleep, offering some hope to the devastated father and
crew. Visited by Dick and Emmeline in a dream, Arthur endeavors to
return to Palm Tree, the island where they raised their son in
peace. There, the boy is brought up by his grandfather and a
crewmember named Jim Kearney, who keep him safe and teach him the
ways of survival. When a beautiful Kanaka native named Karolin
arrives from a nearby atoll, he discovers something no one could
have prepared him for: love. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Henry De Vere
Stacpoole's The Garden of God is a classic of British literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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.
The Beach of Dreams (1919) is a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole.
Although he is more widely known for his novel The Blue Lagoon
(1908), which inspired the 1980 hit drama starring Brooke Shields,
Stacpoole was a prolific bestselling author whose dozens of
literary works allow the reader to enter the world of nautical
adventure. "It was as though deep in his being lay a blazing hatred
born of injustice through ages and only coming to light when
upborne by balloon-juice. On these occasions a saloon bar with its
glitter and phantom show of mirth and prosperity sometimes called
on him to dispense and destroy it, the passion to fight the crowd
seized him, a passion that has its origin, perhaps, in sources
other than alcohol." In his youth, Henry De Vere Stacpoole sailed
across the South Pacific as a ship's doctor, gathering the raw
imaginative materials that would inspire dozens of romance and
adventure novels. In The Beach of Dreams, a yacht collides with a
fishing vessel in the middle of the South Pacific, leaving few
alive. The survivors-a rich woman and a pair of weathered
sailors-attempt to survive on a nearby island, but soon the men
prove impossible to trust. In her darkest hour, Cleo de Bromsart
encounters Raft, a brash and brave fisherman with striking red hair
and a hatred of injustice. Together, they form an alliance against
the elements and await their day of rescue. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's The Beach of Dreams is a classic of
British literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Man Who Lost Himself (1920) is a novel by Henry De Vere
Stacpoole. Although he is more widely known for his novel The Blue
Lagoon (1908), which inspired the 1980 hit drama starring Brooke
Shields, Stacpoole was a prolific bestselling author whose dozens
of literary works continue to inspire and entertain a century after
they first appeared in print. "With no financial foundation, Victor
and a Philadelphia gentleman had competed for a contract to supply
the British Government with Harveyised steel struts, bolts, and
girders; he had come over to London to press the business; he had
interviewed men in brass hats, slow moving men who had turned him
over to slower moving men. [...] [T]his morning their tender had
been rejected." In this thrilling tale of mistaken identity,
Stacpoole moves away from his favorite setting of the South Pacific
to the frenzied streets and barrooms of London's financial
district. There, a desperate businessman learns that his proposal
to secure a lucrative contract has been denied. With no money and a
slew of creditors to appease, Victor Jones heads for the hotel bar
to drown his sorrows. In his bleakest moment, he meets his
doppelganger, an Englishman named Mr. Rochester. After a night of
hard drinking, Jones awakens in a strange bedroom surrounded by the
finest furniture money can buy. Before he can gather his senses, a
servant enters with the paper and greets him as the Earl of
Rochester. What he learns next will change his life forever. The
Man Who Lost Himself was adapted into a 1920 silent film as well as
a 1941 Hollywood feature starring Brian Aherne and Kay Francis.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's The Man Who
Lost Himself is a classic of British literature reimagined for
modern readers.
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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