The Ebb-Tide : a Trio, and Quartette : Biographical Edition by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1911. Acceptable. 271 p., immaculate and unmarked--not ex-lib., no former owner's name; green and white decorated end pages; paper strong and white; binding firm; gilt lettering and ornamentation on front board still bright, but somewhat effaced on spine. leather on boards seriously abraded, with tears. Rebound would be quite fine.
Synopsis
It is Tahiti in the 1890's and three men--an American sea captain, an English gentleman and a cockney thief--are 'on the beach'. Dispossessed and destitute, the 'trio' agree to sail a smallpox-infected ship loaded with champagne to Sydney, Australia, plotting to steal the cargo, scupper the vessel, and head for the 'Dangerous Archipelago'. Predictably, the thieves fall out. They lose their course and are driven towards an uncharted island which flies the red ensign. The owner of the island, also an English gentleman, has amassed a fortune in pearls. He is both a stern disciplinarian and a religious megalomaniac. As the protagonists in this 'quartette' begin to play out their parts, the plot moves to its dramatic, but ambiguous, conclusion. Stevenson's tale of exploitation in the South Seas recreates both the period and the place through a brilliant exploration of the moral corruption of colonisation.
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- Robert Harper Books LLC
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- Title
- The Ebb-Tide : a Trio, and Quartette : Biographical Edition by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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