First published in 2005. In the South Seas is the story of Louis's travels through the Pacificon the Casco and later on the schooner Equator. It is a beautifully observed account of island peoples and their life, but above all it is the story of the beginning of Louis's love affair with the Pacific.
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 161 mm
Dicke: 24 mm
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978-0-7103-0808-5 (9780710308085)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish writer born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He became renowned for his diverse body of work, which includes novels, essays, poetry, and travel writing. Some of his most celebrated works are Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, and A Child s Garden of Verses. Stevenson was educated at the University of Edinburgh and attended both the Edinburgh Academy Senior School and Edinburgh Law School. Although initially studying law, he pursued a career in writing, drawing inspiration from authors such as Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Walter Scott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Guy de Maupassant. He married Fanny Stevenson in 1880, and they lived together until his death in 1894. Stevenson s writing often explored themes of adventure, morality, and the duality of human nature, particularly evident in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He spent the latter part of his life in Samoa, where he passed away on December 3, 1894, at the age of 44. His works have left a lasting impact on literature, influencing generations of writers and readers.
Introduction; Part 1 The Marquesas; Chapter 1 An Island Landfall; Chapter 2 Making Friends; Chapter 3 The Maroon; Chapter 4 Death; Chapter 5 Depopulation; Chapter 6 Chiefs and Tapus; Chapter 7 Hatiheu; Chapter 8 The Port of Entry; Chapter 9 The House of Temoana; Chapter 10 A Portrait and a Story; Chapter 11 Long-Pig-A Cannibal High Place; Chapter 12 The Story of a Plantation; Chapter 13 Characters; Chapter 14 In a Cannibal Valley; Chapter 15 The Two Chiefs of Atuona; Part 2 The Paumotus; Chapter 16 The Dangerous Archipelago-Atolls At a Distance; Chapter 17 Fakarava: An Atoll at Hand; Chapter 18 A House to Let in a Low Island; Chapter 19 Traits and Sects in the Paumotus; Chapter 20 A Paumotuan Funeral; Chapter 21 Graveyard Stories; Part 3 The Gilberts; Chapter 22 Butaritari; Chapter 23 The Four Brothers; Chapter 24 Around Our House; Chapter 25 A Tale of a Tapu; Chapter 26 A Tale of a Tapu-continued; Chapter 27 The Five Days' Festival; Chapter 28 Husband and Wife; Part 4 The Gilberts-Apemama; Chapter 29 The King of Apemama: The Royal Trader; Chapter 30 The King of Apemama: Foundation of Equator Town; Chapter 31 The King of Apemama: The Palace of Many Women; Chapter 32 The King of Apemama: Equator Town and the Palace; Chapter 33 King and Commons; Chapter 34 The King of Apemama: Devil-Work; Chapter 35 The King of Apemama;
