Name: The Ebb-Tide A Trio And Quartette Lloyd Osbourne and Robert Louis Stevenson
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Author: Osbourne, Lloyd ; Stevenson, Robert Louis
ISBN: 9781985438712

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The Ebb-Tide A Trio And Quartette Lloyd Osbourne and Robert Louis Stevenson

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Lloyd Osbourne

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

104

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm

Weight

0.16 kg.

ISBN13

9781985438712

Synopsis "The Ebb-Tide A Trio And Quartette Lloyd Osbourne and Robert Louis Stevenson"

Throughout the island world of the Pacific, scattered men of many European races and from almost every grade of society carry activity and disseminate disease. Some prosper, some vegetate. Some have mounted the steps of thrones and owned islands and navies. Others again must marry for a livelihood; a strapping, merry, chocolate-coloured dame supports them in sheer idleness; and, dressed like natives, but still retaining some foreign element of gait or attitude, still perhaps with some relic (such as a single eye-glass) of the officer and gentleman, they sprawl in palm-leaf verandahs and entertain an island audience with memoirs of the music-hall. And there are still others, less pliable, less capable, less fortunate, perhaps less base, who continue, even in these isles of plenty, to lack bread.

Robert Louis Stevenson

(Author)

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(Edinburgh, 1850 - Samoa, 1894) British novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. He entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of sixteen to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lighthouse engineer, a career he would later abandon. His nautical studies allowed him to come into contact with seafaring people and customs, key ingredients in some of his most famous works. His renowned work, Treasure Island, was published under the pseudonym Captain George North in 1881. In 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one of the great classics of literature, was released. He died on the island of Samoa, at his home, Vailima.

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