The Ebb-Tibe: A Trio and Quartette (Everyman's Library) - Softcover

Robert Louis Stevenson

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9780460875356: The Ebb-Tibe: A Trio and Quartette (Everyman's Library)

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ISBN 10: 0460875353 ISBN 13: 9780460875356

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 1994

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Stevenson described the protagonists of The Ebb Tide (1894), who commandeer a schooner in pursuit of riches and adventure, as a "troop of swine." Yet in their murderous greed for pearls amidst the cruel splendor of Attwater's island, these characters lay bare the dilemmas of men morally at sea, their ideals and refinements corrupted by colonial illusions and cast adrift in unknown waters.

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These Edinburgh editions, Scott and Stevenson alike, represent publishing at its very best. We areseeing produced before us books that are a delight to read, to collect and to return to. These Edinburgh editions, Scott and Stevenson alike, represent publishing at its very best. We areseeing produced before us books that are a delight to read, to collect and to return to.

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