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Title: The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette
Note: Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger
Summary: "The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne is a fictional narrative set in the late 19th century. It showcases the struggles of three disenchanted men – Robert Herrick, an unfulfilled clerk; a disgraced American mariner named Brown; and a dubious Cockney clerk named Huish – as they navigate their desperate lives on the beaches of Tahiti, haunted by their past failures. The story explores themes of identity, desperation, and moral decay amid the tropical beauty and harsh realities of island life. At the start of the narrative, the three men are introduced on a cold night on the beach, clearly suffering from hunger and illness, discussing their downfalls and regrets. Robert Herrick, the most reflective of the trio, clings to a tattered copy of Virgil as a reminder of his lost potential. As they converse, their camaraderie is strained by Herrick's relentless shame and Huish's crude humor. The bleak realities of their existence, including the rise of an influenza outbreak on the island, lend a heavy atmosphere to their interactions. As they try to survive the night, their plight sets the stage for a deeper exploration of their collective failures and the possibility of redemption through a radical decision that may lie ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Author: Osbourne, Lloyd, 1868-1947
EBook No.: 1604
Published: Jan 1, 1999
Downloads: 154
Language: English
Subject: Sea stories
Subject: Adventure stories
Subject: Oceania -- Fiction
Subject: Schooners -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette
Note: Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits: Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger
Summary: "The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne is a fictional narrative set in the late 19th century. It showcases the struggles of three disenchanted men – Robert Herrick, an unfulfilled clerk; a disgraced American mariner named Brown; and a dubious Cockney clerk named Huish – as they navigate their desperate lives on the beaches of Tahiti, haunted by their past failures. The story explores themes of identity, desperation, and moral decay amid the tropical beauty and harsh realities of island life. At the start of the narrative, the three men are introduced on a cold night on the beach, clearly suffering from hunger and illness, discussing their downfalls and regrets. Robert Herrick, the most reflective of the trio, clings to a tattered copy of Virgil as a reminder of his lost potential. As they converse, their camaraderie is strained by Herrick's relentless shame and Huish's crude humor. The bleak realities of their existence, including the rise of an influenza outbreak on the island, lend a heavy atmosphere to their interactions. As they try to survive the night, their plight sets the stage for a deeper exploration of their collective failures and the possibility of redemption through a radical decision that may lie ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Author: Osbourne, Lloyd, 1868-1947
EBook No.: 1604
Published: Jan 1, 1999
Downloads: 154
Language: English
Subject: Sea stories
Subject: Adventure stories
Subject: Oceania -- Fiction
Subject: Schooners -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.