Project Gutenberg 2010-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 164 Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) Osbourne, Lloyd 1868 1947 Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osborne, Lloyd The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 19 The Ebb-Tide -- Weir of Hermiston. E-text prepared by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 19" by Stevenson et al. is a collection of literature likely assembled in the early 20th century. This volume includes two major works: "The Ebb-Tide," a tale exploring themes of disillusionment and moral ambiguity through the experiences of its characters, and "Weir of Hermiston," which examines familial relationships and societal expectations. The narrative is set against the backdrop of the South Pacific, populated by various characters who navigate both physical and emotional turmoil. At the start of "The Ebb-Tide," the story unfolds on a beach in Papeete, where three outcasts, Robert Herrick, an American called Brown, and a clerk known as Huish, find themselves united by their shared hardship. Each man bears the weight of their past failures and struggles with their current desolate circumstances, characterized by hunger, cold, and a sense of moral defeat. The opening pages vividly depict their plight, establishing a tone of melancholy and desperation, as they contemplate the depths of their fall from grace and their yearning for redemption or escape, leading to discussions about their pasts and dreams of a different life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sea stories Fathers and sons -- Fiction Domestic fiction Young men -- Fiction Country life -- Fiction Scotland -- Fiction Adventure stories Oceania -- Fiction Judges -- Fiction Schooners -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 623467 623312 2024-09-13T08:05:22.595164 2023-09-13T12:44:13.601873 text/html text/html 657072 2010-01-21T15:58:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 290884 2010-01-21T16:01:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 365742 2024-09-13T08:05:33.895456 application/epub+zip 373729 2024-09-13T08:05:26.012181 application/epub+zip 310471 2024-09-13T08:05:24.676186 application/epub+zip 726197 2024-09-13T08:05:39.630044 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 699001 2024-09-13T08:05:32.601057 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442794 2022-09-14T09:44:28.616450 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563636 563537 2024-09-13T08:05:21.264186 2023-09-13T12:44:12.193829 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 563443 2010-01-21T15:54:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 224034 2010-01-21T15:54:25 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 563483 2010-01-21T15:54:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 223995 2010-01-21T15:54:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23430 2024-09-13T08:05:39.827043 application/rdf+xml 25755 2024-09-13T08:05:25.071152 image/jpeg 4555 2024-09-13T08:05:24.878101 image/jpeg 360377 2024-09-13T08:05:22.654119 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia