Project Gutenberg 2012-12-07 Public domain in the USA. 115 Stoddard, Charles Warren 1843 1909 Stoddard, C. W. (Charles Warren) 22014547 South-Sea Idyls In the cradle of the deep -- Chumming with a savage -- Taboo: a fête-day in Tahiti -- Joe of Lahaina -- The night-dancers of Waipio -- Pearl-hunting in the Pomotous -- The last of the great navigator -- A canoe-cruise in the coral sea -- Under a grass roof -- My South-Sea show -- The House of the Sun -- The Chapel of the Palms -- Kahéle -- Love-life in a Lanai -- In a transport -- A prodigal in Tahiti. E-text prepared by Greg Bergquist, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://archive.org/details/americana) "South-Sea Idyls" by Charles Warren Stoddard is a collection of travel essays written in the late 19th century. The work explores the author's experiences and observations of life in various South Sea islands, focusing on the beauty of nature, interactions with indigenous peoples, and reflections on cultural differences. The initial section hints at the profound sense of isolation and longing for connection that pervades the author’s journeys. The opening of the book begins with the narrator recounting a perilous sea voyage aboard the Petrel, during which the crew endures treacherous conditions and the seemingly endless expanse of ocean. As they confront the uncertainties of their situation, the narrator’s fascination with the allure of the South Seas grows. This section establishes the tone of introspection, contrasting the hardships of maritime life with the idyllic beauty of the islands they long to reach. The narrator reflects on the fragility of life and the persistent echo of human emotions amidst the vastness of nature, setting the stage for deeper explorations of culture and identity in the following essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41573/41573-h/images/cover.jpg en Short stories Oceania -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 558467 558199 2024-09-17T12:13:54.758180 2023-09-18T07:10:10.448526 text/html text/html 562686 2012-12-06T23:32:20 text/html 512944 2012-12-06T23:36:29 text/html application/zip 551564 2024-09-17T12:14:02.884238 application/epub+zip 556851 2024-09-17T12:13:56.371160 application/epub+zip 309019 2024-09-17T12:13:55.628150 application/epub+zip 701472 2024-09-17T12:14:08.320117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 621090 2024-09-17T12:14:02.091119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410389 2022-09-19T04:47:43.490882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 504854 504633 2024-09-17T12:13:53.747210 2023-09-18T07:10:09.564518 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 504169 2012-12-06T23:24:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 202710 2012-12-06T23:24:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 504179 2012-12-06T23:24:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 202630 2012-12-06T23:24:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21154 2024-09-17T12:14:08.480080 application/rdf+xml 20610 2024-09-17T12:13:55.741150 image/jpeg 2267 2024-09-17T12:13:55.684139 image/jpeg 519921 2024-09-17T12:13:54.928140 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