The Blue Lagoon: A Romance is a novel written by H. De Vere Stacpoole. The book tells the story of two young children, Richard and Emmeline, who are stranded on a tropical island in the South Pacific after a shipwreck. The children are forced to fend for themselves on the island, and as they grow older, they begin to develop feelings for each other. The novel explores their journey of survival, self-discovery, and the blossoming of their love. The Blue Lagoon was first published in 1908 and has since become a classic tale ...
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The Blue Lagoon: A Romance is a novel written by H. De Vere Stacpoole. The book tells the story of two young children, Richard and Emmeline, who are stranded on a tropical island in the South Pacific after a shipwreck. The children are forced to fend for themselves on the island, and as they grow older, they begin to develop feelings for each other. The novel explores their journey of survival, self-discovery, and the blossoming of their love. The Blue Lagoon was first published in 1908 and has since become a classic tale of romance and adventure. The book has been adapted into several films and has inspired numerous imitations and parodies.In the bottom of the dinghy lay a girl, naked all but for a strip of coloured striped material. One of her arms was clasped round the neck of a form that was half hidden by her body, the other clasped partly to herself, partly to her companion, the body of a baby. They were natives, evidently, wrecked or lost by some mischance from some inter-island schooner. Their breasts rose and fell gently, and clasped in the girl's hand was a branch of some tree, and on the branch a single withered berry.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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