Ebb-Tide, The

By Stevenson, Robert Louis

Book Id: WPLBN0002952102
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File Size: 155.26 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Ebb-Tide, The
Author:	Stevenson, Robert Louis
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Adventure, Fiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Ebb-Tide, The
Historic Publication Date:	1894
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Louis Stevenson, B. R., & Osbourne, L. (1894). Ebb-Tide, The. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires them to a further idea: they will steal the schooner and its cargo of champagne, sell them, and live a plentiful life. The thought is intoxicating... and so is the cargo, which they sample. Inattention nearly brings them to grief in a sudden storm. This sobering experience is followed by another - apparently the dead officers had a similar ambition! - and their dreams of riches vanish. Then, nearly out of provisions and deep in the heart of the Pacific where the chart shows no land - they happen on a small isle only hinted at in the records and never mapped. Saved! But what is this? The island hides a pearl fishery? In the ebb-tide of fortune, what new villainy will the three attempt? (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Adventure, Fiction, Sea stories