{"product_id":"island-landfalls-reflections-from-the-south-seas-paperback","title":"Island Landfalls: Reflections from the South Seas - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJenni Calder\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIll health drove Robert Louis Stevenson from Scotland; the urge for new and adventurous places drew him to the Pacific. There were those at home who would have been happier to see him purely as a spinner of the picturesque, but Stevenson could not close his eyes to the impact of colonialism, the 'stir-about of epochs and races, barbarisms and civilizations, virtues and crimes'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection sets three of his imaginative works -\u003ci\u003eThe Bottle Imp\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Isle of Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Beach of Falesa\u003c\/i\u003e - within the social and political contexts of Stevenson's letters and essays from the South Seas. Island ambience, the clash of cultures, moral ambiguities, all are there, and so too is Stevenson's swift narrative control, giving a true modernity to his prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson \u003c\/b\u003e(1850-94) was a Scottish novelist, poet and essayist who achieved worldwide acclaim for \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson began with essays, short stories and travel writing, most notably \u003ci\u003eTravels with a Donkey in the Cevennes\u003c\/i\u003e (1879). He is best remembered for his first novel \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e (1883) and for \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e (1886). The great Scottish novels followed, with \u003ci\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/i\u003e (1886), \u003ci\u003eThe Master of Ballantrae\u003c\/i\u003e (1889), and \u003ci\u003eWeir of Hermiston\u003c\/i\u003e (1893), which was left unfinished at his death. \u003ci\u003eCatriona\u003c\/i\u003e (1893), was always planned as the immediate sequel to \u003ci\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/i\u003e, but had been delayed in the writing. Stevenson spent seven years in the South Seas, settling for the last five on the island of Upolu in Samoa, where he died suddenly from a cerebral stroke at the age of forty-four.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764256538912,"sku":"9780862411442","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/410fe02cb96f69e5756097e4ed6c7068.webp?v=1780246994","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/island-landfalls-reflections-from-the-south-seas-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}