The Blue Lagoon

by H. De Vere Stacpoole

Henry De Vere Stacpoole's famous romance of two children shipwrecked on a Pacific island, who grow to adulthood in innocent isolation and discover love, nature and the pull of the world they left…

At a glance Cast away on a warm and beautiful island, two children grow up beyond the reach of the… What it's about Henry De Vere Stacpoole's novel follows two young cousins who, after a… Over the years they grow from children into young adults amid the abundance and beauty… Themes The book plays on the old questions of nature and nurture, innocence and…

Henry De Vere Stacpoole's novel follows two young cousins who, after a shipwreck, find themselves stranded on a lush tropical island with only an old sailor for company at first, and then wholly alone.