The Blue Lagoon

The story revolves around two children, a boy and a girl, who are stranded on a deserted island after their ship sinks. They grow up together in isolation, unaware of the outside world. The boy's mother had been pregnant at the time of the shipwreck, and the girl is her daughter.

By H. De Vere Stacpoole · First published 1908 · Genre: Adventure, Romance, Coming-of-Age · 48 chapters · 74,348 words

First lines

Mr. Button was seated on a sea-chest with a fiddle under his left ear. He was playing the "Shan van vaught," and accompanying the tune, punctuating it, with blows of his left heel on the fo'cs'le deck.

"O the Frinch are in the bay, Says the Shan van vaught. "

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The Blue Lagoon is listed on Textopian as a novel by H. De Vere Stacpoole, dated 1908 CE.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: H. De Vere Stacpoole
• Date: 1908 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Romance, Coming-of-Age, Literary Fiction, Survival Fiction
• Length: 74,348 words
• Structure: 48 chapters, 1,544 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)

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Genres

• Adventure — The plot centers around survival and exploration in a remote tropical setting.
• Romance — Themes of love and relationships develop between the main characters in isolation.
• Coming-of-Age — The characters experience personal growth and maturation throughout their journey.
• Literary Fiction — The writing style emphasizes character development and thematic depth.

Tags

Romance · Adventure · Survival · Island · Paradise · Love · Tragedy · Loss · Separation · Identity · Coming of Age · Self-Discovery

Contents

• Where the Slush Lamp Burns
• Under the Artu Tree
• Mad Lestrange
• Under the Stars
• Half Child-Half Savage
• The Secret of the Azure
• The Shadow and the Fire
• The Demon of the Reef
• And Like a Dream Dissolved
• What Beauty Concealed
• Due South
• Voices Heard in the Mist
• The Sound of a Drum
• Dawn on a Wide, Wide Sea
• Sails Upon the Sea
• Story of the Pig and the Billy-Goat
• The Schooner
• "s-H-E-N-A-N-D-O-A-H"
• Love Steps In
• Shadows in the Moonlight
• The Sleep of Paradise
• The Tragedy of the Boats
• An Island Honeymoon
• The Island
• The Vanishing of Emmeline
• The Lake of Azure
• The Vanishing of Emmeline (Continued)
• Death Veiled with Lichen
• The Newcomer
• Echoes of Fairyland
• Hannah
• Fair Pictures in the Blue
• The Lagoon of Fire
• The Poetry of Learning
• The Cyclone
• The Devil's Cask
• The Stricken Woods
• The Rat Hunt
• A Fallen Idol
• Starlight on the Foam
• The Expedition
• The Dreamer on the Reef
• The Keeper of the Lagoon
• The Garland of Flowers
• The Hand of the Sea
• Alone
• Together
• They Move Away

More by H. De Vere Stacpoole

• A Primal Woman (1910)
• Magic (1913)
• The Man with a Grouch (1924)
• The City in the Sea (1907)
• All works by H. De Vere Stacpoole