Garden of God (Mint Editions)
Mint Editions
ISBN13:
9781513136677
$15.61
The Garden of God (1923) is a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The second in a trilogy of novels including The Blue Lagoon (1908) and The Gates of Morning (1925), The Garden of God is a story of romance and adventure inspired by the author's travels in the South Pacific. The novel was adapted into the film Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), a sequel to the 1980 hit drama starring Brooke Shields. "The whale boat and the dinghy lay together, gunnels grinding as they lifted to the swell. [...] [B]eyond and around from sky-line to sky-line the blue Pacific lay desolate beneath the day. 'They are dead.' He was gazing at the forms on the dinghy, the form of a girl with a child embraced in one arm, and a youth. Clasping one another, they seemed asleep." Aboard the whaling vessel Raratonga, Arthur Lestrange discovers his long-lost son and niece after years of searching. As they pull up alongside their fishing boat, however, he realizes they are too late--the shipwrecked youths have succumbed to the elements. Between them, a child lies asleep, offering some hope to the devastated father and crew. Visited by Dick and Emmeline in a dream, Arthur endeavors to return to Palm Tree, the island where they raised their son in peace. There, the boy is brought up by his grandfather and a crewmember named Jim Kearney, who keep him safe and teach him the ways of survival. When a beautiful Kanaka native named Karolin arrives from a nearby atoll, he discovers something no one could have prepared him for: love. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's The Garden of God is a classic of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
- | Author: Henry De Vere Stacpoole
- | Publisher: Mint Editions
- | Publication Date: Jan 11, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 212 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1513136674
- | ISBN-13: 9781513136677
- Author:
- Henry De Vere Stacpoole
- Publisher:
- Mint Editions
- Publication Date:
- Jan 11, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 212 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1513136674
- ISBN-13:
- 9781513136677