In the South Seas

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Overview

In the South Seas records Stevenson's travels with his wife Fanny and their family in the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbert Islands during 1888-9. Originally drafted in journal form while Stevenson travelled, it was then ambitiously rewritten to describe the islands and islanders as well as Stevenson's own personal experiences. These revisions continued when Stevenson settled on the Samoan island where he died in 1894, and In the South Seas was published posthumously in 1896. Its combination of personal anecdote and historical account, of autobiography and anthropology, of Stevenson and South Sea islands, has a particular charm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647992590
Publisher:	Bibliotech Press
Publication date:	03/03/2020
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Robert Louis Stevenson (eigentlich Robert Levis Balfour Stevenson) wurde am 13.11.1850 in Edinburgh geboren. Der Vater war Leuchtturmbaumeister, das wollte auch der Sohn werden. Er hatte jedoch ein Lungenleiden und studierte daher Jura von 1871-1875. Er arbeitete jedoch nicht als Rechtsanwalt sondern wurde freier Schriftsteller, vergeblich ein Klima suchend, das sein Lungenleiden heilte. Seit 1888 lebte er auf Samoa, wo er bei den Eingeborenen in hohem Ansehen stand. Er starb am 03.12.1894 im Haus Vailima bei Apia (Westsamoa).

Date of Birth:

November 13, 1850

Date of Death:

December 3, 1894

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Vailima, Samoa

Education:

Edinburgh University, 1875

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	vii
	Introduction	viii
	Note on the Text	xxxvi
	Further Reading	xxxvii
	Map	xl
	In the South Seas
Part I	The Marquesas
I.	An Island Landfall	5
II.	Making Friends	10
III.	The Maroon	17
IV.	Death	23
V.	Depopulation	29
VI.	Chiefs and Tapus	36
VII.	Hatiheu	43
VIII.	The Port of Entry	49
IX.	The House of Temoana	55
X.	A Portrait and a Story	62
XI.	Long-Pig - A Cannibal High Place	68
XII.	The Story of a Plantation	77
XIII.	Characters	85
XIV.	In a Cannibal Valley	91
XV.	The Two Chiefs of Atuona	97
Part II	The Paumotus
I.	The Dangerous Archipelago - Atolls at a Distance	107
II.	Fakarava: An Atoll at Hand	113
III.	A House to Let in a Low Island	120
IV.	Traits and Sects in the Paumotus	127
V.	A Paumotuan Funeral	136
VI.	Graveyard Stories	139
Part III	The Gilberts
I.	Butaritari	155
II.	The Four Brothers	160
III.	Around Our House	166
IV.	A Tale of a Tapu	174
V.	A Tale of a Tapu - continued	180
VI.	The Five Days' Festival	189
VII.	Husband and Wife	199
Part IV	The Gilberts - Apemama
I.	The King of Apemama: The Royal Trader	209
II.	The King of Apemama: Foundation of Equator Town	215
III.	The King of Apemama: The Palace of Many Women	222
IV.	The King of Apemama: Equator Town and the Palace	228
V.	King and Commons	234
VI.	The King of Apemama: Devil-Work	242
VII.	The King of Apemama	252
	Notes	258
	Emendations	283