Project Gutenberg 1999-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 329 Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) Osbourne, Lloyd 1868 1947 Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osborne, Lloyd The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ebb-Tide Produced by Dianne Bean, and David Widger "The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne is a fictional narrative set in the late 19th century. It showcases the struggles of three disenchanted men – Robert Herrick, an unfulfilled clerk; a disgraced American mariner named Brown; and a dubious Cockney clerk named Huish – as they navigate their desperate lives on the beaches of Tahiti, haunted by their past failures. The story explores themes of identity, desperation, and moral decay amid the tropical beauty and harsh realities of island life. At the start of the narrative, the three men are introduced on a cold night on the beach, clearly suffering from hunger and illness, discussing their downfalls and regrets. Robert Herrick, the most reflective of the trio, clings to a tattered copy of Virgil as a reminder of his lost potential. As they converse, their camaraderie is strained by Herrick's relentless shame and Huish's crude humor. The bleak realities of their existence, including the rise of an influenza outbreak on the island, lend a heavy atmosphere to their interactions. As they try to survive the night, their plight sets the stage for a deeper exploration of their collective failures and the possibility of redemption through a radical decision that may lie ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Sea stories Adventure stories Oceania -- Fiction Schooners -- Fiction PR Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 331424 2025-08-01T10:24:38.569869 text/html 333887 2021-01-27T19:44:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 117425 2021-01-27T19:44:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 200399 2025-08-01T10:24:45.737782 application/epub+zip 205008 2025-08-01T10:24:41.481855 application/epub+zip 195235 2025-08-01T10:24:40.315862 application/epub+zip 398642 2025-08-01T10:24:48.910762 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 377847 2025-08-01T10:24:44.922843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278470 2022-09-01T11:40:23.857200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283500 2025-08-01T10:24:37.765873 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283412 2018-03-02T13:04:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 112010 2018-03-19T13:58:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 283139 2018-01-13T10:13:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111893 2018-01-13T10:14:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22065 2025-08-01T10:24:49.052819 application/rdf+xml 17336 2025-08-01T10:24:40.840848 image/jpeg 4268 2025-08-01T10:24:40.578849 image/jpeg 196418 2025-08-01T10:24:38.594862 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia