The Blue Lagoon by Henry de Vere Stacpoole

The Blue Lagoon

Henry de Vere Stacpoole

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · September 21, 2021

A Classics pick for readers exploring The Blue Lagoon.

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Who it’s for
Island adventure and an innocent first love meet in this classic South Pacific romance.
Genres
Romance, Sea Stories, Coming-of-Age
Published
Start Publishing LLC, September 21, 2021

About this book

The Blue Lagoon is book one in H. de Vere Stacpoole’s classic romance trilogy. Two young teens, Dick and Emmeline, are stranded on a idyllic, South Pacific island after a shipwreck. The two spend their days swimming, diving for pearls, and exploring their bountiful island. Slowly as they grow they fall into an innocent love. Ignorant of their human sexuality, they do not understand or know how to express their physical attraction to one another.

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The two conducted their courtship just as the birds conduct their love affairs. Their relationship develops absolutely naturally, blameless and without sin; a marriage according to nature. This classic tale has inspired multiple major motion pictures. Henry De Vere Stacpoole was a best selling Irish author with more than 50 novels to his credit. After a brief career as a ship’s doctor, which took him to numerous exotic locations in the South Pacific Ocean that he later used in his fiction when he became a full-time writer.

Island and First Love

Island adventure and an innocent first love meet in this classic South Pacific romance.

Come here for

  • A South Pacific island setting shaped by swimming, diving, and exploration
  • A gradual, innocent romance alongside a coming-of-age story

Expect

  • A focus on nature and life on a bountiful island
  • A romance that develops as Dick and Emmeline grow

Where it sits

Sea Stories39%
Romance28%
Coming-of-Age25%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • The Classics
  • Romance Adventure
Authors
Henry de Vere Stacpoole
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
September 21, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Action & Adventure