Robert Louis Stevenson
The Ebb-Tide
Summary
Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires them to a further idea: they will steal the schooner and its cargo of champagne, sell them, and live a plentiful life. The thought is intoxicating... and so is the cargo, which they sample. Inattention nearly brings them to grief in a sudden storm. This sobering experience is followed by another - apparently the dead officers had a similar ambition! - and their dreams of riches vanish.
Listen on
From the publisher
Show publisher
Joseph Conrad
H.G. Wells
Robert Louis Stevenson
Jane Austen
Rudyard Kipling
Herman Melville
From the same authors
