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The Blue Lagoon: A Romance: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Blue Lagoon: A Romance: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

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The Blue Lagoon: A Romance is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) (1863–1951).

Catalogue synopsis

Project Gutenberg supplies this automated synopsis of the opening text:

"The Blue Lagoon: A Romance" by H. De Vere Stacpoole is a coming-of-age romance novel published in 1908. Two young cousins are shipwrecked on a remote South Pacific island, where they must survive alone after their caretaker dies. Growing up in isolation, they discover the mysteries of nature, maturity, and love without guidance from civilization. As they navigate island dangers and their own transformation into adulthood, their innocent paradise becomes a place of wonder and peril, leading to an ambiguous fate.

Book and edition facts

  • Title: The Blue Lagoon: A Romance
  • Author credits: Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) (1863–1951)
  • Catalogue language: English

Catalogue subjects

  • Adventure stories
  • Bildungsromans
  • Castaways -- Fiction
  • Cousins -- Fiction
  • Islands -- Fiction
  • Love stories
  • Shipwrecks -- Fiction

Gutenberg collections

  • Category: Adventure
  • Category: British Literature
  • Category: Novels
  • Category: Romance

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