Romance Stacpoole, H. de Vere: The Blue Lagoon. v1. 22 Aug 2026

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This coming-of-age romance novel explores themes of love, childhood innocence, and conflict between civilisation and nature. 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.

The Blue Lagoon was adapted for the stage in 1920. and for film six times, most recently in 2012.

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Henry de Vere Stacpoole (9 April 1863 – 12 April 1951) was an Irish author who began publishing in 1894, sometimes using the pseudonym Tyler de Saix. After the success of his 1908 romance novel The Blue Lagoon, Stacpoole’s fame and recognition skyrocketed. Throughout his extensive career, he authored more than sixty books, predominantly in the fiction genre, exploring diverse settings, encompassing ancient Athens, Iceland, the Greek islands, France, and Oceania, among others.

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This book was first published in 1908, and is in the public domain where copyright is “Life+70” or less, and in the USA.
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