On the beach at Papeete, three destitute men, the failed gentleman Herrick, the disgraced captain Davis and the Cockney clerk Huish, take command of a schooner with a cargo of champagne and plan to sail off with it. Their voyage brings them to a hidden island and its owner Attwater, a pearl-fisher of terrifying piety, and their schemes turn deadly.
Stevenson’s bleakest South Seas tale, a moral study as sharp as any of his novels. Download the free EPUB.