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South-Sea Idyls

by Charles Warren Stoddard

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics20 chapters
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About this book

Stranded on a tiny schooner amid the vast, unforgiving South Seas, a weary crew battles relentless storms, haunting isolation, and the crushing weight of despair, seeking hope and meaning in the endless ocean’s embrace.

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Contents

20 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02CONTENTS.
03IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP.
04PART I. KÁNA-ANÁ.
05PART II. HOW I CONVERTED MY CANNIBAL.
06PART III. BARBARIAN DAYS.
07TABOO.—A FÊTE-DAY IN TAHITI.
08JOE OF LAHAINA.
09THE NIGHT-DANCERS OF WAIPIO.
10PEARL-HUNTING IN THE POMOTOUS.
11THE LAST OF THE GREAT NAVIGATOR.
12A CANOE-CRUISE IN THE CORAL SEA.

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