{"product_id":"in-the-south-seas-being-an-account-of-experiences-and-observations-in-the-marquesas-paumotus-and-gilbert-islands-in-the-course-of-two-c-9781646794539","title":"In the South Seas: Being an Account of Experiences and Observations in the Marquesas, Paumotus and Gilbert Islands in the Course of Two C","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The first experience can never be repeated. The first love, the first sunrise, the first South Seas island, are memories apart, and touched by a virginity of sense.\" -Robert Louis Stevenson, In the South Seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the South Seas (1896) by Robert Louis Stevenson offers observations the author made during a voyage to the Marquesas, the Paumotus, and the Gilbert Islands in 1888-89. Originally written as a journal, the book that evolved from these notes went beyond an amusing traveler-centered description of his experiences to provide a more theme-based narrative, adding discussions of the South Seas culture, language, traditions, and society: anthropology, history, and sociology, together with personal impressions and anecdotes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStevenson, Robert Louis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894), Scottish writer and poet, was born in Edinburgh to a prosperous family of engineers but gave up the family profession first for law and then for literature. Among his prodigious output as a writer are: The Black Arrow (1884), A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), Kidnapped (1886), and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452560150802,"sku":"9781646794539","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_112d6a2d-48b4-429c-b5be-f69be3e43016.jpg?v=1729815394","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-south-seas-being-an-account-of-experiences-and-observations-in-the-marquesas-paumotus-and-gilbert-islands-in-the-course-of-two-c-9781646794539","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}