In the South Seas
In the South Seas records Stevenson's travels with his wife Fanny and their family in the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbert Islands during 1888-9. Originally drafted in journal form while Stevenson travelled, it was then ambitiously rewritten to describe the islands and islanders as well as Stevenson's own personal experiences. These revisions continued when Stevenson settled on the Samoan island where he died in 1894, and In the South Seas was published posthumously in 1896. Its...
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This is the story of Stevenson's Pacific travels on the Casco and the Equator. It is a beautifully observed account of island peoples and their life; it is also the story of the beginning of his love affair with the Pacific, and of his growing commitment to the island cause. In the South Seas has been described as "the most solid of Stevenson's general writings;" it is certainly his least known book as well as a unique gem of Pacific literature, and richly deserves to be rediscovered.
AcknowledgementsviiIntroductionviiiNote on the TextxxxviFurther ReadingxxxviiMapxlIn the South SeasPart IThe MarquesasI.An Island Landfall5II.Making Friends10III.The Maroon17IV.Death23V.Depopulation29VI.Chiefs and Tapus36VII.Hatiheu43VIII.The Port of Entry49IX.The House of Temoana55X.A Portrait and a Story62XI.Long-Pig - A Cannibal High Place68XII.The Story of a Plantation77XIII.Characters85XIV.In a Cannibal Valley91XV.The Two Chiefs of Atuona97Part IIThe PaumotusI.The Dangerous Archipelago - Atolls at a Distance107II.Fakarava: An Atoll at Hand113III.A House to Let in a Low Island120IV.Traits and Sects in the Paumotus127V.A Paumotuan Funeral136VI.Graveyard Stories139Part IIIThe GilbertsI.Butaritari155II.The Four Brothers160III.Around Our House166IV.A Tale of a Tapu174V.A Tale of a Tapu - continued180VI.The Five Days' Festival189VII.Husband and Wife199Part IVThe Gilberts - ApemamaI.The King of Apemama: The Royal Trader209II.The King of Apemama: Foundation of Equator Town215III.The King of Apemama: The Palace of Many Women222IV.The King of Apemama: Equator Town and the Palace228V.King and Commons234VI.The King of Apemama: Devil-Work242VII.The King of Apemama252Notes258Emendations283
