Robert Louis Stevenson

The Ebb-Tide (Annotated) Robert Louis Stevenson

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Ebb-Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson. The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment.(1894) is a short novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. It was published the year Stevenson died. Three beggars operate in the port of Papeete in Tahiti. They are Herrick, a failed English businessman; Davis, an American ship captain dishonored for the loss of her last ship; and Huish, a rogue Cockney from various jobs. One day, an off-course schooner carrying a load of champagne from San Francisco to Sydney arrives at the port, and her officers were killed by smallpox. With no one else willing to risk infection, the US Consul. USA He employs Davis to take over the ship for the rest of his voyage. Davis brings the other two men, along with a plan to steal the ship and sail it to Peru, where they will sell the cargo and the ship and disappear with the money. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (Edinburgh, Scotland, November 13, 1850-Vailima, near Apia, Samoa, December 3, 1894)