The Beach of Falesa [Large Print] [Paperback]

Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)

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Publication Date: January 3, 2007

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A different work by Stevenson that presents the charms and beauties of domestic life, race-relations and transgressions from customs for love. This work discusses all that is brilliant and despicable in humanity. As a commentary on the prejudice prevailing in the society, the work is as valid today as it was at the time of its publishing.

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Review

Long story by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published as "Uma" in 1892 and collected in Island Nights' Entertainments (1893). An adventure romance fused with realism, it depicts a man's struggle to maintain his decency in the face of uncivilized hostility. John Wiltshire, the story's narrator and protagonist, is a white trader on the exotic island of Falesa in the South Seas. He is befriended by Case, a fellow trader who persuades him to marry the native Uma. When Wiltshire does so, the natives ostracize the couple. Gradually Wiltshire learns that Case has subdued the natives by manipulating their fears of the supernatural. Wiltshire exposes Case as a fraud and kills him in self-defense. -- The Merriam-Webster Encylopedia of Literature --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

British, essayist, novelist and poet Stevenson sparkled for his novels of exploration and exciting journeys. He contributed many essays, tales and fantasies to various journals and magazines. All his works show consistency of style that is assiduously graceful.

Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant (January 3, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1425064426
• ISBN-13: 978-1425064426
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,774,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunningly brilliant portrail of Island Life & Prejudice., March 26, 1999

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Paul F. Watson ([e-mail]) (Rota in the Marianas Islands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beach of Falesa (Sp 194) (Paperback)

Probably Robert Luis Stevenson's most brillient work. A sensitive probeing of race relations in a turn of the century setting involving an English Trader and a beautiful island girl.

An interesting story, a sensitive love story and an exploration of what is best and what is worst in humanity. This piercing examination is as important today as when Stevenson wrote it.

One can easily understand why he did not want it published in his lifetime.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stevenson's lesser known classic of imperialism in the South Pacific, March 29, 2008

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Chris Greenwood "Tree" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Beach of Falesa (Sp 194) (Paperback)

In this little known story by Robert Louis Stevenson, a trader gets stationed on a small island in the South Pacific, but he immediately has trouble establishing himself as a taboo has been placed on him by the natives. The story brilliantly portrays how any foreigner be he white, black, or Asian holds superiority over the natives. Such relations between races on an isolated island were normal during imperialism but are shocking now. For example, the main character has free choice of any native girl to be his wife. Stevenson honestly portrays imperialism's influence on the island while also exploring the beliefs of the natives and how they can be easily manipulated. This was a great page-turner, one of those rare ones that left me thinking about it months later.