The Garden of God is a romance novel, first published in 1923. It is the first sequel to his best-selling novel The Blue Lagoon (1908). The sequel picks up precisely where the first book left off, with Arthur Lestrange in the ship Raratonga discovering his son Dicky and niece Emmeline with their own child, lying in their fishing boat, which has...More
Henry de Vere Stacpoole (1863 – 1951) was an Irish author. His best-known work is the 1908 romance novel The Blue Lagoon, which has been adapted into multiple films. He published using his own name and sometimes the pseudonym Tyler de Saix. Stacpoole's greatest commercial success came in 1908 with The Blue Lagoon, which was reprinted at least twenty-four times in thirteen years, and from which films were made in 1923, 1949 and 1980.
Henry de Vere Stacpoole (1863 – 1951) was an Irish author. His best-known work is the 1908 romance novel The Blue Lagoon, which has been adapted into multiple films. He published using his own name and sometimes the pseudonym Tyler de Saix. Stacpoole's greatest commercial success came in 1908 with The Blue Lagoon, which was reprinted at least twenty-four times in thirteen years, and from which films were made in 1923, 1949 and 1980.
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The Garden of God is a romance novel, first published in 1923. It is the first sequel to his best-selling novel The Blue Lagoon (1908). The sequel picks up precisely where the first book left off, with Arthur Lestrange in the ship Raratonga discovering his son Dicky and niece Emmeline with their own child, lying in their fishing boat, which has drifted out to sea. While the last line of The Blue Lagoon states that they are not dead but sleeping, the first line of the sequel is "No, they are dead", and the reader is told that they have stopped breathing. The child is drowsy but alive, and is picked up by the sailors.
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