The Blue Lagoon 1908 is a novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole The first in a trilogy of novels including The Garden of God 1923 and The Gates of Morning 1925 The Blue Lagoon is a story of romance and adventure inspired by the authors travels in the South Pacific A total of five films have been adapted from the novel including the hit 1980 drama of the same name starring Brooke Shields quotThe Pacific slept a vast vague swell flowing from far away down south under the night lifted the Northumberland on its undulations to the rattling sound of the reef points and the occasional creak of the rudder whilst overhead near the fiery arch of the Milky Way hung the Southern Cross like a broken kitequot When a terrible shipwreck leaves them stranded on a deserted island in the South Pacific Dick and Emmeline Lestrange are merely children Paddy Button the ships cook and the only other survivor takes it upon himself to train them in the ways of survival teaching the arts of fishing and pearl diving to ensure the youths know how to take full advantage of a hostile environment When Paddy dies from alcoholism Dick and Emmeline are more than prepared to fend for themselves but as they grow into...
