Story summary
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Three starving outcasts in Tahiti steal a ship and sail toward a pearl island ruled by a man with a Winchester.
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引き潮の概要
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- 44,700語
- ライブラリ内の難易度
- やさしいです short sentences, plain words
- 初版刊行年
- 1894by ロバート・ルイス・スティーヴンソン、ロイド・オズボーン
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引き潮 in short
The Ebb-Tide follows three men washed up on the beach at Papeete. Herrick, a clerk with a classical education, Davis, a sea captain who cannot forgive himself, and Huish, a petty and fearless clerk, take a plague-marked schooner and run. The cargo proves to be water, the food runs low, and an island appears that was never meant to be found.
What 引き潮 is about
Can a man fall so far that a crime looks like rescue? That is the question at the heart of The Ebb-Tide, a short novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. It opens on a cold night in Papeete, Tahiti, where three men sit beneath a tree, hungry, destitute and living under assumed names.
Stevenson lived in the Pacific late in his life, and the book shows the islands without the postcards. You will meet a stolen schooner, a cargo that is not what it seems, a lost island with a secret and a host more frightening than any pirate.
対象読者. You will love this if you enjoy sea stories with real moral weight, characters who argue with their own conscience, vivid South Sea settings, and short novels where every scene tightens the pressure.
The story in 9 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
Three nameless outcasts share a cold Papeete beach
The story begins with failure, told in close detail. Three white men sit under a tree in Papeete, shivering in thin cotton clothes while influenza coughs along the shore. The islanders have a phrase for their state: on the beach. It means broke, homeless and finished.
Robert Herrick is an Oxford man with a worn copy of Virgil in his pocket. His father's firm collapsed, and Robert drifted through clerkships, dismissed from each as hopeless. He took a false name and a ticket to the islands, hoping for a pleasant failure. What he finds is a hungry one.
Beside him sit a disgraced American captain calling himself Brown and a sickly Cockney clerk who uses the names Hay and Tomkins. Herrick finds the clerk vile, yet both men hold him up through his coughing fits. To pass the dark hours, they tell each other what they would do with a wish. Each daydream shows what the man has lost.
When hope is gone, even the stories men tell themselves begin to break.
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Destiny knocks and Davis offers a stolen ship
Back in the old jail, Herrick is close to the end of his strength.
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At sea, the thieves quarrel and the captain breaks
The Farallone slips out through the reef pass with a crew of Pacific islanders, an experienced but disgraced captain, and two other white men.
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The cargo is water and a hidden island appears
Peace after the squall lasts about an hour.
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Attwater welcomes his visitors with sharp courtesy
The Farallone enters the atoll on the flood tide and slides into a lagoon full of bright fish.
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Attwater walks Herrick through his island and his faith
Herrick goes ashore and meets a stranger more complex than he feared.
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Dinner, ambush and a swim that fails
The dinner is superb.
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Ruin, grace and the tide that carries these men
The epigraph says there is a tide in the affairs of men, and the novel is about what happens when it turns the wrong way.
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A cool voice, bright scenes and a sea full of signs
Stevenson and Osbourne tell the story in a clear, ironic voice that stays close to Herrick but lets us see the other men from outside.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Robert Herrick An Oxford man ruined by weakness and shame, living under a false name in Tahiti, he has abandoned hope of helping his family and seeks a pleasant failure.
- John Davis An American sea captain who lost his ship through drink, he wants to win a fortune for the children he loves and the daughter he cannot face.
- Huish A sickly, spiteful Cockney clerk with fearless nerve, he wants money, comfort and revenge on anyone who looks down on him.
- Attwater A giant Cambridge man and pearl trader on a hidden island, he wants to guard his fortune and bring sinners to repentance.
- Uncle Ned An old Hawaiian sailor whose true name is Taveeta, he wants only to do his work and keep his faith.
- Sally Day A dark, lean island sailor with a kind heart, he wants to be treated fairly and quickly befriends the mate.
How it ends (spoiler)
The ending is short. The Trinity Hall is sighted approaching the island, and Herrick later points out the burning Farallone to Davis as the captain prays on the beach. Davis, by now a changed man, is found praying on the beach, and says he has found peace in believing. He asks Herrick to join him and tells him to say, Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.
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『引き潮』についての質問
What is The Ebb-Tide about?
It follows three broke men in Tahiti, an Oxford clerk, a sea captain and a Cockney clerk, who take a plague-struck schooner, sail to a hidden pearl island and meet a strange, frightening man named Attwater.
Who wrote The Ebb-Tide?
Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne wrote it together. Stevenson, who died in 1894, also wrote Treasure Island and Kidnapped, and he lived in the Pacific in his last years.
What does the title The Ebb-Tide mean?
The epigraph, about a tide in the affairs of men, hints at it. The ebb-tide is the falling, outgoing tide, and it stands for a life that is slipping away into ruin and moral decline.
Who is Attwater in The Ebb-Tide?
He is the master of a hidden pearl island, a huge, polished Cambridge man who is also a stern preacher. He greets the three newcomers with courtesy, a rifle and a quiet certainty that he sees through them.
Is The Ebb-Tide easy to read?
Yes, the story moves through short chapters, lively dialogue and clear scenes, from a Tahitian beach to a ship at sea and a lagoon island, and the speakers are easy to tell apart by their voices.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, and Lloyd Osbourne. The Ebb-Tide. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-ebb-tide.
Stevenson, R. L., & Osbourne, L. (2026). The ebb-tide. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-ebb-tide (Original work published 1894)
Stevenson, Robert Louis, and Lloyd Osbourne. The Ebb-Tide. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-ebb-tide.
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author = {Stevenson, Robert Louis and Osbourne, Lloyd},
title = {The Ebb-Tide},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-ebb-tide},
note = {First published 1894}
}
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