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The Ebb Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson was suggested by Linda Dryden
As part of the Ragged Library, Professor Linda Dryden, director of the Centre for Literature and Writing at Napier University suggested ‘The Ebb Tide by Robert Louis Stevenson’…
This is one of Stevenson’s less well-known books, yet it marks an important shift in the literature of empire and is also a very good read. Because of its sceptical approach to empire, Stevenson’s tale of misadventure in the South Seas prepares the way for Joseph Conrad’s landmark text, Heart of Darkness.
