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The Pearl Fishers
H. De Vere Stacpoole
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Schumer recognized the reason of their exhaustion.
"We should have broken ourselves to it by degrees," said he—"done a couple of hours' work instead of a whole day's. We are fools. We didn't want to strip the lagoon; we were only after a sample, and could have taken a week over it. Well, we can take things easy to-morrow."
They rowed back to the camp and found Isbel waiting for them, and supper.
They had come back in low spirits, but after supper and a cup of coffee the surprising thing happened—their spirits jumped up as though under the influence of alcohol. Prolonged strain in diving produces these results—the tissues that have been starved or partly starved of oxygen reabsorb it with renewed vigor.
They lay on the sand and smoked and talked, and Floyd built castles and furnished them with his prospectiv. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Intriguing Novel ......
I have read quite a few Stacpoole novels in my readings. The Pearl Fishers was an interesting novel and I would recommend the book.
In my opinion, there are better books by Stacpoole, then, on the other hand, there are those that just do not measure-up to the quality that Stacp
This was almost too exciting. I should have trusted the author to make sure that justice was done in the end. As always, the descriptions are beyond lush, the love story just the right side of exploitative, and the villains are rounded. There's something of Joseph Conrad in this one, a Joseph Conrad
This was absolutely amazing. I enjoyed it even more in some ways than The Man Who Lost Himself.
When Floyd is shipwrecked he hardly dares to hope for some land, and when he does find land he certainly never thought to find people as well! Here, on a little lagoon miles from anywhere is a man named S
I can't think of anyone who paints a picture of remote island life quite like Stacpoole. This one really struck my fancy. Who wouldn't love to bask in the fangipani scented breeze and feel the sun toasting you a golden brown? (Ok the golden brown is a real dream here. Lobster red is more like it). O