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  1. The Ebb-Tide: Directed by Nicholas Renton. With Robbie Coltrane, Chris Barnes, Steven Mackintosh, John Adewole. A down-on-his-luck sea captain accepts an assignment on a rickety boat with a mysterious cargo and a questionable crew.

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    • Adventure
    • Nicholas Renton
    • 1998-03-29
  2. The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette (written in collaboration with Lloyd Osbourne) begins on a beach in Papeete, Tahiti. Herrick, Davis and Huish are unemployed, unhappy, and impoverished beachcombers.

  3. Jan 1, 1999 · "The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne is a fictional narrative set in the late 19th century. It showcases the struggles of three disenchanted men – Robert Herrick, an unfulfilled clerk; a disgraced American mariner named Brown; and a dubious Cockney clerk named Huish – as they navigate their ...

  4. THE EBB-TIDE. A TRIO AND QUARTETTE. 'There is a tide in the affairs of men.' Chapter 1. NIGHT ON THE BEACH. Throughout the island world of the Pacific, scattered men of many European races and from almost every grade of society carry activity and disseminate disease. Some prosper, some vegetate.

  5. Feb 21, 2024 · A novella written by Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne and published the year Stevenson died (1894). It was adapted into films four times: Ebb Tide (1922), Ebb Tide (1937), Adventure Island (1947), and Le Reflux (film) (1961). Three beggars operate in the port of Papeete on Tahiti, including Davis, a disgraced American sea captain.

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  6. librivox.org › the-ebb-tide-by-robert-louisThe Ebb-Tide - LibriVox

    Mar 26, 2012 · The Ebb-Tide. Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires them to a further idea: they will steal the schooner and its cargo of champagne, sell them, and live a plentiful life.

  7. THE EBB-TIDE. A TRIO AND QUARTETTE ‘There is a tide in the affairs of men.’ Chapter 1. NIGHT ON THE BEACH. Throughout the island world of the Pacific, scattered men of many European races and from almost every grade of society carry activity and disseminate disease. Some prosper, some vegetate.

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