**The Moon and Sixpence** is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published in 1919. The story is based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin, and...
Sir John Barrow's 'Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty' is a detailed account of the infamous mutiny aboard the Brit...
Three men, desperate and broke in Tahiti, seize a schooner whose officers have perished from smallpox. Their plan? To steal the vessel and its valuabl...
Naturewoman, a play by Upton Sinclair, explores the clash between the free-spirited and nature-loving Oceana and her conservative Bostonian family. As...
