Sign inSign up
Basket
Full catalogue / The Blue Lagoon / Indonesian – English
The Blue Lagoon

H. De Vere Stacpoole

The Blue Lagoon

Original publication
1908
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
370
Difficulty
★☆☆
Genres
Romance, Travel Writing
Translated from
English

About this book

Emmeline and Richard, two children who survive a shipwreck, find themselves alone on a remote, paradise-like island. Without guidance or adults, they must learn to survive and make sense of the world around them. Over the years, their relationship evolves, blending innocence, discovery, and emerging feelings. Nature becomes both refuge and mystery. This story explores the transition to adulthood in a wild, idyllic setting where beauty contrasts with isolation. The author offers a reflection on instinct, learning, and human bonds outside any established society.

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

The excerpt shows the method using another book from the catalogue, not this one.

Similar books

Explore the site

Other languages you can learn

See the whole catalogue

Your privacy preferences

We use cookies to analyse your browsing and improve your experience. You can accept, reject or customise your preferences.