Post #232111 by wrongdimensionboy on Mon, May 15, 2006 4:11 PM

Is Robert Louis Stevenson considered tiki?

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The Bottle Imp
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The Bottle Imp

The Bottle Imp (1893) is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson about a working class native of Hawaii, Keawe, who buys a strange bottle from a sad, elderly gentleman who credits the bottle with his wealth and fortune, and promises the bottle will also grant Keawe his every wish and desire.

SPOILER WARNING: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Of course, there is a catch - The bottle must be sold at a loss, i.e. for less than its owner originally paid, (or else it will simply return to him). The currency used in the transaction must also be in coin. Another condition of the sale is that all conditions and rules of purchase and ownership must be fully disclosed and understood by the potential buyer. If an owner of the bottle dies without having sold it in the prescribed manner, that person's soul will burn for eternity in Hell.

The bottle was first purchased from the giants by one of the sons of Cain for a "fantastic sum"; at the time of the story the price has diminsihed to eighty dollars, and declines rapidly to a matter of pennies.

[ Edited by: wrongdimensionboy 2006-05-15 16:12 ]