The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307796841
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 882

Book Description
The complexity and range of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short fiction reveals his genius perhaps more than any other medium. Here, leading Stevenson scholar Barry Menikoff arranges and introduces the complete selection of Stevenson’s brilliant stories, including the famed masterpiece Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as “The Beach of Falesá” and Stevenson’s previously uncollected stories. Arthur Conan Doyle has written that “[Stevenson’s] short stories are certain to retain their position in English literature. His serious rivals are few indeed.” This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes explanatory notes, a Scots’ Glossary, and a unique appendix dedicated to Stevenson’s influence on the Oxford English Dictionary.

The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a Selection of the Best Short Novels

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

South Sea Tales

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0199536082
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
Roslyn Jolly is Lecturer in English at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is the author of Henry James: History, Narrative, Fiction (OUP, 1993).

Selected Poems

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140435481
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description
The author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reveals his more sensitive, vulnerable face in this collection of verse that ranges widely in style, from folk lyrics to conversational musings, celebrating love, friendship, and nostalgia, among other topics dear to the writer. Reprint.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141908076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
Everyone has a dark side. Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug. A chemical that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego. It seems he is master of his fate. It seems he is in complete control. But soon he will discover that his double life comes at a hideous price...

The Greatest Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510737847
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 547

Book Description
The Best Short Works of One of English Literature’s Most Masterful Storytellers Collected in a Single Volume Known mostly for his seminal full-length works, such as the famous classics Treasure Island and Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterful short fiction is often overshadowed. Now these pioneering works in the English short story tradition are presented here, collected in a single volume. Including the beloved novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," which G. K. Chesterton called “a double triumph,” and “The Merry Men,” as well as stories like “The Suicide Club” and “The Rajah’s Diamond” from the acclaimed 1882 collection New Arabian Nights, The Greatest Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson immerses you in Stevenson’s extraordinary worlds—thrilling tales of pure adventure and suspense, glorious evocations of the beauty of the Scottish countryside, and characters painted with the same vigor and energy as his most well-known creations. Showcasing his brilliant and lucid prose, his dramatic skill, and his perfect sense of pace that made him a celebrity during his time and a landmark author in the history of English literature, Stevenson’s enduring stories continue to capture the imagination of the contemporary reader and rightly belong to popular mythology today.

New Arabian Nights

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 414

Book Description

Robert Louis Stevenson

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Polygon
ISBN: 9781846974076
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
First imagined in the 1960s but never published, this collection of Robert Louis Stevenson's essays, fables and short stories was compiled by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares - a collection of their favourite works of non- ction, short stories and fables. The themes - integrity, intellectual and imaginative truth, literary meaning, the fantastic - are common to all three authors, and these connections are explored in an introduction by Kevin MacNeil. Including such classic tales as 'The Bottle Imp' and rare essays on crime, morality, dreams and romance, Robert Louis Stevenson: The Argentina Edition is rich, eloquent and utterly readable.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Author: Claire Harman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 552

Book Description
The short life of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was as adventurous as almost anything in his fiction: his travels, illness, struggles to become a writer, relationships with his volatile wife and step-family, friendships and quarrels have fascinated readers for over a century. In his time he was both engineer and aesthete, dutiful son and reckless lover, Scotsman and South Sea Islander, Covenanter and atheist. Stevenson's books, including Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Kidnapped, have achieved world fame; others -- The Master of Ballantrae, A Child's Garden of Verses, Travels with a Donkey -- remain all-time favourites.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Canterbury Classics
ISBN: 9781607103158
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects the greatest works of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose stories of excitement and adventure will never be forgotten. He wrote stories of chance and peril, pirates and buried gold. He told tales of good and evil, of men struggling with the darkest parts of their souls. Acclaimed Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson was a master whose works offer compelling insight into our hearts and minds. Featuring the full texts of Treasure Island, Prince Otto, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, The Black Arrow, The Master of Ballantrae, and David Balfour, this Canterbury Classics edition collects Stevenson's greatest yarns in an elegant, leather-bound book. With gilded edges, a ribbon bookmark, and an introduction by a renowned Stevenson scholar, this new edition is the perfect gift or keepsake. Readers will want to keep Robert Louis Stevenson forever—and go on a never-ending adventure!