Stevenson's account of his extended walk, in 1878, through uplands and mountains in south-western France amply fulfils this declaration of intent. Stevenson writes with a characteristic...
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Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary: -
Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:
In 1874, Stevenson left Edinburgh for San Francisco to join his fiancee. A shrewd and sympathetic observer, he produced the best account ever written of the passage to the New World.
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Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:
In 1815 in Scotland, having realized that the corpses he and his peers examine in anatomy class are stolen from fresh graves, a young medical student finds that he must procure the next specimen;...
Genre: Horror fiction, Short stories -
Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:Presents a Hawaiian couple who find themselves saddled with a genie in a bottle who is no bargain; and three other supernatural tales: Markheim; Thrawn Janet; and Olalla.
Genre: Paranormal fiction, Short stories -
Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:
The celebrated Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson arranged for his friend the art historian Sidney Colvin to select and organise the essays in this volume, many of which had originally...
Genre: Essays, Literary arts -
Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:Utterson and Enfield are worried about their friend, Dr. Jekyll, who has been spending his time on a mysterious research project. When they stake out Jekyll’s laboratory, they observe a known...
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Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:When young Jim Hawkins picks a treasure map off a dead boarder, he’s drawn into a rollicking and dangerous journey filled with buccaneers and buried treasure — but, sadly, no Muppets. Stevenson’s...
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Author: London, Jack, Stevenson, Robert Louis, Kipling, RudyardSummary:Three timeless stories that will whisk you into exotic lands and unforgettable adventures.
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Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:
Doctor Henry Jekyll, on a quest to liberate our inner demons from the constraints of our conscience, unleashes ancient and primal forces buried deep within us all.
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Author: Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:Four great novels take us deep into Robert Louis Stevenson's imaginative and bittersweet relationship with his native country. Kidnapped, and its sequel Catriona, are renowned the world over as...