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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Book cover: The Wrong BoxThe Wrong Box
by - Longmans,Green & Co. ,
A black comedy novel first published in 1889. The story is about two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine. The book is notable for being the first of three novels that Stevenson co-wrote with Osbourne, who was his stepson.
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Book cover: The WreckerThe Wrecker
by - Cassell ,
The story is a sprawling, episodic adventure story, a comedy of brash manners and something of a detective mystery. It revolves around the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Island. Clues in a stamp collection are used to solve the mystery.
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Book cover: The Weir of HermistonThe Weir of Hermiston
by - Chatto & Windus ,
In Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of father-son confrontation, the father, Adam Weir, is modelled on Lord Braxfield, the eighteenth-century 'hanging judge'. But the novel is unfinished. Stevenson was working on Weir the day he died.
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Book cover: The Story of a LieThe Story of a Lie
by - Turner ,
This book is a comic tale of manners. Young Dick Naseby chances to meet the beautiful Esther. Falling in love he is loath to despoil her romantic notions of her long lost father. But when he returns, things start to fall apart ...
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Book cover: St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in EnglandSt. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
by - William Heinemann ,
Stevenson had written all but the very conclusion of this work at the time of his death in 1894. In order to conclude the story the publisher enlisted the talents of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch who supplied the last few chapters.
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Book cover: The Silverado SquattersThe Silverado Squatters
by - Project Gutenberg ,
In 1880 Stevenson and his new bridge traveled by ferries, trains and carts to Calistoga, California, where he encountered a pioneer wilderness of curious characters, an unprofitable mine, and a rugged country filled with eagles and bears ...
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Book cover: David BalfourDavid Balfour
by - Charles Scribners' Sons ,
'David Balfour' is the sequel to 'Kidnapped', and starts where Stevenson's more famous book ends - with Balfour in Edinburgh, standing remorseful outside the offices of the British Linen Company. From there begins a rollicking series of adventures.
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Book cover: Prince OttoPrince Otto
by - Chatto & Windus ,
This book is Stevenson's third full-length narrative, an action romance set in the imaginary Germanic state of Gruenewald. The novel is first published in 1885. Robert Louis Stevenson referred to Prince Otto as 'my hardest effort'.
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Book cover: The Pavilion on the LinksThe Pavilion on the Links
by - Chatto & Windus ,
Two solitary men, once as close to being friends, meet again on Scottish coast. Northmour has brought the corrupt banker Huddlestone, and his beautiful daughter whom Northmour is pursuing, to seek concealment in an isolated pavilion by the sea.
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Book cover: KidnappedKidnapped
by - Project Gutenberg ,
Classic coming-of-age story for children and young adults. After the death of his father, David sets out to meet his uncle and claim his inheritance. This adventure takes him through the highlands of Scotland where he embarks upon a long journey.
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Book cover: In the South SeasIn the South Seas
by - Scribner ,
In his book Stevenson gives an accurate and in depth look into the people and culture of the islands of the South Pacific. The book describes the author's two year journey from the Marqueses Islands, to Tahiti, then Honolulu, and finally Samoa.
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Book cover: The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two RosesThe Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses
by - Charles Scribner's Sons ,
This is Robert Louis Stevenson's historical romance set during the War of the Roses. The time is 15th century England, and Richard Shelton, the young hero, overcomes one obstacle after another in his quest to rescue Joanna, his love.
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Book cover: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by - Scott-Thaw ,
Stevenson's exploration of human evil, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, is a synonym for the split personality. This dark fantasy is a product of its time, based on theories of evolution, class, and the secrets of the soul.
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Book cover: Treasure IslandTreasure Island
by - Harper & Brothers ,
The most popular pirate story ever written, Treasure Island has been happily devoured by several generations of boys and girls. Jim Hawkins finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island, where the fabled pirate booty is buried.
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