Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher: Polygon

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781846974076

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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: An Anthology

Robert Louis Stevenson: An Anthology

Author: Kevin MacNeil

Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

Published: 2017-09-14

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0857903497

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First imagined in the 1960s but never published, this collection of Robert Louis Stevenson's essays, fables and short stories was imagined by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares – a collection of their favourite works of non-fiction, 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.


Selected Poems

Selected Poems

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780140435481

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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 Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson

The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher: Modern Library

Published: 2011-07-13

Total Pages: 882

ISBN-13: 0307796841

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

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

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2006-01-26

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0141908076

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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...


Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Author: Kevin MacNeil

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 0857903497

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A collection of fiction and nonfiction by the Scottish author of Treasure Island, selected by two acclaimed Argentinian writers. First imagined in the 1960s but never published, this collection of Robert Louis Stevenson’s essays, fables and short stories was imagined by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares—a collection of their favorite works of nonfiction, 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. Featuring such classic tales as “The Bottle Imp” and rare essays on crime, morality, dreams, and romance, this anthology is rich, eloquent and utterly readable.


The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays

The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher: Cooper Square Press

Published: 1999-08-17

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1461694353

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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is best known as the author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island, and Kidnapped, but his essays comprise an oft-overlooked trove of gems, intriguing in their content and generous in their scope. This collection of nearly three dozen of Stevenson's best essays—the only anthology of its kind— spans his brief life and includes many of his most celebrated pieces and some others previously unpublished.


Lifelines

Lifelines

Author: Leonard S. Marcus

Publisher: Dutton Childrens Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780525451648

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A collection of poems by such authors as William Blake, James Whitcomb Riley, and Robert Louis Stevenson.