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Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated)
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
(1850-1894)
Contents
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
MORE NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS -
THE DYNAMITER
THE MERRY MEN AND OTHER TALES AND FABLES
CHRONOLGOICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES
SONGS OF TRAVEL AND OTHER VERSES
TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES
THE OLD AND NEW PACIFIC CAPITALS
VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE AND OTHER PAPERS
FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS
RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS
ADDITIONAL MEMORIES AND PORTRAITS
PRAYERS WRITTEN FOR FAMILY USE AT VAILIMA
PIERRE JEAN DE BÉRANGER ARTICLE
THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON By Sir Graham Balfour
THE LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON FOR BOYS AND GIRLS By Jacqueline M. Overton
THE LIFE OF MRS. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON By Nellie Van De Grift Sanchez
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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
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Sir Walter Scott is Scotland’s leading classic novelist and the Father of the Historical novel. Ever since the phenomenal success of his first novel
Waverley
, Scott has entertained readers across the world for nearly two centuries.
For the first time ever, Scott’s complete and prolific works are available in digital format, with hundreds of beautiful illustrations and many bonus texts.
The Novels
No. 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Stevenson’s birthplace
TREASURE ISLAND
Stevenson’s most famous work was first published as a serial in the children’s magazine
Young Folks
between 1881–82. A coming-of-age story, the novel is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, character and action. The anti-hero, due to his ambiguity of his morality, Long John Silver is an unusual component in children’s literature. This work is one of the most frequently dramatised of all Victorian novels and the influence of
Treasure Island
on popular perception of pirates is vast, including treasure maps with an “X”, schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen with parrots on their shoulders.
The novel opens in a seaside village in south-west England in the mid-18th century. The narrator, Jim Hawkins, is the young son of the owners of the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old drunken seaman named Billy Bones becomes a long-term lodger at the inn, only paying for the first week of his stay. Sooner than later, the secrets he hides have life changing effects on Hawkins and his family.
