Robert Louis Stevenson
3) Lay Morals
A book of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lay morals
Father Damien
The Pentland rising
The day after to-morrow
College papers
Criticisms
Sketches
The great north road
The young chevalier
Heathercat
A collection of essays about writing: "On some technical elements of style in literature", "The morality of the profession of letters", "Books which have influenced me", "A note on realism", "My first book: ‘Treasure Island’", "The genesis of ‘the master of Ballantrae’" & "Preface to ‘the master of Ballantrae’".
Peg-legged pirates, colorful parrots, and plundered riches—they’re all here in Robert Louis Stevenson’s original seafaring adventure.
When young Jim Hawkins decides to follow a map to buried treasure, he must befriend or outsmart memorable characters such as pirate Long John Silver, captain Billy Bones, and island man Ben Gunn. Mutinous plans, mysterious deaths, and a tangle of double crosses keep
...12) Prince Otto
Prince Otto: A Romance is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1885. The novel was largely written during 1883. Stevenson referred to Prince Otto as "my hardest effort", one of the chapters was rewritten eight times by Stevenson and once by his wife. (from Wikipedia)
From the thirteenth century onwards, the name, under the various disguises of Stevinstoun, Stevensoun, Stevensonne, Stenesone, and Stewinsoune, spread across Scotland from the mouth of the Firth of Forth to the mouth of the Firth of Clyde. Four times at least it occurs as a place-name. There is a parish of Stevenston in Cunningham; a second place of the name in the Barony of Bothwell in Lanark; a third on Lyne, above Drochil Castle; the fourth
...Un vieux Lord vit avec ses deux fils, James l'aîné et Henry le cadet, et Miss Alison, une proche parent destinée à épouser James, au château de Durrisdeer - Écosse - en l'année 1745. La guerre de succession au trône éclate entre les Stuarts, menés par Charles-Édouard Stuart et le roi George II. Le lord prend le parti de répartir ses fils dans chaque camp. L'héritier direct devrait rester, mais il accepte de laisser le choix au hasard
...Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses.
The Pentland Rising: A Page of History, 1666 was an account of the Covenanters' rebellion which was published in 1866, the 200th anniversary of the event. (Source: Wikipedia)
...20) The Merry Men
"The Merry Men" is a short story set on the fictional island Eilean Aros, based on the Isle of Erraid. The title derives from the local name given to a group of waves in the story, not from the Merry Men of Robin Hood and his merry men
The narrator, Charles Darnaway, a recent graduate of the University of Edinburgh travels to the remote island of Aros off the north-west coast of Scotland. Aros is the home of his uncle, Gordon
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