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A Child's Garden of Verses.
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A Child's Garden of Verses. Paperback - 2010

by Robert Louis Stevenson

About this book

Rediscover the delight and innocence of childhood in these classic poems from celebrated Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson.From make-believe to climbing trees, bedtime stories to morning play and favorite cousins to beloved mothers.Here is a very special collection to be treasured for ever. 

First published in 1885, the first printing of A Child's Garden of Verses ran 1000 copies by Longhaus, Green and Co in London. This book was not illustrated until the 1896 edition, published 2 years after Stevenson's death. The collection contains about 65 poems, and many of the poems, including “The Land of Counterpane,” take a positive perspective on Stevenson's own childhood which was plagued by sickness. He dedicated the work to his nurse Alison Cunningham.

Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) Although he died at just forty four years old and suffered from ill health the majority of his life he managed to travel and write extensively in that short period. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, and A Child's Garden of Verses. Although Stevenson fell out of the canon for a number of years, today he is one of the most translated authors and is highly celebrated for his stories.


From the publisher

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Details

  • Title A Child's Garden of Verses.
  • Author Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 114
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher BiblioLife
  • Date 2010-04
  • ISBN 9781140035176 / 1140035177
  • Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.24 in (24.61 x 18.90 x 0.61 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 821.8

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