Books by Robert Louis Stevenson
Born: 11/13/1850; Died: 12/02/1894Robert Louis Stevenson Biography & Notes
Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850- December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer.
Stevenson was born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was Thomas Stevenson and grandfather was Robert Stevenson, both successful lighthouse engineers, and his mother was Margaret Balfour. He studied at Edinburgh Academy in his youth. His parents were both very religious. Robert gave up the religion of his parents while studying at the University of Edinburgh, but the teaching that he received as a child continued to influence him. He actually took up a branch of Christianity called Calvinism as his new religion in college.
Although ill with tuberculosis from childhood, Stevenson had a full life. He began his education as an engineer but, despite his family history, he showed little aptitude and soon switched to studying law. At the age of 18 he dropped the name Balfour and changed his middle name from Lewis to Louis (but retaining the original pronunciation); from this time on he began styling himself RLS. He turned to the law because of poor health, but he never practised. He ended his life as a tribal leader (called by his tribe Tusitala, meaning "storyteller" in Samoa) and plantation owner at his residence "Vailima" in Samoa, all this in addition to his literary career.
Stevenson's novels of adventure, romance, and horror are of considerable psychological depth and have continued in popularity long after his death, both as books and as films.
His wife Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne, whom he married in 1880, was a great support in his adventurous and arduous life.
Stevenson made several trips to the Kingdom of Hawaii and became a good friend of King David Kalakaua with whom Stevenson spent much time. Stevenson also became best friends with the king's niece Princess Victoria Kaiulani, also of Scottish heritage. Since the tragic deaths of both Stevenson and Kaiulani, historians have debated the true nature of their relationship as to whether or not they had romantic feelings for each other. Because of the age difference, such stories have often been discredited. In 1888, Stevenson travelled to the island of Molokai just weeks after the death of Father Damien. He spent twelve days at the missionary priest's residence, Bishop Home at Kalawao. Stevenson taught the local girls to play croquet. When Congregationalist and Presbyterian ministers began to defame Father Damien out of spite for his Catholicism, Stevenson wrote one of his most famous essays in defence of the life and work of the missionary priest.
Stevenson died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Vailima in Samoa, aged 44. In his will, he bequeathed his birthday to a little girl, Annie Ide, who had been born on Christmas Day.
Fiction
* Treasure Island (1883) His first major success, a tale of piracy, buried treasure, and adventure, has been filmed frequently. It was originally called The Sea-Cook.
* The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1883) An historical adventure novel and romance set during the Wars of the Roses. This novel presents the Wars of the Roses, as it were, in miniature.
* Kidnapped (1886) is an historical novel that tells of the boy David Balfour's pursuit of his inheritance and his alliance with Alan Breck in the intrigues of Jacobite troubles in Scotland. Catriona (1893), also known as David Balfour, is a sequel, telling of Balfour's further adventures.
* The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), a short novel about a dual personality much depicted in plays and films, also influential in the growth of understanding of the subconscious mind through its treatment of a kind and intelligent physician who turns into a psychopathic monster after imbibing a drug intended to separate good from evil in a personality.
* The New Arabian Nights (1882), a collection of tales.
* The Body Snatcher (1885), another influential horror tale.
* The Wrong Box, (1892), with Lloyd Osbourne, a comic novel of a tontine, also filmed (1966). A tontine is a group life-insurance policy in which the last survivor gets all the insurance. Both in the novel and in real life, it is an incentive to murder, and no longer legal in most countries.
* The Master of Ballantrae (1888), a masterful tale of revenge, set in Scotland and America.
* Weir of Hermiston (1896), novel, unfinished at his death, considered to have promised great artistic growth.
Poetry
* A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), written for children but also popular with their parents. Includes such favourites as "My Shadow" and "The Lamplighter". Often thought to represent a positive reflection of the author's sickly childhood.
Travel writing
* An Inland Voyage (1878), travels with a friend in a "Rob Roy" canoe from Antwerp (Belgium) to Pontoise, just north of Paris.
* Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879), solo hiking in the mountains of Cévennes (south-central France), one of the first books to present hiking and camping as recreational activities. It tells of commissioning one of the first sleeping bags.
* The Silverado Squatters (1883), unconventional honeymoon trip to an abandonded mining camp in Napa Valley, California with his new wife Fanny and her son Lloyd.
* The Amateur Emigrant (written 1879-80, published 1895). An account of the first leg of his journey to California, by ship from Europe to New York. Andrew Noble (From the Clyde to California: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Emigrant Journey, 1985) considers it to be his finest work.
* Across the Plains (written in 1879-80 published in 1892). Second leg of his journey, by train from New York to California (then picks up with The Silverado Squatters).
Island literature
Although not well known, his island fiction and non-fiction is among the most valuable and collected of the 19th century body of work that addresses the Pacific area.
Non-fiction works on the Pacific
* In the South Seas. A collection of Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific.
* A Footnote to History, Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa (1912)
Island fiction
* The Beach at Falesa, one of his darkest works, explores the relationship between white traders and islanders in a way that anticipates Conrad and Maugham.
* An Island Nights' Entertainment. Three great stories: The Bottle Imp, The Beach at Falesá and The Isle of Voices.
* The Wrecker with Lloyd Osbourne
* The Ebb Tide with Lloyd Osbourne
Stevenson was born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was Thomas Stevenson and grandfather was Robert Stevenson, both successful lighthouse engineers, and his mother was Margaret Balfour. He studied at Edinburgh Academy in his youth. His parents were both very religious. Robert gave up the religion of his parents while studying at the University of Edinburgh, but the teaching that he received as a child continued to influence him. He actually took up a branch of Christianity called Calvinism as his new religion in college.
Although ill with tuberculosis from childhood, Stevenson had a full life. He began his education as an engineer but, despite his family history, he showed little aptitude and soon switched to studying law. At the age of 18 he dropped the name Balfour and changed his middle name from Lewis to Louis (but retaining the original pronunciation); from this time on he began styling himself RLS. He turned to the law because of poor health, but he never practised. He ended his life as a tribal leader (called by his tribe Tusitala, meaning "storyteller" in Samoa) and plantation owner at his residence "Vailima" in Samoa, all this in addition to his literary career.
Stevenson's novels of adventure, romance, and horror are of considerable psychological depth and have continued in popularity long after his death, both as books and as films.
His wife Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne, whom he married in 1880, was a great support in his adventurous and arduous life.
Stevenson made several trips to the Kingdom of Hawaii and became a good friend of King David Kalakaua with whom Stevenson spent much time. Stevenson also became best friends with the king's niece Princess Victoria Kaiulani, also of Scottish heritage. Since the tragic deaths of both Stevenson and Kaiulani, historians have debated the true nature of their relationship as to whether or not they had romantic feelings for each other. Because of the age difference, such stories have often been discredited. In 1888, Stevenson travelled to the island of Molokai just weeks after the death of Father Damien. He spent twelve days at the missionary priest's residence, Bishop Home at Kalawao. Stevenson taught the local girls to play croquet. When Congregationalist and Presbyterian ministers began to defame Father Damien out of spite for his Catholicism, Stevenson wrote one of his most famous essays in defence of the life and work of the missionary priest.
Stevenson died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Vailima in Samoa, aged 44. In his will, he bequeathed his birthday to a little girl, Annie Ide, who had been born on Christmas Day.
Fiction
* Treasure Island (1883) His first major success, a tale of piracy, buried treasure, and adventure, has been filmed frequently. It was originally called The Sea-Cook.
* The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1883) An historical adventure novel and romance set during the Wars of the Roses. This novel presents the Wars of the Roses, as it were, in miniature.
* Kidnapped (1886) is an historical novel that tells of the boy David Balfour's pursuit of his inheritance and his alliance with Alan Breck in the intrigues of Jacobite troubles in Scotland. Catriona (1893), also known as David Balfour, is a sequel, telling of Balfour's further adventures.
* The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), a short novel about a dual personality much depicted in plays and films, also influential in the growth of understanding of the subconscious mind through its treatment of a kind and intelligent physician who turns into a psychopathic monster after imbibing a drug intended to separate good from evil in a personality.
* The New Arabian Nights (1882), a collection of tales.
* The Body Snatcher (1885), another influential horror tale.
* The Wrong Box, (1892), with Lloyd Osbourne, a comic novel of a tontine, also filmed (1966). A tontine is a group life-insurance policy in which the last survivor gets all the insurance. Both in the novel and in real life, it is an incentive to murder, and no longer legal in most countries.
* The Master of Ballantrae (1888), a masterful tale of revenge, set in Scotland and America.
* Weir of Hermiston (1896), novel, unfinished at his death, considered to have promised great artistic growth.
Poetry
* A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), written for children but also popular with their parents. Includes such favourites as "My Shadow" and "The Lamplighter". Often thought to represent a positive reflection of the author's sickly childhood.
Travel writing
* An Inland Voyage (1878), travels with a friend in a "Rob Roy" canoe from Antwerp (Belgium) to Pontoise, just north of Paris.
* Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879), solo hiking in the mountains of Cévennes (south-central France), one of the first books to present hiking and camping as recreational activities. It tells of commissioning one of the first sleeping bags.
* The Silverado Squatters (1883), unconventional honeymoon trip to an abandonded mining camp in Napa Valley, California with his new wife Fanny and her son Lloyd.
* The Amateur Emigrant (written 1879-80, published 1895). An account of the first leg of his journey to California, by ship from Europe to New York. Andrew Noble (From the Clyde to California: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Emigrant Journey, 1985) considers it to be his finest work.
* Across the Plains (written in 1879-80 published in 1892). Second leg of his journey, by train from New York to California (then picks up with The Silverado Squatters).
Island literature
Although not well known, his island fiction and non-fiction is among the most valuable and collected of the 19th century body of work that addresses the Pacific area.
Non-fiction works on the Pacific
* In the South Seas. A collection of Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific.
* A Footnote to History, Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa (1912)
Island fiction
* The Beach at Falesa, one of his darkest works, explores the relationship between white traders and islanders in a way that anticipates Conrad and Maugham.
* An Island Nights' Entertainment. Three great stories: The Bottle Imp, The Beach at Falesá and The Isle of Voices.
* The Wrecker with Lloyd Osbourne
* The Ebb Tide with Lloyd Osbourne
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The Amateur Emigrant by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2002)
An account of the nineteenth-century author's six-thousand-mile journey to reunite with his then-future wife chronicles how the couple fell in love but were separated in Europe, Stevenson's turbulent Atlantic crossing, and his emigrant train trip across the United States to California. Reprint.
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The Beach of Falesa Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2007)
Stevenson called this novel "the first realistic South Sea story." He wrote it while he himself was living in Samoa, in the years before his early death.
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The Black Arrow A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1957) |
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Block City by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1992) |
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The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2001) |
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The Body Snatcher and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1988)
Eight stories deal with murder, a forced marriage, a romantic rivalry, a troubled killer, a decadent family, a genie-like spirit, a South Seas trader, and a bitter father-son relationship.
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The Body Snatcher and Other Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2001) |
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The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1983)
A man named Keawe purchases a bottle that holds a magical imp. The imp will grant any wish of Keawe's, but if he should die while still the owner of the bottle, he will burn in hell for eternity. Keawe has the right to sell the bottle but it must always be sold for less than what was paid for it. Will Keawe's imp make his dreams come true and if he does, will Keawe be able to escape the curse?
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Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2009)
The sequel to Stevenson's beloved adventure novel, KIDNAPPED.
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A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2010)
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this classic collection of poetry for children in 1885. It continues to be beloved as a charming evocation of childhood, and is considered to be Stevenson's best poetry, as well as one of his most enduring books.
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A Child's Garden of Verses A Collection of Scriptures, Prayers, & Poems by ( 1999)
A collection of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson and others which reflect the joys of childhood, accompanied by Bible verses.
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Classic Tales of Horror Dracula/Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker ( 1989) |
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Classics/Box Set by Jack London, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain ( 1990) |
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The Collected Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1996) |
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Communication, Development & the Third World The Global Politics of Information by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1988) |
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Complete Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1973) |
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The Complete Short Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, Ian Bell ( 1994)
Background information on Stevenson's life and career accompanies his stories and novellas, including "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "The Body Snatcher," and "The Bottle Imp"
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The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson With a Selection of the Best Short Novels by Robert Louis Stevenson, Charles Neider ( 1998)
Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a writer of power and originality, who penned such classics as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Weir of Hermiston. The editor has collected in convenient form Stevenson's short fiction, including the complete New Arabian Nights and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as ghost stories, medieval romances, farces, horror stories, and the South Sea tales. This volume amply illustrates his wide range and enduring appeal.
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The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, With a Selection of the Best Short Novels. by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1969) |
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The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Nineteen Other Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson, Barry Menikoff ( 2002)
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. |
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David Balfour Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad by Robert Louis Stevenson, David Balfour ( 1994)
First published in 1893, then in 1924 with N.C. Wyeth's exquisite illustrations, David Balfour is the dramatic sequel to Stevenson's well-known classic Kidnapped. Set in Stevenson's native Scottish Highlands, this intriguing story centers on David Balfour's efforts to exonerate the national hero James Stewart. Full-color illustrations.
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Richard Le Gallienne ( 2001)
Diary entries by the tailor's son who rose up through the royal ranks describe his experiences in London from 1660 to 1669, and explore the political and cultural scene during the Restoration, the Plague, and the Great Fire of London.
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Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1982)
Dr. Jekyll's experiments result in terrifying discoveries about the dual nature of man.
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Dog Overboard! by Robert Louis Stevenson, Vivian Sathre, Olga Litowinsky ( 2000)
Wishbone imagines that he is David Balfour, the young Scottish Lowlander bound for adventure in Kidnapped, the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Paul Fricke ( 1990)
Scientist Dr. Jekyll invents a drug that transforms him into evil Mr. Hyde.
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, T. Ernesto Bethancourt ( 1985)
In Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmarish, suspenseful, and deeply disturbing novel, Dr. Jekyll experiments with a drug that splits his personality into good and evil elements. Gradually, he loses control of the process and finds himself slipping more and more frequently into the guise of the evil and depraved Hyde. Finally, Hyde is accused of murder, and the good doctor, tormented by the struggle between good and evil that he embodies, is forced into an act of violence by his tortured conscience. Narrated by several onlookers, as well as by Jekyll himself, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, one of the earliest "horror" tales (1886), is arguably the most famous horror story ever written; the concept of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" to signify a split personality has become deeply embedded in the public consciousness, even for those who have never read the book. It has, of course, been dramatized numerous times in numerous ways; it has prompted many interpretations since its publication in 1886, including the view that it was a precursor of Freud's work on the ego and the libido. Stevenson wrote the novel in a fever, finishing it in less than three days while he was deathly ill with tuberculosis. He lived, however, eight more years, dying in Samoa at the age of 44.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Dog by Robert Louis Stevenson, Nancy Butcher, Carla Jablonski ( 2000)
When Joe's neighbor undergoes a change of personality after meeting the man of her dreams, Wishbone is reminded of the mysterious relationship between the kind, well-respected Dr. Jekyll and the evil Mr. Hyde.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1993)
In Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmarish, suspenseful, and deeply disturbing novel, Dr. Jekyll experiments with a drug that splits his personality into good and evil elements. Gradually, he loses control of the process and finds himself slipping more and more frequently into the guise of the evil and depraved Hyde. Finally, Hyde is accused of murder, and the good doctor, tormented by the struggle between good and evil that he embodies, is forced into an act of violence by his tortured conscience. Narrated by several onlookers, as well as by Jekyll himself, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, one of the earliest "horror" tales (1886), is arguably the most famous horror story ever written; the concept of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" to signify a split personality has become deeply embedded in the public consciousness, even for those who have never read the book. It has, of course, been dramatized numerous times in numerous ways; it has prompted many interpretations since its publication in 1886, including the view that it was a precursor of Freud's work on the ego and the libido. Stevenson wrote the novel in a fever, finishing it in less than three days while he was deathly ill with tuberculosis. He lived, however, eight more years, dying in Samoa at the age of 44.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kate McMullan, Paul Van Munching ( 1994)
A kind and well-respected doctor can turn himself into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug he's created.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, John Grant, Felicity Brooks ( 1996)
Recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's story of the scientist, Dr. Henry Jekyll, whose research causes him to change into the evil Edward Hyde.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1980)
The classic suspense tale of a London doctor's dual personality is presented together with six other tales by Stevenson.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1991)
Dr. Jekyll finds himself transformed by a scientific experiment, a murderer confronts the devil, a magic bottle possesses a strange curse, and graverobbers turn to murder.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the Bodysnatchers by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1989)
Presents two classic tales of terror, in which the protagonists put their souls in peril by their criminal activities and hope their evil deeds do not catch up to them.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/Robinson Crusoe/Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn/Boxed Set by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, Daniel Defoe ( 1993) |
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The Dynamiter by Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1998) |
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The Ebb-tide by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2004) |
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El Extrano Coso Del Doctor Jekyll Y Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1979) |
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Essays and Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1993) |
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A Footnote to History Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2007) |
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Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker ( 1982)
A spine-tingling collection of terrifying classics with an introduction by horror master Stephen King. The mesmerizing story of a demented scientist's monster creation; the horror masterpiece that has led to countless vampire novels and films; and the ultimate tale of the never-ending battle between good and evil--these frightening works continue to entrall even the boldest readers.
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From a Railway Carriage by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1993)
Detailed watercolor paintings enhance this retelling of the classic poem about a train tour of countryside, cityscape, and everything inbetween.
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From the Clyde to California Robert Louis Stevenson's Emigrant Journey by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1991) |
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Global Communication in the Twenty-First Century by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1994) |
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Henry James and Robert Louis Stevenson A Record of Friendship and Criticism by Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James, Janet Adam Smith ( 1985) |
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Image and Video Processing III 9-10 February 1995 San Jose, California by ( 1995) |
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In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1999)
Stevenson, a dedicated traveler despite his ill health, kept this record of his excursions to various islands in the 1880s. He wrote not only about the landscape and people but about the politics, and about the deleterious effects of imperialism.
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Inland Voyage, Travels With a Donkey in the Cervennes and the Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1976) |
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Island Night's Entertainment by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1970) |
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Island Nights Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2003) |
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1999)
In Stevenson's classic adventure tale, David Balfour is kidnapped by his grasping uncle who has usurped his inheritance. The ship on which David is to be transported is wrecked, and he escapes with the Jacobite rebel Alan Breck. The two flee across the Highlands, eventually exposing the evil uncle and finding freedom as well as wealth.
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Kidnapped Easyread Comfort Edition by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2006)
In Stevenson's classic adventure tale, David Balfour is kidnapped by his grasping uncle who has usurped his inheritance. The ship on which David is to be transported is wrecked, and he escapes with the Jacobite rebel Alan Breck. The two flee across the Highlands, eventually exposing the evil uncle and finding freedom as well as wealth.
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Kidnapped and Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson, Emma Letley ( 1986)
A sixteen-year-old orphan is kidnapped by his villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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Kidnapped, Stage 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson, D.K. Swan ( 1988) |
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Kidnapped/Complete and Unabridged by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1991)
When young, innocent David Balfour leaves his father's grave site to claim his inheritance, he finds himself in a deadly nightmare that's all too real. David and his friend Alan are locked together in a desperate race toward freedom, safety--and Balfour's revenge. This exciting adventure has captivated generations of readers since its publication in 1886.
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The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1988)
An illustrated collection of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1999)
This anthology collects 33 of his finest pieces on diverse subjects.
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Leaves from a Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1993)
"Leaves From A Child's Garden Of Verses" is a volume to be cherished for a lifetime. Donna Green's gorgeous, full-color paintings perfectly complement Robert Lewis Stevenson's Victorian verses.
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson April 1874-July 1879 by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth, Ernest Mehew ( 1994) |
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson 1854-April 1874 by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth, Ernest Mehew ( 1994)
Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, has long been recognized as one of the finest and most delightful of letter-writers. However a great many of his letters have never been published; and one of those that have, many were abridged or expurgated. This definitive eight-volume edition brings together nearly 2,800 letters, almost two-thirds of which have never been in print before. Its publication, in the centenary year of Stevenson's death, is a major literary event.
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson August 1879-September 1882 by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth, Ernest Mehew ( 1994)
Volume Three covers the period from August 1879 to September 1882 and comprises some 350 letters, many of them previously unpublished. It tells the full story of Stevenson's reckless journey to California as 'An Amateur Emigrant', in the face of strong opposition from his family and friends, on his quest to marry an American woman, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne who had at that time still to obtain a divorce from a previous marriage. This journey changed Stevenson's life.
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson September 1890-December 1892 by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth, Ernest Mehew ( 1995)
Robert Louis Stevenson's exile in Samoa caught the imagination of his contemporaries a century ago and has fascinated his admirers ever since. The penultimate volume of this eight-book edition of his collected correspondence covers the period from September 1890, when Stevenson set up home in Samoa, to December 1892. In splendid, lively letters Stevenson describes the early pioneering days during the establishment of the Vailima plantation and the construction of the house. Stevenson lived as the patriarchal head of the family, which consisted of his wife Fanny, his mother, Fanny's two children, Lloyd and Belle, together with the Samoan house servants and estate workers. In the tropical climate his health improved, and he was able to enjoy the outdoor life he loved - riding on horseback, travelling at sea or working on his estate. Stevenson took a passionate interest in all aspects of Samoan culture, championing and defending native interests against the misdeeds and incompetence of the white officials appointed by Britain, Germany and the United States. We are given a vivid account of life in this small colonial outpost with its politics and intrigues. It was not without reason that Stevenson was given the Samoan title of Tusitala (Writer of Tales). Taking precedence over all his other activities was his punishing writing schedule. The South Seas provided the background for some of his finest work including the short story 'The Beach of Falesa' and the novel The Wrecker, written in collaboration with his stepson. He also wrote Catriona, the sequel to Kidnapped, during this period. His letters enable us to follow the composition of these and other books, and his rich flow of ideas forother stories.
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson January 1893-December 1894 by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth, Ernest Mehew ( 1995) |
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson October 1882-June 1884 by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth, Ernest Mehew ( 1994) |
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson August 1887-September 1890 by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth ( 1995) |
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson July 1884-August 1887 by Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford A. Booth ( 1995) |
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Liberian Politics The Portrait by African American Diplomat J. Milton Turner by ( 2002) |
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Listen & Read a Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1996) |
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Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1982) |
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The Master of Ballantrae A Winter's Tale by Robert Louis Stevenson, Adrian Poole ( 1997)
In December 1887 Stevenson wrote that he had 'fallen head over heels into a new tale - a most seizing tale; there are some fantastic elements; the most is a dead genuine human problem--human tragedy, I should say rather. "The Master of Ballantrae" opens in the old Scottish house of Durisdeer, ancestral home of the Duries, a family divided by the Jacobite rising of 1745. Its adventure draws in sea voyages, piracy, buried treasure, magic and nightmare, and centres on the fatal rivalry between two brothers, James and Henry, and the wealthy and beautiful kinswoman who loves one brother but marries the other. 'The Master is all I know of the devil,' Stevenson confessed, and the satanic, virile, seductive figure of James Durie dominates the novel. The family servant Mackellar narrates "The Master of Ballantrae" and his divided loyalties dramatize the question of 'mastery' which, in his introduction to this Penguin Classics edition, Adrian Poole identifies as a vital theme in Stevenson's tragic masterpiece.
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Master of Ballantrae and Weir Herman by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1976)
Two of Stevenson's last works, centering upon a villainous lord and a cruel judge, are prefaced by an account of the author's life and career at the time of writing.
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The Master of Ballantrae and Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1992)
Two works in one volume
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Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2002) |
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Monsters Come in Many Colors by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1982) |
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The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1984)
Illustrations portray a father and daughter going fishing against a background of Stevenson's poem about nightly happenings in the light of the moon.
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Muppet Treasure Island Sailing for Adventure by Robert Louis Stevenson, Alison Inches ( 1996)
Head for adventure on the high seas when Jim Hawkins joins Rizzo, Gonzo, Kermit, and Miss Piggy in this paperback picture book retelling of the "Muppet Treasure Island" story--illustrated with full-color movie stills.
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Muppet Treasure Island The Movie Storybook by Robert Louis Stevenson, Cathy East Dubowski ( 1996)
Jim Hawkins's humdrum life is turned upside down when a dying pirate gives him a treasure map, and he joins the Muppets on a whimsical and wild adventure in search of the hidden gold and jewels. Movie tie-in.
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Muppet Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jennifer Dussling ( 1996)
In an easy-to-read novelization of the forthcoming Muppet movie, Jim Hawkins and his Muppet companions--Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and the others--set out in search of a long-lost pirate treasure, in an adventure illustrated with full-color movie stills. Original.
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New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1991) |
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Newly Discovered Long Story, and Old Song and a Previously Unpublished Short Story, Edifying Letters of the Rutherford Family by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1982) |
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Ninety-three by Robert Louis Stevenson, Victor Hugo ( 2008) |
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The Poems Of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2007) |
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Poems from a Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, Claire Littlejohn ( 1987)
A collection of poems evoke the world and feelings of childhood.
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Prayers Written at Vailima by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2007) |
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Prayers-Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1995) |
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Robert Louis Stevenson His Poetry Prose and the Story of His Life by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1974)
Jim Hawkins, who narrates Stevenson's classic tale, is rewarded for his assistance to an old pirate, Billy Bones, with a map showing the way to buried treasure. He and his associates set sail for the island on a ship manned by a band of pirates--a fact they discover en route. The pirate king is the notorious one-legged cook Long John Silver, one of Stevenson's most delightfully conceived villains. The pirates are vanquished, the treasure is retrieved, and Stevenson's novel is widely loved, and admired as one of the great adventure novels of all time.
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Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped or the Lad With the Silver Button The Original Text by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1999) |
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Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1998)
Jim Hawkins, who narrates Stevenson's classic tale, is rewarded for his assistance to an old pirate, Billy Bones, with a map showing the way to buried treasure. He and his associates set sail for the island on a ship manned by a band of pirates--a fact they discover en route. The pirate king is the notorious one-legged cook Long John Silver, one of Stevenson's most delightfully conceived villains. The pirates are vanquished, the treasure is retrieved, and Stevenson's novel is widely loved, and admired as one of the great adventure novels of all time.
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Robert Louis Stevenson's a Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1991)
A collection of perennial favorites describing the child's world of dreams and reality.
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Salty Dog by Robert Louis Stevenson, Brad Strickland ( 1999)
When he accompanies Joe and his friends to look for treasure in the condemmed Trumbull barn, Wishbone imagines himself as young Jim Hawkins who acquires a treasure map and soon finds himself involved with dangerous pirates.
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The Scottish Stories and Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1994) |
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Seeking Mr. Hyde Studies in Robert Louis Stevenson, Symbolism, Myth and the Pre-Modern by Robert Louis Stevenson, Tom Hubbard ( 1995) |
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Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson, Ernest Mehew ( 1998)
A celebrated author in many different fields of literature, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is also recognized as a highly engaging and prolific correspondent. His more than 2,800 letters have been published in eight critically acclaimed volumes by Yale University Press. This book contains 317 of Stevenson's most interesting and revealing letters with linking narrative and annotation by Ernest Mehew.
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Selected Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1999)
Far more than in his famous novels, it was in verse that Robert Louis Stevenson felt able to give direct expression to his deepest feelings about friendship, love, and nostalgia. Fascinated by a wide variety of verse techniques, Stevenson produced superb work in styles ranging from folk ballads to witty conversational offerings for his friends. Pieces using the stanza form and dialect of Robert Burns rank among the most attractive poetry in the Scots tradition. Also featured here are many uncollected poems, substantial extracts from the published collections, and the complete A Child's Garden of Verses, an extraordinarily evocative picture of childhood loneliness, visions, and fears.
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Selected Writings by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1977) |
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Shorter Scottish Fiction by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1996) |
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The Sire De Maletroit's Door by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2005) |
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South Sea Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1996)
In these stories, as in his work generally, Stevenson shows himself to be a virtuoso of narrative styles: his Pacific fiction includes the domestic realism of 'The Beach of Falesa', the folktale plots of 'The Bottle Imp' and 'The Isle of Voices', and the modernist blending of naturalism and symbolism in The Ebb-Tide. But beyond their generic diversity the stories are linked by their concern with representing the multiracial society of which their author had become a member. In this collection - the first to bring together all his shorter Pacific fiction in one volume - Stevenson emerges as a witness both to the cross-cultural encounters of nineteenth-century imperialism and to the creation of the global culture which characterizes the post-colonial world.
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Spanish Music in Age Columbus by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1979) |
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The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde And Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jenny Davidson ( 2003)
In Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmarish, suspenseful, and deeply disturbing novel, Dr. Jekyll experiments with a drug that splits his personality into good and evil elements. Gradually, he loses control of the process and finds himself slipping more and more frequently into the guise of the evil and depraved Hyde. Finally, Hyde is accused of murder, and the good doctor, tormented by the struggle between good and evil that he embodies, is forced into an act of violence by his tortured conscience. Narrated by several onlookers, as well as by Jekyll himself, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, one of the earliest "horror" tales (1886), is arguably the most famous horror story ever written; the concept of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" to signify a split personality has become deeply embedded in the public consciousness, even for those who have never read the book. It has, of course, been dramatized numerous times in numerous ways; it has prompted many interpretations since its publication in 1886, including the view that it was a precursor of Freud's work on the ego and the libido. Stevenson wrote the novel in a fever, finishing it in less than three days while he was deathly ill with tuberculosis. He lived, however, eight more years, dying in Samoa at the age of 44.
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson, Emma Letley ( 1987)
Dr Jeckyll finds himself transformed by a scientific experiment, and Archie Weir tries to handle the strained relations with his father, Lord Hermiston.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Joanne L. Mattern ( 1996)
Dr. Henry Jekyll is a respected doctor and scientist whose mysterious behavior and strange experiments worry his friends. His exact opposite, Edward Hyde, makes people uneasy with his destructive and corrupt deeds. When Hyde's name comes up in connection with the good doctor's, Jekyll's friends wonder why the honorable doctor would have anything to do with evil Hyde.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1991)
Stevenson's preoccupation with 'that strong sense of man's double being' comes to the fore in the other stories included in this gripping selection. 'The Body Snatcher' and 'Markheim' both have protagonists for whom there is no clear borderline between decency and wickedness, innocence and guilt. Other kinds of dualism ruin through tales written in the Scots dialect.
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Famous Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1979)
Dr. Jekyll's experiments result in terrifying discoveries about the dual nature of man.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2002)
In Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmarish, suspenseful, and deeply disturbing novel, Dr. Jekyll experiments with a drug that splits his personality into good and evil elements. Gradually, he loses control of the process and finds himself slipping more and more frequently into the guise of the evil and depraved Hyde. Finally, Hyde is accused of murder, and the good doctor, tormented by the struggle between good and evil that he embodies, is forced into an act of violence by his tortured conscience. Narrated by several onlookers, as well as by Jekyll himself, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, one of the earliest "horror" tales (1886), is arguably the most famous horror story ever written; the concept of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" to signify a split personality has become deeply embedded in the public consciousness, even for those who have never read the book. It has, of course, been dramatized numerous times in numerous ways; it has prompted many interpretations since its publication in 1886, including the view that it was a precursor of Freud's work on the ego and the libido. Stevenson wrote the novel in a fever, finishing it in less than three days while he was deathly ill with tuberculosis. He lived, however, eight more years, dying in Samoa at the age of 44.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson ( )
A young man becomes involved in an evil secret society and Dr. Jekyll finds himself transformed by a scientific experiment.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Student Booklet, No. 451 by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1982)
In Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmarish, suspenseful, and deeply disturbing novel, Dr. Jekyll experiments with a drug that splits his personality into good and evil elements. Gradually, he loses control of the process and finds himself slipping more and more frequently into the guise of the evil and depraved Hyde. Finally, Hyde is accused of murder, and the good doctor, tormented by the struggle between good and evil that he embodies, is forced into an act of violence by his tortured conscience. Narrated by several onlookers, as well as by Jekyll himself, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, one of the earliest "horror" tales (1886), is arguably the most famous horror story ever written; the concept of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" to signify a split personality has become deeply embedded in the public consciousness, even for those who have never read the book. It has, of course, been dramatized numerous times in numerous ways; it has prompted many interpretations since its publication in 1886, including the view that it was a precursor of Freud's work on the ego and the libido. Stevenson wrote the novel in a fever, finishing it in less than three days while he was deathly ill with tuberculosis. He lived, however, eight more years, dying in Samoa at the age of 44.
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Strange Case of Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Context, Performance Applications, Criticism by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2003)
The text of Stevenson's novella is that of the 1886 First British Edition, the only edition which was set directly from the author's manuscript and for which he read proofs. It has been rigorously annotated for undergraduate readers and is accompanied by a textual appendix. "Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a wealth of materials on the story and its relevance to Victorian culture. "Performance Adaptations" shows the versatility with which the plot of Jekyll and Hyde has been reworked over more than a century as an outlet for modern psychological and social concerns. "Criticism" collects five essays on the novella, centering on its allegorical dimensions (Chesterton, Brantlinger, and Linehan) and its narrative technique (Nabokov, Garrett). A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.
About the series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide. |
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The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2000) |
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The Suicide Club and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1985) |
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The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1977) |
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Swiss Family Robinson by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1996) |
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Tales from the Prince of Storytellers by Robert Louis Stevenson, Barry Menikoff ( 1993) |
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Tales of Adventure by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1998)
Along with Alexander Dumas, Stevenson is one of the world's great writers of adventure. From the gripping opening of Treasure Island to the unforgettable vignettes of the future Richard III in The Black Arrow, his gift for a memorable phrase holds the attention from beginning to end.
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Talking of Mothers Poems for Every Mother by Robert Louis Stevenson, William Wordsworth, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Ben Johnson, Anne Bradstreet, Spencer Edmund ( 2001) |
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A Time to Keep The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1988)
In words and pictures, Tasha Tudor invites young readers to be a guest at her house for the holidays.
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Travels With a Donkey an Inland Voyage the Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1993)
TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY, a humorous account of Stevenson's 12-day journey in 1878 with a recalcitrant donkey named Modestine through a wild French landscape, has been hailed since its publication as a classic of travel writing.
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Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1996)
An account of the author's 120 mile walking tour of France with his donkey, Modestine.
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Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes, and Selected Travel Writings by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1992)
This volume of Stevenson's travel writings includes his first published book An Inland Voyage - a vivid account of a canoe voyage in Belgium and France in two sail-powered skiffs, names Cigarette and Arethusa- and Stevenson's popular description of a tour with his recalcitrant donkey Modestine, TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY IN THE CEVENNES.
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Travels in Hawaii by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1991)
Travels in Hawaii brings together many of the diverse works from a romantic interlude in the career of this famous writer.
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Raymond Alwin-Hill ( 1991)
The classic Robert Louis Stevenson story retold and adapted for the stage.
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Marie Dejohn, Earle Hitchner, Earle Hitcher ( 1990)
The mistress of an inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Sharon Holland ( 1996)
Jim Hawkins and his mother struggle to make ends meet running the seaside Admiral Benbow Inn--until ex-pirate Billy Bones comes to stay and leaves them an old sea chest with an ancient treasure map inside. Based upon the classic story as seen inits animated video series.
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2007) |
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Michael West, D.K. Swan ( 1988)
An innkeeper's son finds a treasure map that leads him to a pirate's fortune.
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Treasure Island A Young Readers Edition of Classic Adventure by Steve Zorn, Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2002)
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
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Treasure Island With Lots of Dogs by Edwards, Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1999)
Treasure Island has been published many times since Robert Louis Stevenson wrote it as a serialized adventure in 1881 but no one has ever illustrated it like cartoonist (and dog lover) John Bianchi. While the large-format book stays true to the twists and turns of the original narrative and the flavor of its rich language, Bianchi's art enriches the adventure for contemporary young readers. Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver and the rest of the crew are portrayed as dogs in this funny and memorable version of a beloved classic. Bianchi's zany characters and cartoon re-enactments of classic sword-play, treasure hunts and sailing expeditions are richly rendered in a style that hints of both 19th-Century painter N.C. Wyeth's original art and Saturday morning cartoons. While Edwards does a stellar job retelling the story in less than 4,000 words (the original is over 70,000), Bianchi's art sets it apart from all other editions of this famous tale.
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Treasure Island With Connections by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1998)
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
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Treasure Island Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1996)
In TREASURE ISLAND, Jim Hawkins, who narrates Stevenson's classic tale, is rewarded for his assistance to an old pirate, Billy Bones, with a map showing the way to buried treasure. He and his associates set sail for the island on a ship manned by a band of pirates--a fact they discover en route. The pirate king is the notorious one-legged cook Long John Silver, one of Stevenson's most delightfully conceived villains. The pirates are vanquished, the treasure is retrieved, and Stevenson's novel is widely loved, and admired as one of the great adventure novels of all time. In KIDNAPPED, another of Stevenson's classic adventure tales, David Balfour is kidnapped by his grasping uncle who has usurped his inheritance. The ship on which David is to be transported is wrecked, and he escapes with the Jacobite rebel Alan Breck. The two flee across the Highlands, eventually exposing the evil uncle and finding freedom as well as wealth.
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Treasure Island, the Piano: A Pantomime by Robert Louis Stevenson, Richard Lloyd ( 1997)
Jim Hawkins, who narrates Stevenson's classic tale, TREASURE ISLAND, is rewarded for his assistance to an old pirate, Billy Bones, with a map showing the way to buried treasure. He and his associates set sail for the island on a ship manned by a band of pirates--a fact they discover en route. The pirate king is the notorious one-legged cook Long John Silver, one of Stevenson's most delightfully conceived villains. The pirates are vanquished, the treasure is retrieved, and Stevenson's novel is widely loved, and admired as one of the great adventure novels of all time.
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The Trial of Dr. Jekyll An Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" A Play in Two Acts by Robert Louis Stevenson, William L. Slout ( 1993) |
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Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1998)
Robert Louis Stevenson lived in Samoa, at the estate he called Vailima (Five Waters) from 1889 until his death five years later. These letters, written from Vailima between November 1890 and October 1894, were addressed to his longtime friend, the man of letters Sidney Colvin.
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Vailima Letters Being Correspondence Addressed to Sidney Colvin, November 1890-October 1894 by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2008)
Robert Louis Stevenson lived in Samoa, at the estate he called Vailima (Five Waters) from 1889 until his death five years later. These letters, written from Vailima between November 1890 and October 1894, were addressed to his longtime friend, the man of letters Sidney Colvin.
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Virginibus Peurisque and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1980)
An early book of essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Visual Communications and Image Processing `99 by ( 1998) |
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Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 2003)
Stevenson's last novel, THE WEIR OF HERMISTON, was left unfinished at his sudden death.
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Weir of Hermiston and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1980)
Four stories of Scotland accompany the title piece, which tells the story of a judge who must try his own son for murder.
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Where Go the Boats? Play-Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1998)
Exuberant, colorful illustrations by Max Grover give four poems from A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES a fun, contemporary look.
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Will O' the Mill by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1973) |
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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Deacon Brodie or the Double Life and Other Plays by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1999) |
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The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne ( 2003) |
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The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson ( 1984)
"The Wrong Box" (1889) is one of Stevenson's strangest works. Written with his stepson Lloyd Osborne, it is a masterpiece of black comedy, turning on mistaken identity, the disappearance of a corpse, and several makeshift coffins. In this intriguing work, the Finsbury family has long been involved in a Tontine--a scheme in which subscribers invest money in a fund which then falls to the last survivor. Now there are only two aged uncles between Morris and John Finsbury and their fortune. A railway accident appears to dispose of one, and then the farce begins. In this eccentric and brilliantly plotted story, the authors not only extended the boundaries of good taste, but also satirized the popular Railway Novel genre, perplexing many Victorian readers.
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