Collected Adventure Tales (Illustrated Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Catriona, The Wrecker, The Ebbe-Tide, St Ives, Island Nights' Entertainments, The Adventure of the Hansom Cab and moreBy Robert Louis Stevenson
Length81h 21m
About this audiobook
Collected Adventure Tales (Illustrated Edition) gathers Robert Louis Stevenson's enduring narratives of peril, pursuit, disguise, and moral trial, presenting adventure not merely as action but as a testing ground for character. Written in a lucid, energetic prose shaped by romance, boys' fiction, and the late Victorian fascination with empire, travel, and divided loyalties, these tales combine swift plotting with psychological nuance. The illustrations enhance their original sense of immediacy, recalling the visual culture of nineteenth-century periodicals and gift editions. Stevenson, born in Edinburgh in 1850, was a frail but restless writer whose life was marked by illness, travel, and imaginative exile. His journeys through Europe, America, and the Pacific, along with his Scottish inheritance of history, Presbyterian conscience, and oral storytelling, deeply informed his fiction. He understood adventure as both outward movement and inward conflict, a theme visible across his best-loved works. This collection is recommended for readers who want more than escapism: it offers suspense, atmosphere, and ethical complexity in equal measure. Students of Victorian literature, admirers of classic adventure, and newcomers to Stevenson will find here a richly illustrated gateway into one of the genre's most accomplished masters.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, Literary Classics
Length81 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 10, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Collected Adventure Tales: Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Catriona, The Wrecker, The Ebbe-Tide, St Ives, Island Nights' Entertainments, The Adventure of the Hansom Cab and more (Illustrated Edition)
7Novels:
8Treasure Island
9Part I. The Old Buccaneer
10Chapter I. The Old Sea-dog at the 'Admiral Benbow'
11Chapter II. Black Dog Appears and Disappears
12Chapter III. The Black Spot
13Chapter IV. The Sea Chest
14Chapter V. The Last of the Blind Man
15Chapter VI. The Captain’s Papers
16Part II. The Sea Cook
17Chapter VII. I Go to Bristol
18Chapter VIII. At the Sign of the 'Spy-Glass'
19Chapter IX. Powder and Arms
20Chapter X. The Voyage
21Chapter XI. What I Heard in the Apple Barrel
22Chapter XII. Council of War
23Part III. My Shore Adventure
24Chapter XIII. How My Shore Adventure Began
25Chapter XIV. The First Blow
26Chapter XV. The Man of the Island
27Part IV. The Stockade
28Chapter XVI. Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship was Abandoned
29Chapter XVII. Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat’s Last Trip
30Chapter XVIII. Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day’s Fighting
31Chapter XIX. Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade
32Chapter XX. Silver’s Embassy
33Chapter XXI. The Attack
34Part V. My Sea Adventure
35Chapter XXII. How My Sea Adventure Began
36Chapter XXIII. The Ebb-tide Runs
37Chapter XXIV. The Cruise of the Coracle
38Chapter XXV. I Strike the Jolly Roger
39Chapter XXVI. Israel Hands
40Chapter XXVII. 'Pieces of Eight'
41Part VI. Captain Silver
42Chapter XXVIII. In the Enemy’s Camp
43Chapter XXIX. The Black Spot Again
44Chapter XXX. On Parole
45Chapter XXXI. The Treasure Hunt — Flint’s Pointer
46Chapter XXXII. The Treasure Hunt — The Voice Among the Trees
47Chapter XXXIII. The Fall of a Chieftain
48Chapter XXXIV. And Last
49Kidnapped
50Chapter I. I Set Off upon My Journey to the House of Shaws
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