The Collected Memoirs, Travel Sketches and Island Literature (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian travel memoirs from Edinburgh and the Cévennes to Samoa and the South SeasBy Robert Louis Stevenson
Length53h 23m
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The Collected Memoirs, Travel Sketches and Island Literature gathers Robert Louis Stevenson's most revealing autobiographical and itinerant prose, tracing a mind restlessly attentive to landscape, manners, memory, and moral atmosphere. Moving from European roads and artistic circles to the Pacific world of Samoa, these writings combine essayistic elegance, narrative immediacy, and the romance tradition's fascination with exile, adventure, and self-fashioning. Stevenson's style is at once lucid, musical, and psychologically alert, situating him between Victorian moral reflection and modern travel writing. Stevenson's own life supplies the volume's governing energy. Born in Edinburgh in 1850, chronically ill yet imaginatively vigorous, he resisted the security of family profession and Presbyterian respectability in favor of literature, travel, and experiment. His journeys through France, America, and the South Seas were not mere excursions but acts of intellectual and bodily survival, shaping his reflections on civilization, colonial encounter, illness, friendship, and the writer's vocation. This collection is highly recommended to readers seeking Stevenson beyond Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It offers a rich portrait of a major prose stylist thinking through place, identity, and empire with rare charm and seriousness.
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.
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GenreTravel
Length53 hrs 23 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
106IN THE VALLEY
2Introduction
107WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
3Author Biography
108THE ACT OF SQUATTING
4Historical Context
109THE HUNTER’S FAMILY
5Synopsis (Selection)
110THE SEA-FOGS
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6An Inland Voyage
111THE TOLL HOUSE
7DEDICATION
112A STARRY DRIVE
8ANTWERP TO BOOM
113EPISODES IN THE STORY OF A MINE
9ON THE WILLEBROEK CANAL
114TOILS AND PLEASURES
10THE ROYAL SPORT NAUTIQUE
115A Mountain Town in France
11AT MAUBEUGE
116The Island Literature:
12ON THE SAMBRE CANALISED - TO QUARTES
117A Footnote to History, Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa
13PONT-SUR-SAMBRE - WE ARE PEDLARS
118PREFACE
14PONT-SUR-SAMBRE - THE TRAVELLING MERCHANT
119CHAPTER I. THE ELEMENTS OF DISCORD: NATIVE
15ON THE SAMBRE CANALISED TO LANDRECIES
120CHAPTER II. THE ELEMENTS OF DISCORD: FOREIGN
16AT LANDRECIES
121CHAPTER III. THE SORROWS OF LAUPEPA, 1883 TO 1887
17SAMBRE AND OISE CANAL
122CHAPTER IV. BRANDEIS
18THE OISE IN FLOOD
123CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE OF MATAUTU
19ORIGNY SAINTE-BENOÎTE – A BY-DAY
124CHAPTER VI. LAST EXPLOITS OF BECKER
20ORIGNY SAINTE-BENOÎTE THE COMPANY AT TABLE
125CHAPTER VII. THE SAMOAN CAMPS
21DOWN THE OISE TO MOY
126CHAPTER VIII. AFFAIRS OF LAULII AND FANGALII
22LA FÈRE OF CURSED MEMORY
127CHAPTER IX. “FUROR CONSULARIS”
23DOWN THE OISE THROUGH THE GOLDEN VALLEY
128CHAPTER X. THE HURRICANE
24NOYON CATHEDRAL
129CHAPTER XI. LAUPEPA AND MATAAFA
25DOWN THE OISE TO COMPIÈGNE
130In the South Seas
26AT COMPIÈGNE
131PART 1: THE MARQUESAS
27CHANGED TIMES
132CHAPTER I. AN ISLAND LANDFALL
28DOWN THE OISE CHURCH INTERIORS
133CHAPTER II. MAKING FRIENDS
29PRÉCY AND THE MARIONNETTES
134CHAPTER III. THE MAROON
30BACK TO THE WORLD
135CHAPTER IV. DEATH
31EPILOGUE
136CHAPTER V. DEPOPULATION
32Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
137CHAPTER VI. CHIEFS AND TAPUS
33THE DONKEY, THE PACK, AND THE PACK-SADDLE
138CHAPTER VII. HATIHEU
34THE GREEN DONKEY-DRIVER
139CHAPTER VIII. THE PORT OF ENTRY
35I HAVE A GOAD
140CHAPTER IX. THE HOUSE OF TEMOANA
36UPPER GÉVAUDAN
141CHAPTER X. A PORTRAIT AND A STORY
37A CAMP IN THE DARK
142CHAPTER XI. LONG-PIG - A CANNIBAL HIGH PLACE
38CHEYLARD AND LUC
143CHAPTER XII. THE STORY OF A PLANTATION
39OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS
144CHAPTER XIII. CHARACTERS
40FATHER APOLLONARIS
145CHAPTER XIV. IN A CANNIBAL VALLEY
41THE MONKS
146CHAPTER XV. THE TWO CHIEFS OF ATUONA
42THE BOARDERS
147PART II: THE PAUMOTUS
43UPPER GÉVAUDAN
148CHAPTER I. THE DANGEROUS ARCHIPELAGO - ATOLLS AT A DISTANCE
44ACROSS THE GOULET
149CHAPTER II. FAKARAVA: AN ATOLL AT HAND
45A NIGHT AMONG THE PINES
150CHAPTER III. A HOUSE TO LET IN A LOW ISLAND
46THE COUNTRY OF THE CAMISARDS
151CHAPTER IV. TRAITS AND SECTS IN THE PAUMOTUS
47ACROSS THE LOZÈRE
152CHAPTER V. A PAUMOTUAN FUNERAL
48PONT DE MONTVERT
153CHAPTER VI. GRAVEYARD STORIES
49IN THE VALLEY OF THE TARN
154PART III: THE GILBERTS
50FLORAC
155CHAPTER I. BUTARITARI
51IN THE VALLEY OF THE MIMENTE
156CHAPTER II. THE FOUR BROTHERS
52THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY
157CHAPTER III. AROUND OUR HOUSE
53THE LAST DAY
158CHAPTER IV. A TALE OF A TAPU
54FAREWELL, MODESTINE!
159CHAPTER V. A TALE OF A TAPU - continued
55Edinburgh – Picturesque Notes
160CHAPTER VI. THE FIVE DAYS’ FESTIVAL
56CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
161CHAPTER VII. HUSBAND AND WIFE
57CHAPTER II. OLD TOWN: THE LANDS
162PART IV: THE GILBERTS - APEMAMA
58CHAPTER III. THE PARLIAMENT CLOSE
163CHAPTER I. THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE ROYAL TRADER
59CHAPTER IV. LEGENDS
164CHAPTER II. THE KING OF APEMAMA: FOUNDATION OF EQUATOR TOWN
60CHAPTER V. GREYFRIARS
165CHAPTER III. THE KING OF APEMAMA: THE PALACE OF MANY WOMEN
61CHAPTER VI. NEW TOWN: TOWN AND COUNTRY
166CHAPTER IV. THE KING OF APEMAMA: EQUATOR TOWN AND THE PALACE
62CHAPTER VII. THE VILLA QUARTERS
167CHAPTER V. KING AND COMMONS
63CHAPTER VIII. THE CALTON HILL
168CHAPTER VI. THE KING OF APEMAMA: DEVIL-WORK
64CHAPTER IX. WINTER AND NEW YEAR
169CHAPTER VII. THE KING OF APEMAMA
65CHAPTER X. TO THE PENTLAND HILLS
170Biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by Alexander Japp
66Random Memoirs and Portraits
171Preface
67I. RANDOM MEMORIES
172Chapter I. Introduction and First Impressions
68II. RANDOM MEMORIES
173Chapter II. Treasure Island and some Reminiscences
69III. A CHAPTER ON DREAMS
174Chapter III. The Child Father of the Man
70IV. BEGGARS
175Chapter IV. Heredity Illustrated
71V. THE LANTERN-BEARERS
176Chapter V. Travels
72The Old and New Pacific Capitals
177Chapter VI. Some Earlier Letters
73The Amateur Emigrant
178Chapter VII. The Vailima Letters
74PART I. FROM THE CLYDE TO SANDY HOOK
179Chapter VIII. Work of Later Years
75THE SECOND CABIN
180Chapter IX. Some Characteristics
76EARLY IMPRESSIONS
181Chapter X. A Samoan Memorial of R. L. Stevenson
77STEERAGE SCENES
182Chapter XI. Miss Stubbs’ Record of a Pilgrimage
78STEERAGE TYPES
183Chapter XII. His Genius and Methods
79THE SICK MAN
184Chapter XIII. Preacher and Mystic Fabulist
80THE STOWAWAYS
185Chapter XIV. Stevenson as Dramatist
81PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND REVIEW
186Chapter XV. Theory of Good and Evil
82NEW YORK
187Chapter XVI. Stevenson’s Gloom
83PART II. ACROSS THE PLAINS
188Chapter XVII. Proofs of Growth
84NOTES BY THE WAY TO COUNCIL BLUFFS
189Chapter XVIII. Earlier Determinations and Results
85THE EMIGRANT TRAIN
190Chapter XIX. Edmund Clarence Stedman’s Estimate
86THE PLAINS OF NEBRASKA
191Chapter XX. Egotistic Element and its Effects
87THE DESERT OF WYOMING
192Chapter XXI. Unity in Stevenson’s Stories
88FELLOW PASSENGERS
193Chapter XXII. Personal Cheerfulness and Invented Gloom
89DESPISED RACES
194Chapter XXIII. Edinburgh Reviewers’ Dicta Inapplicable to Later Work
90TO THE GOLDEN GATES
195Chapter XXIV. Mr Henley’s Spiteful Perversions
91Across the Plains
196Chapter XXV. Mr Christie Murray’s Impressions
92CHAPTER I. ACROSS THE PLAINS
197Chapter XXVI. Hero-Villains
93CHAPTER II. THE OLD PACIFIC CAPITAL
198Chapter XXVII. Mr G. Moore, Mr Marriott Watson and Others
94CHAPTER III. FONTAINEBLEAU - VILLAGE COMMUNITIES OF PAINTERS
199Chapter XXVIII. Unexpected Combinations
95CHAPTER IV. EPILOGUE TO “AN INLAND VOYAGE”
200Chapter XXIX. Love of Vagabonds
96CHAPTER V. RANDOM MEMORIES
201Chapter XXX. Lord Rosebery’s Case
97CHAPTER VI. RANDOM MEMORIES
202Chapter XXXI. Mr Gosse and Ms. of Treasure Island
98CHAPTER VII. THE LANTERN-BEARERS
203Chapter XXXII. Stevenson Portraits
99CHAPTER VIII. A CHAPTER ON DREAMS
204Chapter XXXIII. Lapses and Errors in Criticism
100CHAPTER IX. BEGGARS
205Chapter XXXIV. Letters and Poems in Testimony
101CHAPTER X. LETTER TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO PROPOSES TO EMBRACE THE CAREER OF ART
206Appendix
102CHAPTER XI. PULVIS ET UMBRA
207Analysis
103CHAPTER XII. A CHRISTMAS SERMON
208Reflection
104The Silverado Squatters
209Memorable Quotes
105THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS
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