
The Complete 13 Novels & longer fiction: Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae, The Wrong Box and more... (Annotated)
Enriched Edition.By Robert Louis StevensonLength106h 33m
About this audiobook
The Complete 13 Novels & Longer Fiction gathers Robert Louis Stevenson's major achievements in romance, adventure, Gothic fable, historical fiction, and comic intrigue. From the maritime mythmaking of Treasure Island to the psychological allegory of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and from the Jacobite tensions of Kidnapped and The Master of Ballantrae to the spirited satire of The Wrong Box, the collection reveals Stevenson's supple prose, swift plotting, moral ambiguity, and late-Victorian fascination with divided selves, empire, inheritance, and danger. Stevenson, born in Edinburgh in 1850, was shaped by Scottish history, Calvinist moral seriousness, chronic illness, restless travel, and a lifelong attraction to storytelling as both art and escape. His journeys through Europe, America, and the Pacific, together with his legal training and family background in engineering, sharpened his eye for landscape, peril, social codes, and the precarious structures—personal and political—on which civilization rests. This volume is ideal for readers seeking the full range of a writer too often reduced to children's adventure or a single Gothic masterpiece. It offers scholars and general readers alike a panoramic view of Stevenson's imaginative intelligence: entertaining, elegant, philosophically alert, and enduringly modern.
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
GenreLiterary Classics, Action and Adventure
Length106 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 20, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete 13 Novels & longer fiction: Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae, The Wrong Box and more... (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Part One. The Old Buccaneer
7Chapter I - The Old Sea-dog at the 'Admiral Benbow'
8Chapter II - Black Dog Appears and Disappears
9Chapter III - The Black Spot
10Chapter IV - The Sea Chest
11Chapter V - The Last of the Blind Man
12Chapter VI - The Captain's Papers
13Chapter I - I Go to Bristol
14Chapter II - At the Sign of the Spy-glass
15Chapter III - Powder and Arms
16Chapter IV - The Voyage
17Chapter V - What I Heard in the Apple Barrel
18Chapter VI - Council of War
19Chapter I - How My Shore Adventure Began
20Chapter II - The First Blow
21Chapter III - The Man of the Island
22Chapter I - Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned
23Chapter II - Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat’s Last Trip
24Chapter III - Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day’s Fighting
25Chapter IV - Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade
26Chapter V - Silver’s Embassy
27Chapter VI - The Attack
28Chapter I - How My Sea Adventure Began
29Chapter II - The Ebb-tide Runs
30Chapter III - The Cruise of the Coracle
31Chapter IV - I Strike the Jolly Roger
32Chapter V - Israel Hands
33Chapter VI - 'Pieces of Eight'
34Chapter I - In the Enemy’s Camp
35Chapter II - The Black Spot Again
36Chapter III - On Parole
37Chapter IV - The Treasure-hunt — Flint’s Pointer
38Chapter V - The Treasure-hunt — The Voice Among the Trees
39Chapter VI - The Fall of a Chieftain
40Chapter VII - And Last
41Prince Otto
42Dedication: To Nelly Van De Grift
43Chapter I - In Which the Prince Departs on an Adventure
44Chapter II - In Which the Prince Plays Haroun-Al-Raschid
45Chapter III - In Which the Prince Comforts Age and Beauty and Delivers a Lecture on Discretion in Love
46Chapter IV- In which the Prince Collects Opinions by the Way
47Chapter I - What Happened in the Library
48Chapter II - ‘On the Court of Grunewald,’ Being a Portion of the Traveller’s Manuscript
49Chapter III - The Prince and the English Traveller
50Chapter IV - While the Prince is in the Ante-Room . . .