The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete short fiction: Scottish adventures, South Sea tales, Victorian fables, and uncanny novellasBy Robert Louis Stevenson
Length41h 24m
About this audiobook
The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson gathers the remarkable range of a writer whose shorter fiction moves between romance, Gothic terror, moral allegory, adventure, and psychological study. From the uncanny doubleness of "Markheim" to the Pacific tales and fables, Stevenson's prose is at once lucid, musical, and tightly controlled, revealing his gift for narrative pace and symbolic compression. Situated between Victorian realism and modernist inwardness, these stories expose the instability of identity, conscience, empire, and civilized respectability. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and traveler, wrote out of a life marked by illness, restlessness, and cosmopolitan experience. His legal and engineering background, rebellion against strict Presbyterian certainties, extensive journeys through Europe and the Pacific, and fascination with folklore and moral conflict all shaped his fiction. Stevenson's personal sense of divided selfhood and exile gave unusual depth to his adventurous and supernatural narratives. This collection is recommended to readers seeking more than the author of Treasure Island or Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It offers a comprehensive view of Stevenson's artistry: elegant, suspenseful, ethically searching, and formally inventive. Scholars and general readers alike will find here a master of narrative concision and imaginative intensity.
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
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length41 hrs 24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 10, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson (Annotated)
26THE SUPERFLUOUS MANSION (Continued)
2Introduction
27ZERO’S TALE OF THE EXPLOSIVE BOMB
3Author Biography
28DESBOROUGH’S ADVENTURE
4Historical Context
29STORY OF THE FAIR CUBAN
5Synopsis (Selection)
30EPILOGUE OF THE CIGAR DIVAN
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6Island Nights' Entertainments (South Sea Tales)
31The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables
7THE BEACH OF FALESÁ. (pt. 1)
32THE MERRY MEN
8THE BEACH OF FALESÁ. (pt. 2)
33WILL O’ THE MILL.
9THE BOTTLE IMP.
34THRAWN JANET
10THE ISLE OF VOICES.
35OLALLA
11New Arabian Nights
36THE TREASURE OF FRANCHARD.
12THE SUICIDE CLUB (pt. 1)
37THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON (pt. 1)
13THE SUICIDE CLUB (pt. 2)
38THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON (pt. 2)
14THE RAJAH’S DIAMOND (pt. 1)
39THE BODY-SNATCHER
15THE RAJAH’S DIAMOND (pt. 2)
40THE STORY OF A LIE
16THE PAVILION ON THE LINKS
41THE DEVIL AND THE INNKEEPER.
17A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT - A STORY OF FRANCIS VILLON
42THE TADPOLE AND THE FROG.
18THE SIRE DE MALETROIT’S DOOR
43THE PERSONS OF THE TALE.
19PROVIDENCE AND THE GUITAR
44THE SINKING SHIP.
20PROLOGUE OF THE CIGAR DIVAN
45THE TWO MATCHES.
21CHALLONER’S ADVENTURE
46THE SICK MAN AND THE FIREMAN.
22STORY OF THE DESTROYING ANGEL
47THE PENITENT
23THE SQUIRE OF DAMES (Concluded)
48THE YELLOW PAINT.
24SOMERSET’S ADVENTURE
49THE HOUSE OF ELD.
25NARRATIVE OF THE SPIRITED OLD LADY
50THE FOUR REFORMERS.
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