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
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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.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length41 hrs 24 mins
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Publish dateApr 10, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Island Nights' Entertainments (South Sea Tales)
7THE BEACH OF FALESÁ. (pt. 1)
8THE BEACH OF FALESÁ. (pt. 2)
9THE BOTTLE IMP.
10THE ISLE OF VOICES.
11New Arabian Nights
12THE SUICIDE CLUB (pt. 1)
13THE SUICIDE CLUB (pt. 2)
14THE RAJAH’S DIAMOND (pt. 1)
15THE RAJAH’S DIAMOND (pt. 2)
16THE PAVILION ON THE LINKS
17A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT - A STORY OF FRANCIS VILLON
18THE SIRE DE MALETROIT’S DOOR
19PROVIDENCE AND THE GUITAR
20PROLOGUE OF THE CIGAR DIVAN
21CHALLONER’S ADVENTURE
22STORY OF THE DESTROYING ANGEL
23THE SQUIRE OF DAMES (Concluded)
24SOMERSET’S ADVENTURE
25NARRATIVE OF THE SPIRITED OLD LADY
26THE SUPERFLUOUS MANSION (Continued)
27ZERO’S TALE OF THE EXPLOSIVE BOMB
28DESBOROUGH’S ADVENTURE
29STORY OF THE FAIR CUBAN
30EPILOGUE OF THE CIGAR DIVAN
31The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables
32THE MERRY MEN
33WILL O’ THE MILL.
34THRAWN JANET
35OLALLA
36THE TREASURE OF FRANCHARD.
37THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON (pt. 1)
38THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON (pt. 2)
39THE BODY-SNATCHER
40THE STORY OF A LIE
41THE DEVIL AND THE INNKEEPER.
42THE TADPOLE AND THE FROG.
43THE PERSONS OF THE TALE.
44THE SINKING SHIP.
45THE TWO MATCHES.
46THE SICK MAN AND THE FIREMAN.
47THE PENITENT
48THE YELLOW PAINT.
49THE HOUSE OF ELD.
50THE FOUR REFORMERS.
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