Robert Louis Stevenson

A collection of essays about writing: "On some technical elements of style in literature", "The morality of the profession of letters", "Books which have influenced me", "A note on realism", "My first book: 'Treasure Island'", "The genesis of 'the master of Ballantrae'" & "Preface to 'the master of Ballantrae'".

The Wrecker By Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne

Robert Louis Stevenson, one of the masters of the Victorian adventure story, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 13, 1850. In its narrative of a respectable doctor who transforms himself into a savage murderer, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tapped directly into the anxieties of Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonIn September of 1884, Robert Louis Stevenson, then in his mid-thirties, moved with his family to Bournemouth, a resort on the southern coast of England, where in the brief span of 23 months he revised A Child's Garden of Versesand wrote the novels Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. An intriguing combination of fantast thriller and moral allegory, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde depicts the gripping struggle of two opposing personalities

Originally censored by its British publisher, The Beach at Fales is a scathing critique of colonialism and economic imperialism that bravely takes on many of the 19th Century' s strongest taboos: miscegenation, imperialism, and economic exploitation. It does so with a story that features a surprising and beguiling romance between an adventurous British trader and a young island girl, against a background of increasing-and mysterious-hostility. Are the native islanders plotting against the couple, or is it the other white traders? The result is a denouement that is astonishing in its violence. Told in the unadorned voice of the trader, it is a story that deftly combines the form of the exotic adventure yarn with the moral and psychological questing of great fiction.

David Balfour, un muchacho atrevido y orgulloso como el Jim de La isla del Tesoro, se ve envuelto en una doble serie de aventuras: las producidas por su propia situaci n personal -un hu rfano a quien le han usurpado la herencia- y las derivadas de su encuentro con Alan Breck, que lo sumergen en el transfondo sociopol tico de las secuelas de la guerra civil inglesa del siglo XVIII, mientras se inicia en su nueva condici n de adulto. Al inter s del relato hay que sumar la belleza de la prosa limpia y musical de Stevenson, de quien dijo Chesterton: Fue un hombre universal, y dijo cosas sensatas no solo sobre todos los asuntos, sino, dentro de lo l gicamente posible, en todos los sentidos.

"Prince Otto" is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson of 1885. Otto is a prince of a small German court of the eighteenth century, his indolent character leads him to delegate all power to his wife Am lie-S raphine, which in turn is influenced by the Prime Minister Baron Gondremark. The war of invasion to the near duchy of Gerolstein, will be the beginning of the end for the three.

Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 13 November 1850, to Thomas Stevenson (1818-87), a leading lighthouse engineer, and his wife Margaret Isabella (born Balfour; 1829-97). He was christened Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson. At about age 18, Stevenson changed the spelling of "Lewis" to "Louis", and in 1873, he dropped "Balfour

Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 13 November 1850, to Thomas Stevenson (1818-87), a leading lighthouse engineer, and his wife Margaret Isabella (born Balfour; 1829-97). He was christened Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson. At about age 18, Stevenson changed the spelling of "Lewis" to "Louis", and in 1873, he dropped "Balfour

Essays in the Art of Writing By Robert Louis Stevenson