Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller Couch

This volume, the third of three in this series alone, about St. Ives which 'Q' termed Ardevora relates the tale of Ia, named after the Patron Saint of St. Ives. With clear echoes of George Eliot and references to J. M. Barrie, medieval ballads and Biblical references, Ia relates the story of the love between two people of very different stations in life. Ia contains a tale, with lightly disguised historical references to real events in Cornwall but which is also very positive towards women who rise above their circumstances. Now surpassed in fame as a writer by his daughter's bestfriend, Daphne du Maurier, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch wasthe pre-eminent Cornish writer of Victorian & Edwardiantimes and founder of the Cambridge University school ofEnglish Literature. He is of particular interest since his fiction was very often based on factual events long passed from memory.

St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. The book plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Viscomte Anne de Keroual de St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier enlisted as a private under the name Champdivers, after his capture by the British. The book is available on Project Gutenberg in both its incomplete and complete form (for the story as completed by Arthur Quiller-Couch look for "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson volume twenty."). The 1949 film The Secret of St. Ives and the 1998 film St. Ives, also known as All For Love, were based on the novel. A television mini-series based on the novel was broadcast on the BBC in 1955. For the movie the character may have been changed to a Captain, and his first name changed to Jacque, as there seems to be confusion on these points........ Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and A Child's Garden of Verses. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins."... Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller Couch, Birthdate: 1863, Birthplace-Bodmin, Cornwall, UK. Death: Died May 12,1944 in Fowey, Cornwall, UK.... Sir Sidney Colvin (18 June 1845 - 11 May 1927) was an English curator and literary and art critic, part of the illustrious Anglo-Indian Colvin family. He is primarily remembered for his friendship with Robert Louis Stevenson....

Adventures in Criticism is a classic literary criticism volume by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch that contains the following titles: Chaucer -- "The passionate pilgrim" -- Shakespeare's lyrics -- Samuel Daniel -- William Browne -- Thomas Carew -- "Robinson Crusoe" -- Lawrence Sterne -- Scott and Burns -- Charles Reade -- Henry Kingsley -- Alexander William Kinglake -- C. S. C. and J. K. S -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- M. Zola -- Selection -- Externals -- Club talk -- Excursionists in poetry -- The popular conception of a poet -- Poets on their own art -- The attitude of the public towards letters -- A case of bookstall censorship -- The poor little penny dreadful -- Ibsen's "Peer Gynt" -- Mr. Swinburne's later manner -- A morning with a book -- Mr. John Davidson -- Bj rnsterne Bj rnson -- Mr. George Moore -- Mrs. Margaret L. Woods -- Mr. Hall Caine -- Mr. Anthony Hope -- "Trilby" -- Mr. Stockton -- Bow-wow -- Of seasonal numbers.