Stevenson: 1819 books

"The Treasure of Franchard" from Robert Louis Stevenson. Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer famous for his novels of adventure, romance, and horror (1850-1894). Robert Louis Stevenson, in full Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, (born November 13, 1850, Edinburgh, Scotland—died...

The Amateur Emigrant is Robert Louis Stevenson's travel memoir of his journey from Scotland to California in 1879-1880. It is not a complete account, covering the first third, by ship from Europe to New York City. Robert Louis Stevenson, in full Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, (born November...

"Virginibus Puerisque" is a collection of short essays and mostly a record of Stevenson’s opinions - which means, largely, of his likes and dislikes. It all comes back to his sympathy with the juvenile, and that feeling about life which leads him to regard women as so many superfluous...

The Pavilion on the Links" is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was first published in Cornhill Magazine. A revised version was included in New Arabian Nights. Robert Louis Stevenson, in full Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, (born November 13, 1850, Edinburgh, Scotland—died...

Containing 40 essays and more than 20 fragments from before the time Treasure Island made Stevenson famous as a fiction writer, the collection demonstrates that essay writing was a deliberate choice of him. Robert Louis Stevenson, in full Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, (born November 13, 1850,...

"The Treasure of Franchard" from Robert Louis Stevenson. Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer famous for his novels of adventure, romance, and horror (1850-1894). Robert Louis Stevenson, in full Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, (born November 13, 1850, Edinburgh, Scotland—died...

Memories and Portraits is a collection of essays by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1887. Robert Louis Stevenson, in full Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, (born November 13, 1850, Edinburgh, Scotland—died December 3, 1894, Vailima, Samoa), Scottish essayist, poet, and author of...

"Thrawn Janet" is a short story, written in Scots, by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. He wrote the story in the summer of 1881 while he stayed at the rented Kinnaird Cottage in Kinnaird, a hamlet near Pitlochry, with his parents and wife. Robert Louis Stevenson, in full...

"The Body Snatcher" is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in the Pall Mall Christmas "Extra" in December 1884, its characters were based on criminals in the employ of real-life surgeon Robert Knox around the time of the notorious Burke...

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. Robert Louis Stevenson, in full Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, (born November 13, 1850, Edinburgh, Scotland—died December 3, 1894,...

Across the Plains is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado Squatters. The book contains 12 chapters, each a story or essay unto itself. The title chapter is the longest, and is divided into 7 subsections. Robert...

"Olalla" is a short story by the Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson. It was first published in the Christmas 1885 issue of The Court and Society Review, then re-published in 1887 as part of the collection The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. Robert...

Essays of Travel By Robert Louis Stevenson, 1905 The amateur emigrant, from the Clyde to Sandy Hook -- Cockermouth and Keswick -- An autumn effect -- A winter's walk in Carrick and Galloway -- Forest . Robert Louis Stevenson, in full Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, (born November 13, 1850, Edinburgh,...

The Pentland Rising Robert Louis Stevenson We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Robert Louis Stevenson,...