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Robert Louis Stevenson Books
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Biographical
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Myself and the Other Fellow: A Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
by Claire Harman
HarperCollins, 2005
"Much of what Harman writes about will be familiar to anyone
knowledgeable about Stevenson's life and work, but she offers
her own interpretations. She is especially interested in Stevenson's
preoccupation with the "double," the collaboration of his conscious
and unconscious selves. Meticulously researched and well written,
Harman's book presents Stevenson as both artist and man: brilliant
and quirky, frail and indestructible, likable and exasperating,
forever the outcast."
—June Sayer. ALA. Amazon.com
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Works
Poetry
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A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
Simon & Schuster Children's, 1999
Tasha Tudor's gorgeous watercolors beautifully
illustrate Stevenson's lovely children's poems.
This gift edition is a must for all who either
have children, or are children at heart.
See many beautiful pages by clicking on the
cover image, for words do not do justice.
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Selected Poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
Penguin Classics, 1999
This Penguin edition has an impressive selection
of Stevenson's poems; all the Stevenson classics
are included, in addition to a wide representative
selection from his poetical works. Also includes
uncollected poems, a valuable preface on Stevenson
as a poet, as well as a glossary and an appendix.
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Short Stories
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Norton Critical Editions)
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Katherine Linehan (Editor)
W. W. Norton, 2002
"The text of Stevenson's novella is that of the
1886 First British Edition, the only edition which
was set directly from the author's manuscript and
for which he read proofs. It has been rigorously
annotated for undergraduate readers and is accompanied
by a textual appendix. "Backgrounds and Contexts"
includes a wealth of materials on the story and its
relevance to Victorian culture. "Criticism" collects
five essays on the novella, centering on its allegorical
dimensions and its narrative technique (Nabokov, Garrett).
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included."
—The Publisher.
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Novels
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Treasure Island
(Oxford World's Classics)
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
Oxford University Press, 1998
Introduction, Textual Note, Bibliography, Glossary
Chronology, Maps, and Explanatory Notes.
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Kidnapped and Catriona
(Oxford World's Classics)
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Emma Letley (Editor)
Oxford University Press, 2002
Introduction, Textual Note, Bibliography, Glossary
Chronology, Maps, and Explanatory Notes accompany
this fabulous edition.
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The Black Arrow: A Tale of Two Roses
(Scribner's Illustrated Classics)
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), N.C. Wyeth (Illustrator)
Atheneum Press, 1987
A Gorgeous volume in library binding, with the classic
N.C. Wyeth illustrations of this great adventure novel
set during the Wars of the Roses.
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Weir of Hermiston
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Catherine Kerrigan (Editor)
Edinburgh University Press, 1996
The text of Stevenson's final, unfinished novel
with extensive notes and glossary.
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Travel Writing
Essays
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Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
Fredonia Books, 2002
Virginibus Puerisque was Stevenson's earliest volume
of collected papers, most having been published originally in
British magazines between 1876-79. It contains the following essays:
Virginibus Puerisque, Crabbed Age and Youth, An Apology for Idlers,
Ordered South, AES Triplex,, El Dorado, The English Admirals, Some
Portraits by Raeburn, Child's Play, Walking Tours, Pan's Pipes, and
A Plea for Gas Lamps.
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Letters
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Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson
by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Ernest Mehew (Editor)
Yale University Press, 2001
"This engaging book is a fascinating and revealing collection
of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson throughout his
remarkable life. Selected from the eight critically acclaimed
volumes of Stevenson's letters, the letters have been annotated
and put in context by Ernest Mehew, the leading authority on
Stevenson's life and work. Listed among the Best Nonfiction of 1998
by the Los Angeles Times Book Review." —The Publisher.
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Criticism
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Robert Louis Stevenson: Writer of Boundaries
by Richard Ambrosini (Editor), Richard Dury (Editor)
McFarland & Company, 2003
"einstates Stevenson at the center of critical debate
and demonstrates the sophistication of his writings and
the present relevance of his kaleidoscopic achievements.
The contributors look, with varied critical approaches,
at the whole range of his literary production and unite to
confer scholarly legitimacy on this enormously influential
writer who has been neglected by critics."
—The Publisher.
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Narrating Scotland: The Imagination
Of Robert Louis Stevenson
by Barry Menikoff
University of South Carolina Press, 2005
"Traces the Scottish writer's weaving together of source
material from memoirs, letters, histories, and records
of trials. Menikoff uncovers the documentary basis for
reading Kidnapped and David Balfour as political allegories
and reveals the skill with which Stevenson offered a
narrative that British colonizers could enjoy without
being offended by its underlying condemnation."
—The Publisher.
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Robert Louis Stevenson and Theories of Reading:
The Reader as Vagabond
by Glenda Norquay
Manchester University Press, 2007
"Presents fresh interpretations of Stevenson's literary essays,
of major works including The Master of Ballantrae, and some of
his more neglected fiction such as St Ives and The Wrecker, as
well as illuminating our understanding of his role within debates
over popular fiction, romance and reading pleasure."
—The Publisher.
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Cruising with Robert Louis Stevenson:
Travel, Narrative, and the Colonial Body
by Oliver S. Buckton
Ohio University Press, 2007
"The first book-length study about the influence of travel on
Robert Louis Stevenson’s writings, both fiction and nonfiction.
Within the contexts of late-Victorian imperialism and ethnographic
discourse, the book offers original close readings of individual
works by Stevenson while bringing new theoretical insights to bear
on the relationship between travel, authorship, and gender identity."
—The Publisher.
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