Masters of Prose - Robert Louis Stevenson

Welcome to the Masters of Prose book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors.Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work.This edition is dedicated to the writer Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson's critical reputation has fluctuated since his death, though today his works are held in general acclaim. He is currently ranked as the 26th most translated author in the world.This book contains the following writings:Novels: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; Treasure Island; The Black Arrow.Short Stories: The Waif Woman; New Arabian Nights; The Bottle Imp; Thrawn Janet; Markheim; The Body Snatcher; Olalla; A Lodging For the Night; The Sire de Maletroit's Door; Littell's Living Age; The Clockmaker; The Scientific Ape.Biographical: Robert Louis Stevenson by G.K. Chesterton.If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely, in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. His travels took him to France, America and Australia, before he finally settled in Samoa, where he died.