The Dynamiter - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

The Dynamiter - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

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A Day with Robert Louis Stevenson - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,‘A day with Robert Louis Stevenson’ is no doubt every ‘Stevensonian’s’ dream, it is a rare look behind the curtain of one of the greatest literary talents mankind has ever seen. This book takes you to the sickly authors home where only the most 'favoured' people were ever

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Underwoods - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,If you only know Robert Louis Stevenson as the author of 'Treasure Island', 'Underwoods' will surprise and delight. It collects over 50 of his poems, written in both English and Scots (one of the native languages of Scotland). Most are written in rhyme, and offer elegiac tributes to people

Vailima Letters - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,The 'Vailima Letters' is Robert Louis Stevenson laid bare. It collects his correspondence with his friend and literary critic Sidney Colvin, from the years 1890-1894. This was when Stevenson was living in Samoa, still writing novels but becoming increasingly unwell. Stevenson writes about

The Silverado Squatters - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,Robert Louis Stevenson's unconventional 1880 honeymoon in an abandoned silver mining camp on the shoulder of Mount St. Helena provides the backdrop for this wonderful narrative of late 19th century California. 'Squatting' for two months during a California summer with his new wife, Fanny

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,The walking trip that Stevenson describes in [i]Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes[/i] (1879) was taken when the nascent author was still in his twenties and pining for a lost love. Accompanied by Modestine, the eponymous donkey he hired to carry his camping gear, the journey proved both

The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,This collection of three plays written by two equally creative minds takes the reader on a wild journey. In ‘Deacon Brodie’ we follow the double life of the character of the same name, a politician by day and a thrill seeking thief by night - will his double life catch up with him? We

Virginibus Puerisque - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,Virginibus Puerisque represents the legendary author’s first collection of personal essays. Far from being a droll affair they are playful and spirited, they are written in defiance of the hardship of everyday life and the contemptuous philistines who rage against the arts. These essays

An Inland Voyage - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,In AN INLAND VOYAGE, Stevenson is at his best. The book was inspired by a canoe trip he made with a friend in 1876 on the rivers of northern France. As we travel with him, we meet a rich variety of characters, portrayed with unspoiled relish by the vivacious and energetic young author. It is

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A Christmas Sermon - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,‘A Christmas Sermon’ is an emotional and powerful piece. Written by Stevenson as he recuperated from another lung issue outside New York, he ponders the questions of life, death, morality and man’s place in it all. His prose is beautiful, his pondering interrupted by philosophy and a

Essays of Travel - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,This collection includes: THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT: FROM THE CLYDE TO SANDY HOOK.COCKERMOUTH AND KESWICK, AN AUTUMN EFFECT, A WINTER'S WALK IN CARRICK AND GALLOWAY, FOREST NOTES, A MOUNTAIN TOWN IN FRANCE, RANDOM MEMORIES: ROSA QUO LOCORUM, THE IDEAL HOUSE, DAVOS IN WINTER, HEALTH AND MOUNTAINS,

The Waif Woman - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,Off the windswept coast of Iceland, there’s a ship with a mysterious passenger on board. Her name is Thorgunna, and soon she’ll be dead. But that won’t be the end of her story. Inspired by Iceland folk-tales, 'The Waif Woman' is a creepy fable about pride and envy. It hinges on the

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The Sea Fogs - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,‘The Sea Fogs’ represents a highly personal insight in to the life and health of the world renowned author, Robert Louise Stevenson. It follows his honeymoon in the Napa Valley in California where he and his new wife have taken up residence in an abandoned silver mine. Stevenson had long

The Pavilion on the Links - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,If you’re thinking of reconnecting with old friends, this suspenseful tale may make you reconsider. Frank and Northmour haven’t seen each other in years. Mainly due to Northmour being a bad-tempered recluse. So when Frank turns up unannounced at Northmour’s house, he can’t quite

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The Sire de Maletroit's Door - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,In ‘The Sire de Maletroit's Door’ we follow young Denis de Beaulieu, a veteran in the raging ‘Hundred Years War’ as he creeps through the streets of Burgundy trying to avoid patrolling enemy troops. As he attempts to make his way home he is almost discovered by the enemy and must

Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,‘Across the Plains’ is a vibrant collection of travel and exploration pieces from Stevenson’s life. ‘Across the Plains’ itself recounts Stevenson’s journey from Glasgow to New York before his long train ride to California. It offers a fascinating insight in to how our world used

New Poems, and Variant Readings - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,‘New Poems, and Variant Readings’ represents the adoration for which Stevenson’s fans have for his work. This collection of dozens of poems has been painstakingly gathered piece by piece by his fans from individual collectors the world over to create this book. They are incredibly

A Footnote to History - Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,‘A Footnote to History’ is an account of Colonial abuse in Samoa, the scramble by the US, Germany and Britain so swallow up land with little regard for the native Samoans. Stevenson became deeply ingrained in the local culture, siding squarely with the Samoans against the duplicitous

Songs of Travel, and Other Verses - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,‘Songs of Travel, and Other Verses’ is a collection of forty-four poems written in the last years of the life of renowned author Robert L. Stevenson. It is a wonderful collection with a wide range from love ballads to more pensive deliberations on time, being and mortality. Many poems

Edinburgh - Picturesque Notes - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,‘Edinburgh - Picturesque Notes’ is a love letter to home in many ways. In a collection of essays renowned author, Robert Louis Stevenson, recounts historic areas of the city, and the contrasts it contains, split between the rich and poor, the city and the countryside. He lovingly delves

Father Damien - An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu - Robert Louis Stevenson - e-kniha

eBook:,Father Damien was a Belgian, Roman Catholic Missionary who devoted his life to helping at a leper sanctuary in Hawaii. Eventually Father Damien would die of the illness more than twenty years after arriving at the sanctuary. This letter by Stevenson is in fact a response to the Reverend of

Mary Louise in the Country - Lyman Frank Baum - e-kniha

eBook:,‘Mary Louise in the Country’ is the second book in the popular ‘Mary Louise’ series of children’s books by ‘Oz’ author L. Frank Baum. Mary Louise and her grandpa Jim have relocated to the sleepy little town of Craggs Crossing for the summer. Here Mary encounters young Ingua

Mary Louise Solves a Mystery - Lyman Frank Baum - e-kniha

eBook:,Originally published under the pseudonym Edith van Dyne, ‘Mary Louise Solves a Mystery’ is the third book in the popular children’s series by prolific author L. Frank Baum. Mary Louise is travelling around Italy with her grandpa Jim when she comes across unhappy young heiress Alora