Essays Of Robert Louis Stevenson

Author : Trenton B. Olsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429602290

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The Complete Personal Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Trenton B. Olsen Pdf

For all of Robert Louis Stevenson’s achievements in fiction, many of his contemporaries thought of him primarily as an essayist. His essays, known for their intellectual substance, emotional force, and stylistic vitality, were widely considered the best of their time. Despite the importance of Stevenson’s nonfiction, his personal essays—70 in total—have never been printed together in a single volume until now. Stevenson’s essays explore a range of topics from illness and evolution to marriage and dreams, and from literal and literary travel to the behavior of children and the character of dogs. Grappling with many of the cultural, ethical, and existential questions of his age, he resists dogma to draw fresh conclusions. Stevenson examines beggars and university students, immigrants and engineers, invalids and nurses, outlining his own colorful life story and unique approach to "the art of living" along the way. Whereas the most common and widely available versions of these texts were modified after Stevenson’s death, this volume gathers his personal essays, many of which have never appeared in any modern edition, in their authorized versions. These essays are still considered classic models of the form, and in this volume, the Editor presents them alongside an introduction and notes to assist in a rereading and reappreciation that is long overdue.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781775414223

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Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

G. K. Chesterton said of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." This collection of Stevenson's essays includes: On the Enjoyment of Unpleasant Places, An Apology for Idlers, Aes Triplex, Talk and Talkers, A Gossip on Romance, The Character of Dogs, A College Magazine, Books Which Have Influenced Me, and Pulvis et Umbra.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Cooper Square Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999-08-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781461694359

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The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is best known as the author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Treasure Island, and Kidnapped, but his essays comprise an oft-overlooked trove of gems, intriguing in their content and generous in their scope. This collection of nearly three dozen of Stevenson's best essays—the only anthology of its kind— spans his brief life and includes many of his most celebrated pieces and some others previously unpublished.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781877527364

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Essays in the Art of Writing by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

Although several of Robert Louis Stevenson's major works -- Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- have been enshrined in the Western canon of popular literature, these novels represent only a fraction of a prodigious body of writing that spans virtually every genre. Stevenson was a prolific and preternaturally skilled writer, and in these essays, he offers insight, tips, and inspiration that will capture the imagination of both fans of his work and would-be writers.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson,Malcolm Elwin
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004686254

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The Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson,Malcolm Elwin Pdf

Selected and Edited With An Introduction and Notes by WILLIAM LYON PHELPS

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066339531536

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An apology for idlers, and other essays by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

"An apology for idlers, and other essays" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:20680048

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The Travels and Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547350705

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Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson" (Selected and Edited With an Introduction and Notes by William Lyon Phelps) by Robert Louis Stevenson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781775452669

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Essays of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

Any reader who has spent some time with Robert Louis Stevenson's body of work won't be surprised to learn that the Scottish author was an inveterate traveler and world explorer from early adulthood. Later in life, the chronically ill author lived in locales around the globe in an attempt to find a home that was amenable to his ailing health. The collection Essays of Travel brings together some of Stevenson's finest essays, short memoirs, and other works that detail his thoughts on travel and foreign lands.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1503330877

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Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

"[...] Robert Louis Stevenson[1] was born at Edinburgh on the 13 November 1850. His father, Thomas, and his grandfather, Robert, were both distinguished light-house engineers; and the maternal grandfather, Balfour, was a Professor of Moral Philosophy, who lived to be ninety years old. There was, therefore, a combination of Lux et Veritas in the blood of young Louis Stevenson, which in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde took the form of a luminous portrayal of a great moral idea. In the language of Pope, Stevenson's life was a long disease. Even as a child, his weak lungs caused great anxiety to all the family except himself; but although Death loves a shining mark, it took over forty years of continuous practice for the grim archer to send the black arrow home. [...]".

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Authors, Scottish
ISBN : UCAL:B4105415

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The Mind of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798580691565

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Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson (Annotated) by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its characteristics. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective.Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson.- On the enjoyment of unpleasant places - An apology for idlers - Aes triplex - Talk and talkers - A gossip on romance - The character of dogs - A college magazine - Books which have influenced me - Pulvis et umbra .--Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (Edinburgh, Scotland, November 13, 1850-Vailima, near Apia, Samoa, December 3, 1894) was a British novelist, poet, and essayist. His legacy is a vast work that includes travel chronicles, adventure and historical novels, as well as lyrics and essays. He is mainly known for being the author of some of the most classic adventure and fantasy stories in youth literature, such as Treasure Island

Author : Annette Federico
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609385187

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Thus I Lived with Words by Annette Federico Pdf

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) loved more than anything to talk about the craft of writing and the pleasure of reading good books. His dedication to the creative impulse manifests itself in the extraordinary amount of work he produced in virtually every literary genre—fiction, poetry, travel writing, and essays—in a short and peripatetic life. His letters, especially, confess his elation at the richness of words and the companionship of books, often projected against ill health and the shadow of his own mortality. Stevenson belonged to a newly commercial literary world, an era of mass readership, marketing, and celebrity. He had plenty of practical advice for writers who wanted to enter the profession: study the best authors, aim for simplicity, strike a keynote, work on your style. He also held that a writer should adhere to the truth and utter only what seems sincere to his or her heart and experience of the world. Writers have messages to deliver, whether the work is a tale of Highland adventure, a collection of children’s verse, or an essay on umbrellas. Stevenson believed that an author could do no better than to find the appetite for joy, the secret place of delight that is the hidden nucleus of most people’s lives. His remarks on how to write, on style and method, and on pleasure and moral purpose contain everything in literature and life that he cared most about—adventuring, persisting, finding out who you are, and learning to embrace “the romance of destiny.”

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson,William Lyon Phelps
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1359501444

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Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson,William Lyon Phelps Pdf

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Author : Robert Stevenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1977853854

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Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Stevenson Pdf

Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection of essays by the famous author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection includes: ON THE ENJOYMENT OF UNPLEASANT PLACES NOTES AN APOLOGY FOR IDLERS NOTES AES TRIPLEX NOTES TALK AND TALKERS NOTES A GOSSIP ON ROMANCE NOTES THE CHARACTER OF DOGS NOTES A COLLEGE MAGAZINE NOTES BOOKS WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED ME NOTES PULVIS ET UMBRA NOTES Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.