Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. Table of Contents: Island Nights' Entertainments (South Sea Tales) New Arabian Nights: THE SUICIDE CLUB THE RAJAH'S DIAMOND THE PAVILION ON THE LINKS A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT - A STORY OF FRANCIS VILLON THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR PROLOGUE OF THE CIGAR DIVAN CHALLONER'S ADVENTURE STORY OF THE DESTROYING ANGEL THE SQUIRE OF DAMES SOMERSET'S ADVENTURE NARRATIVE OF THE SPIRITED OLD LADY THE SUPERFLUOUS MANSION (Continued). ZERO'S TALE OF THE EXPLOSIVE BOMB DESBOROUGH'S ADVENTURE STORY OF THE FAIR CUBAN EPILOGUE OF THE CIGAR DIVAN The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables: THE MERRY MEN WILL O' THE MILL THRAWN JANET OLALLA THE TREASURE OF FRANCHARD THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON THE BODY-SNATCHER THE STORY OF A LIE THE DEVIL AND THE INNKEEPER. THE TADPOLE AND THE FROG THE PERSONS OF THE TALE. THE SINKING SHIP. THE TWO MATCHES. THE SICK MAN AND THE FIREMAN. THE PENITENT THE YELLOW PAINT THE HOUSE OF ELD THE FOUR REFORMERS. THE MAN AND HIS FRIEND. THE READER. THE CITIZEN AND THE TRAVELLER. THE DISTINGUISHED STRANGER. THE CART-HORSES AND THE SADDLE-HORSE. SOMETHING IN IT FAITH, HALF FAITH AND NO FAITH AT ALL THE TOUCHSTONE THE POOR THING THE SONG OF THE MORROW...
This volume gathers together all of Marcel Proust's short fiction and six tales never before translated into English.
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Collects all 58 of the distinguished American author's short stories in order of their first publication
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comprehensive collection showcases Oscar Wilde's brilliant storytelling skills and his amazing stylistic versatility, ranging from fairy tales and ghost stories to detective yarns and comedies of manners. It includes the complete texts ...
Collected together for the first time are more than 50 short stories, some previously unpublished, from the author of Malcom and Cabot Wright Begins whose work was initially censored and considered scandalous. 13,000 first printing.
- ZERO'S TALE OF THE EXPLOSIVE BOMB - DESBOROUGH'S ADVENTURE - STORY OF THE FAIR CUBAN - EPILOGUE OF THE CIGAR DIVAN - The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables: - THE MERRY MEN - WILL O' THE MILL - THRAWN JANET - OLALLA - THE TREASURE OF ...
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Originally published in 1 vol.: London: Flamingo, 2001.