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    <body><![CDATA[Que tu hermano sea el fantasma malvado del que debes huir debe ser terrible. Pero tener que verle salir de la tumba es mortal. Si no, que se lo pregunten a Henry Durrie.<br/>Como siempre ocurre con Stevenson, una prosa magistral nos arrastra por medio mundo, con unos personajes dolorosamente humano...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41067057">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A classic of sibling rivalry, akin to the story (somewhat) of Cain and Abel. The final confrontation between the brothers in the vast American wilderness is priceless.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A completely underrated story from Robert Louis Stevenson that I had never heard of prior to learning of the “1001 books to read before you die” list.  Very dark tale of a sibling rivalry between two Scottish brothers and the lengths one goes to ruin and avenge the other.  I found the book espec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13956882">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting characterization and a somewhat shitty ending. Definitely worth a read. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Kidnapped" title="Kidnapped">Kidnapped</a>, much to my chagrin. This has an odd sense of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Poe" title="Poe">Poe</a> about it; almost a synthesis of some Poe short story and Stevenson's usual adventure formula. Probably my least favorite of all the Stevenson novels I've read, counting Treasure Island.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the darkest books I've ever read!  Agonizing and thrilling at the same time. A story of brotherly rivalry taken to a bloody extreme. Definitely NOT in the same vein as Treasure Island or Kidnapped. Read for Dr. B's Scottish lit class. <br/><br/>12/21/07.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt like Robert Louis Stevenson failed to bring out the evilness of the Master of Ballantrae- it kind of felt like I got an outline of the horrible things the character was capable of, but no meat to make it interesting. ]]></body>
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