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Robert Louis Stevenson: The Complete Shorter Fiction
Background information on Stevenson's life and career accompanies his stories and novellas, including "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
680 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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Robert Louis Stevenson
6,856 books6,951 followersRobert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.
Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.
Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.
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March 8, 2008I love his writing style, but his stories are depressing! I like happy endings. Books with short stories are addictive to me, I always long to start the next story. I wish that I could write like this man, although I'd add more cheer. The pictures that he paints with words are amazing. I can't begin to do that.
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