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I don't think I know enough about Robert Louis Stevenson to appreciate this novella...or even understand it. Maybe it's just a simple...parable? But...really, not my jam. I picked it up since author Alberto Manguel did a guest lecture here locally, and my library had a display of his books.
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10/21/05 #185
TITLE/AUTHOR: STEVENSON UNDER THE PALM TREES by Alberto Manguel
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Fiction, 2002, 103 pgs
RATING: 4/B
COMMENTS: R. L. Stevenson is living in Samoa when he
meets Mr. Barclay from his homeland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Stevenson has relaxed his ideas & views living in the
S Pacific and has doubts when he is confronted w/ Mr.
Barclay a missionary w/ a more conservative rigid style.
TITLE/AUTHOR: STEVENSON UNDER THE PALM TREES by Alberto Manguel
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Fiction, 2002, 103 pgs
RATING: 4/B
COMMENTS: R. L. Stevenson is living in Samoa when he
meets Mr. Barclay from his homeland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Stevenson has relaxed his ideas & views living in the
S Pacific and has doubts when he is confronted w/ Mr.
Barclay a missionary w/ a more conservative rigid style.
