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St. Ives : Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897). by: Robert Louis Stevenson, and Arthur Quiller-Couch

Unfinished Novel, It Was Completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch ( 21 November 1863 - 12 May 1944) Was a Cornish Writer Who Published Using the Pseudonym Q. Although a Prolific Novelist

St. Ives : Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897). by: Robert Louis Stevenson, and Arthur Quiller-Couch( )
Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
Quiller-Couch, Arthur
ISBN:978-1-5454-7648-2
Publication Date:Apr 2017
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $11.50
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St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch.The book plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Viscomte Anne de Keroual de St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier enlisted as a private under the name Champdivers, after his capture by the British. The book is available on Project Gutenberg in both its incomplete and complete form (for the story as completed by Arthur...
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Pages:222
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8 x 10 x 0.5 Inches
Book Weight:1.24 Pounds
Author Biography
Stevenson, Robert Louis (Author)
Novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. A sickly child, Stevenson was an invalid for part of his childhood and remained in ill health throughout his life. He began studying engineering at Edinburgh University but soon switched to law. His true inclination, however, was for writing. For several years after completing his studies, Stevenson traveled on the Continent, gathering ideas for his writing. His Inland Voyage (1878) and Travels with a Donkey (1878) describe some of his experiences there. A variety of essays and short stories followed, most of which were published in magazines. It was with the publication of Treasure Island in 1883, however, that Stevenson achieved wide recognition and fame. This was followed by his most successful adventure story, Kidnapped, which appeared in 1886.

With stories such as Treasure Island and Kidnapped, Stevenson revived Daniel Defoe's novel of romantic adventure, adding to it psychological analysis. While these stories and others, such as David Balfour and The Master of Ballantrae (1889), are stories of adventure, they are at the same time fine studies of character. The Master of Ballantrae, in particular, is a study of evil character, and this study is taken even further in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).

In 1887 Stevenson and his wife, Fanny, went to the United States, first to the health spas of Saranac Lake, New York, and then on to the West Coast. From there they set out for the South Seas in 1889. Except for one trip to Sidney, Australia, Stevenson spent the remainder of his life on the island of Samoa with his devoted wife and stepson. While there he wrote The Wrecker (1892), Island Nights Entertainments (1893), and Catriona (1893), a sequel to Kidnapped. He also worked on St. Ives and The Weir of Hermiston, which many consider to be his masterpiece. He died suddenly of apoplexy, leaving both of these works unfinished. Both were pu



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