Robert Louis Stevenson: New Arabian Nights, Kartoniert / Broschiert
New Arabian Nights
- Annotated Edition
(soweit verfügbar beim Lieferanten)
- Verlag:
- Alma Books Ltd, 04/2015
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781847494092
- Artikelnummer:
- 6677962
- Umfang:
- 320 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 305 g
- Maße:
- 198 x 128 mm
- Stärke:
- 27 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 15.4.2015
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Stevenson published this collection of his early fiction in 1882, after the pieces had appeared in various magazines. The first half features two popular detective-story cycles, The Suicide Club and The Rajah's Diamonds, which deal with a macabre secret society and the intrigues and escapades involving exotic jewels. The second half brings together unrelated pieces, including the seminal 'The Pavilion on the Links' - described by Conan Doyle as the first short story in the world - which is set in a cottage surrounded by quicksand and tells the story of two old friends who become rivals for the affection of a woman.
An eclectic, entertaining compilation, New Arabian Nights represented a milestone in Stevenson's creative development and confirmed his reputation as one of the finest storytellers in the English language.
Biografie
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Scotland in 1850. He was the son of an engineer, and he hoped to be an engineer himself. He began training, but his poor health prevented his continuing. Partly because of his health troubles - mainly tuberculosis - he spent a large part of his life outside Britain.
