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St Ives - Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
St Ives - Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
St Ives - Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
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St Ives - Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England

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This antiquarian book contains Robert Louis Stevenson's unfinished 1897 novel, "St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England". The plot revolves around Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a handsome French soldier, who is captured by the English. This volume will greatly appeal to fans of Stevenson's work, and it is not to be missed by the discerning collector. The chapters of this book include: "A Tale of a Lion Rampant", "A Tale of a Pair of Scissors", "Major Chevenix comes into the Story, and Goguelat Goes Out", "St. Ives Gets a Bundle of Bank Notes", "St. Ives is Shown a House", etcetera. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a seminal Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist. His most notable works include "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". We are republishing this vintage text now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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Release dateJun 8, 2015
ISBN9781473375833
St Ives - Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
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R. L. Stevenson

Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born on 13 November 1850, changing his second name to ‘Louis’ at the age of eighteen. He has always been loved and admired by countless readers and critics for ‘the excitement, the fierce joy, the delight in strangeness, the pleasure in deep and dark adventures’ found in his classic stories and, without doubt, he created some of the most horribly unforgettable characters in literature and, above all, Mr. Edward Hyde.

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    I would call it a 19th century bathtub book (def: book suitable for reading in the bathtub). Writing is lovely, characterizations are disarming, storyline is farfetched. Its near-fatal drawback: RLS died before finishing it and the publisher gave it to Mr. Quiller-Couch to wrap up based on Stevenson's notes. Unfortunately, he turned a charming treat into a boring slog.
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    I enjoyed this novel, chancing upon a film version of the story shortly afterwards. The escape from Edinburgh Castle may reflect a real event in 1799, when French prisoners-of-war were assisted in their escape by the Revd William Fitzsimmons, the incumbent of the Cowgate Episcopal Chapel; the escapees in 1799 headed for a ship in the Firth of Forth.

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