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Memories and Portraits
At the start of the book, Stevenson introduces the theme of immigration and cultural difference, reflecting on his experience as a Scot navigating the complexities of English society.
"Memories and Portraits" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection of autobiographical essays. At the start of the book, Stevenson introduces the theme of immigration and cultural difference, reflecting on his experience as a Scot navigating the complexities of English society.
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“This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.”
Contents
- 01Contents
- 02Chapter I. The Foreigner at Home
- 03Chapter II. Some College Memories
- 04Chapter III. Old Mortality
- 05I
- 06II
- 07III
- 08IV
- 09Chapter IV. A College Magazine
- 10I
- 11II
- 12III
- 13Chapter V. An Old Scotch Gardener
- 14Chapter VI. Pastoral
- 15Chapter VII. The Manse
- 16Chapter VIII. Memoirs of an Islet
- 17I
- 18Chapter IX. Thomas Stevenson—Civil Engineer
- 19Chapter X. Talk and Talkers
- 20Chapter XI. Talk and Talkers
- 21II
- 22Chapter XII. The Character of Dogs
- 23Chapter XIII. A Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured
- 24Chapter XIV. A Gossip on a Novel of Dumas’s
- 25Chapter XV. A Gossip on Romance
- 26Chapter XVI. A Humble Remonstrance [168a]
- 27II
About this edition
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Advanced: for close, demanding reading
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 107 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers