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New Arabian Nights
This work in English-language short fiction features tales set in modern Europe but styled after the nested structure of "One Thousand and One Nights.
"New Arabian Nights" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection of short stories. This work in English-language short fiction features tales set in modern Europe but styled after the nested structure of "One Thousand and One Nights.
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Mr. Silas Q. Scuddamore was a young American of a simple and harmless disposition, which was the more to his credit as he came from New England—a quarter of the New World not precisely famous for those qualities. Although he was exceedingly rich, he kept a note of all his expenses in a little paper pocket-book; and he had chosen to study the attractions of Paris from the seventh story of what is called a furnished hotel, in the Latin Quarter. There was a great deal of habit in his penuriousness; and his virtue, which was very remarkable among his associates, was principally founded upon diffidence and youth.
Contents
- 01The Suicide Club
- 02Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts
- 03Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk
- 04The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs
- 05The Rajah’s Diamond
- 06Story of the Bandbox
- 07Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders
- 08Story of the House with the Green Blinds
- 09The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective
- 10The Pavilion on the Links
- 11Chapter I Tells How I Camped in Graden Sea-Wood, and Beheld a Light in the Pavilion
- 12Chapter II Tells of the Nocturnal Landing from the Yacht
- 13Chapter III Tells How I Became Acquainted with My Wife
- 14Chapter IV Tells in What a Startling Manner I Learned That I Was Not Alone in Graden Sea-Wood
- 15Chapter V Tells of an Interview Between Northmour, Clara, and Myself
- 16Chapter VI Tells of My Introduction to the Tall Man
- 17Chapter VII Tells How a Word Was Cried Through the Pavilion Window
- 18Chapter VIII Tells the Last of the Tall Man
- 19Chapter IX Tells How Northmour Carried Out His Threat
- 20A Lodging for the Night a Story of Francis Villon
- 21The Sire De Malétroit’s Door
- 22Providence and the Guitar
- 23Chapter I
- 24Chapter II
- 25Chapter III
- 26Chapter IV
- 27Chapter V
- 28Chapter VI
About this edition
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 286 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers