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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 03

Robert Louis Stevenson

This volume includes "Familiar Studies of Men and Books," where Stevenson offers insights into various literary figures such as Victor Hugo, Robert Burns, and Walt Whitman, reflecting on their works and impact on literature.

"The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 03" by Stevenson is a critical collection of essays and literary studies. This volume includes "Familiar Studies of Men and Books," where Stevenson offers insights into various literary figures such as Victor Hugo, Robert Burns, and Walt Whitman, reflecting on their works and impact on literature.

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Après le roman pittoresque mais prosaïque de Walter Scott il restera un autre roman à créer, plus beau et plus complet encore selon nous. C’est le roman, à la fois drame et épopée, pittoresque mais poétique, réel mais idéal, vrai mais grand, qui enchâssera Walter Scott dans Homère.—Victor Hugo on “Quentin Durward.”

Contents

  1. 01Preface by Way of Criticism
  2. 02Familiar Studies of Men
  3. 03And Books
  4. 04I
  5. 05Victor Hugo’s Romances
  6. 06II
  7. 07Some Aspects of Robert Burns
  8. 08Youth
  9. 09The Love-Stories
  10. 10Downward Course
  11. 11Works
  12. 12III
  13. 13Walt Whitman
  14. 14I
  15. 15II
  16. 16III
  17. 17IV
  18. 18V
  19. 19VI
  20. 20IV
  21. 21Henry David Thoreau: His Character and Opinions
  22. 22I
  23. 23II
  24. 24III
  25. 25IV
  26. 26V
  27. 27V
  28. 28Yoshida-Torajiro
  29. 29VI
  30. 30François Villon, Student, Poet, and Housebreaker
  31. 31A Wild Youth
  32. 32A Gang of Thieves
  33. 33Villon and the Gallows
  34. 34The “Large Testament“
  35. 35VII
  36. 36Charles of Orleans
  37. 37I
  38. 38II
  39. 39III
  40. 40IV
  41. 41V
  42. 42VIII
  43. 43Samuel Pepys
  44. 44The Diary
  45. 45A Liberal Genius
  46. 46Respectability
  47. 47IX
  48. 48John Knox and His Relations to Women
  49. 49The Controversy About Female Rule
  50. 50Private Life
  51. 51The Body-Snatcher
  52. 52The Body-Snatcher
  53. 53End of Vol. III

About this edition

Author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Advanced: for close, demanding reading
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
192 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers