The Body Snatcher (Classic Frights) [Paperback]

Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Jeff White (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997 | ISBN-10: 0929605748 | ISBN-13: 978-0929605746

Scotland, 1815. Fettes, a young medical student, is learning more than he ever wanted to know about corpses. He is shocked to realize that the corpses they are using in class are not donated, but rather stolen from fresh graves--and now he must get himself a new one. Fettes thinks he's up to this terrifying task, but he can't anticipate what will happen that night--or the body that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Adapted from the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, this easy-to-read, edge-of-your-seat version will grab reluctant readers who expect a good scare!  

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Scotland, 1815. Fettes, a young medical student, is learning more than he ever wanted to know about corpses. He is shocked to realize that the corpses they are using in class are not donated, but rather stolen from fresh graves--and now he must get himself a new one. Fettes thinks he's up to this terrifying task, but he can't anticipate what will happen that night--or the body that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Adapted from the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, this easy-to-read, edge-of-your-seat version will grab reluctant readers who expect a good scare!   --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Travelman Publishing Editorial Board: Martin Amis, Mark Amory, Beryl Bainbridge, Alexander Chancelor, Dame Muriel Spark, William Trevor, and Auberon Waugh --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Books of Wonder (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929605748
• ISBN-13: 978-0929605746
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,149,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Old School Horror, May 27, 2009

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This review is from: The Body-Snatcher (Kindle Edition)

This really is old school horror. In case you are unaware, this short story was written in the latter 1800s and the writing style reflects the standard of the time. Stevenson (who brought us "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde") doles out a cautionary tale about supply and demand, and the meeting of old friends. A quick but satisfyingly grisly read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read, March 24, 2007

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Long Time Book Lover (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Body Snatcher (Pamphlet)

Stevenson manages to create in a short space a dark world in which characters do terrible things without being able to help themselves. Enjoy the story on a cold, rainy winter night.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A short and not-so-sweet story, December 13, 2004

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Kate Morgan (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Body Snatcher (Paperback)

This story was very short and not exactly what I feel should be called a classic.

This is the story of a man named Fettes, who was an anatomy professor's assistant when he was younger. He would wake up every morning at 4 a.m. to pay two men who delivered a dead body for the professor's anatomy class. Fettes soon discovered that all the bodies that are coming in were victims of murder. When the men refused to deliver bodies anymore to him, he and a fellow student, named Macfarlane, became the ones who murder or dig graves for bodies.

I do not see how this short, and rather blandly told, story could be a classic. The language and the way Stevenson tells the story is often-times confusing and uninteresting. It is neither scary, nor a mystery. Look elsewhere for good reading.

~Atalanta