Memories And Portraits [Hardcover]

R. L. Stevenson (Author), 1stWorld Library (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 12, 2005

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - THIS volume of papers, unconnected as they are, it will be better to read through from the beginning, rather than dip into at random. A certain thread of meaning binds them. Memories of childhood and youth, portraits of those who have gone before us in the battle - taken together, they build up a face that "I have loved long since and lost awhile," the face of what was once myself. This has come by accident; I had no design at first to be autobiographical; I was but led away by the charm of beloved memories and by regret for the irrevocable dead; and when my own young face (which is a face of the dead also) began to appear in the well as by a kind of magic, I was the first to be surprised at the occurrence. My grandfather the pious child, my father the idle eager sentimental youth, I have thus unconsciously exposed. Of their descendant, the person of to-day, I wish to keep the secret: not because I love him better, but because, with him, I am still in a business partner-ship, and cannot divide interests.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

British essayist, novelist and poet, Stevenson is famous for his novels of exploration and exciting journeys. He contributed essays, tales and fantasies to various journals and magazines. All his works show consistency of style that is assiduously graceful. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 188 pages
• Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society (October 12, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421808579
• ISBN-13: 978-1421808574
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)