A collection of letters written by Robert Louis Stevenson throughout his remarkable life. Selected from the eight critically-acclaimed volumes of Stevenson's letters, the letters have been annotated and put in context by the editor, an authority on Stevenson's life and work.
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"Mehew's linking narrative and footnotes are a joy to read." -- J.D.F. Jones, Financial Times
"The book is quite splendid and a marvelous read." -- The Expository Times
"The most enthralling, and most reliable, account of Stevenson's life that has ever been available in a single volume." -- Jeremy Treglown, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The book is quite splendid and a marvelous read." -- The Expository Times
"The most enthralling, and most reliable, account of Stevenson's life that has ever been available in a single volume." -- Jeremy Treglown, Los Angeles Times Book Review
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Listed among the Best Nonfiction of 1998 by the Los Angeles Times Book Review.
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Henry James enjoyed hearing from RLS and so will you.,
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This review is from: Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (Hardcover)
Some of the best writers of his time--Henry James, for one--looked forward eagerly to getting letters from Stevenson, as he traveled around the world, looking for a place that might improve his health. (From boyhood on, he suffered from severe lung problems.) Dip into this book at random, and you'll see why. Stevenson put himself into his letters unreservedly--there's a confidential tone of voice throughout them that's warmly appealing--and he is acutely perceptive on a wide range of subjects, including himself. Ernest Mehew has judiciously chosen the best of the letters, and arranged them to create a de facto autobiography. This is a book that every literate person--and particularly anyone interested in nineteenth century literature in English--should have close at hand.
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This review is from: Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (Hardcover)
The " SELECTED LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON " reads like a biography . It's a competent abridgment of Stevenson's correspondence published in eight volumes (1994-95), also by Yale University Press .
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