The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: January 1893-December 1894 (8) - Couverture rigide

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300062141 ISBN 13 : 9780300062144

Editeur : Yale University Press, 1995

Synopsis

The publication of Volumes VII and VIII completes this major edition of the letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, an edition comprising 2,800 letters, almost two-thirds of which have never been in print before.

These volumes contain some 560 letters that provide a vivid picture of the last four years of Stevenson's life, from 1890 to 1894. Stevenson spent these years in Samoa, where he had gone to improve his health. We learn a great deal about Stevenson's exile in Samoa: the early pioneering days during the establishment of the Vailima Plantation; his life as the head of a large household composed of his wife, Fanny, her two children, his mother, native house servants, and estate workers; his hospitality to native Samoan chiefs and to many white visitors; his passionate involvement in local politics; and his literary work--including David Balfour, the sequel to Kidnapped, and Weir of Hermiston, a masterpiece that he died before completing.

Ernest Mehew's detailed annotation elucidates the complications of the Samoan background and provides all the information necessary to enjoy Stevenson's letters to the full.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bradford A. Booth, who was professor of English at the University of California at Los Angeles and who died in 1968, originated this project. Ernest Mehew, a retired English civil servant who has worked on this edition for more than twenty-five years, is widely recognized as the leading authority on Stevenson's life and work.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300062141
• ISBN 13: 9780300062144
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Éditeur: Booth Bradford A., Mehew Ernest
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• Personne responsable: non disponible