num_pages: 316
description: Stevenson's English and South Pacific stories are well known and easily available but his Scottish stories have often been overlooked. This anniversary edition marks the 1994 Centenary of one of Scotland's most celebrated writers and brings together all the Scottish stories and ten essays on Scottish subjects and places - often developed out of Stevenson's recollections of childhood and adolescence. The stories show superbly the writer's familiarity with Scottish history and literature and the skill with which he blends fact and fiction. Kenneth Gelder's introduction gives a detailed background to Stevenson and all the stories and essays are accompanied by comprehensive notes.Stories: The Plague Cellar; The Pavilion on the Links; Thrawn Janet; The Body Snatcher; The Merry Men; The Misadventures of John Nicholson; The Tale of Tod LapraikEssays: The Pentland Rrising, a Page of History 1666; An Old Scots Gardener; A Winter's Walk in Carrick and Galloway; The Foreigner at Home; Pastoral; The Manse; Memoirs of an Islet ; The Coast of Fife ; The Education of an EngineerAppendix: Scott's Voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht.
language: English
title: The Scottish Stories and Essays
titlecomplete: The Scottish Stories and Essays
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 42
places: Scotland
publisher: Edinburgh University Press