CliffsNotes on Stevenson's Treasure Island & Kidnapped

CliffsNotes on Stevenson's Treasure Island & Kidnapped
Author: Gary K Carey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2007-08-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0544184297

These novels of pirates on the high seas and intrigue in the Scottish highlands were written on a challenge by Stevenson's teenage stepson to "write something really interesting." The results are these fast-moving and adventurous books, simple and entertaining.

CliffsNotes on Stevenson's Treasure Island and Kidnapped

CliffsNotes on Stevenson's Treasure Island and Kidnapped
Author: Gary Carey
Publisher: Cliffs Notes
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1974-08-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780822013068

These novels of pirates on the high seas and intrigue in the Scottish highlands were written on a challenge by Stevenson's teenage stepson to "write something really interesting." The results are these fast-moving and adventurous books, simple and entertaining.

CliffsNotes on Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

CliffsNotes on Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Author: James L Roberts
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1999-03-03
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0544181298

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. CliffsNotes on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde explores the double life of a man whose persona swings from honorable and distinguished to repugnant and repulsive. Following a fascinating character study, this study guide provides summaries and commentaries for each chapter within the nineteenth-century novel. Other features that help you figure out this important work include A look into the life of the author, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson Character list and expanded analysis Plot summary that shares an overview of the novel Review questions and suggested essay topics Selected bibliography Classic literature or modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

Kidnapped

Kidnapped
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1886
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people. - Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped Kidnapped (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson is a coming-of-age novel that recounts the adventures of a teenager named David Balfour during the Jacobite Rebellions in 18th century Scotland. Following his father's death, David reaches out to an uncle, who betrays his nephew and sells him to a slave-trader headed for America. David's rescue from the slave ship by a Jacobite refugee starts David on a series of adventures that ensure his passage into manhood.

In the Enemy's Camp

In the Enemy's Camp
Author: Roy Thomas
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781599616056

Retells, in comic book format, Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of an innkeeper's son who finds a treasure map that leads him to a pirate's fortune.

The Land of Counterpane

The Land of Counterpane
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-08
Genre: Children's poetry
ISBN: 9781609731526

Presents an illustrated poem from Robert Louis Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses."