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"In her new novel, Nancy Horan has recreated a love story that is as unique, passionate, and overwhelmingly powerful as the one between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney depicted so memorably in Loving Frank. Under the Wide and Starry Sky chronicles the unconventional love affair of Scottish literary giant Robert Louis Stevenson, author of classics including Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and American divorcee Fanny...
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Robert Louis Stevenson volume 22
Publisher
Scribner's
Pub. Date
1919, c1898
Language
English
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English
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"A book so iconic that its title is synonymous with split personalities, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson was first released in 1886. The story of a virtuous Dr. Jekyll who mistakenly creates an alter ego of unadulterated evil serves as an examination of the duality of human nature and the battle between good and evil. Full of mystery and fright, this story has remained popular for more than a century...
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Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 167
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1974]
Language
English
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In 1890's London, Pen Davenport makes his living stealing manuscripts. But a new treaty is signed to bring this literary underground to a halt. The bookaneers are on the verge of extinction. This is the astonishing story of these literary thieves' epic final heist.
17) Treasure Island
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Publisher
Barron's
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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The story begins with the death of an old sailor and the discovery of a secret treasure map. Young Jack Hawkins sets out on the biggest adventure of his life. Will he live to tell the tale?
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47North
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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While on routine patrol in the tinder-dry Topanga Canyon, environmental scientist Rafael Salazar expects to find animal poachers, not a dilapidated antique steamer trunk. Inside the peculiar case, he discovers a journal, written by the renowned Robert Louis Stevenson, which divulges ominous particulars about his creation of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It also promises to reveal a terrible secret--the identity of Jack the Ripper. Unfortunately,...
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Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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J. Maarten Troost chronicles his return to the South Pacific after his struggle with alcoholism and time in rehab left him numb to life. He retraces the path once traveled by the author of "Treasure Island," following Robert Louis Stevenson to the Marquesas, the Tuamotus, Tahiti, the Gilberts, and Samoa.
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