Name: Prince Otto
SKU: 61609109
Price: 17.67 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
ISBN: 9781545318577

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

108

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x0.6 cm

Weight

0.15 kg.

ISBN13

9781545318577

Synopsis "Prince Otto"

Prince Otto is an interesting (and happy) choice as the first volume to appear in the Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Everyone will recognise that it is not one of Stevenson's best known works, but it is a remarkably interesting work and a splendid example of what Stevenson could do even when writing at his ordinary best rather than his very best. As an opening volume it reminds us that there is more to Stevenson than 'just' his most famous works. More importantly, perhaps, it reminds us of the extraordinary range and variety of his work. Children's poetry, young adult fiction, crime fiction, travel writing, historical fiction, memoir, (post)colonial fiction, short story - if Stevenson was not the first to write each of these, he is one of the great innovators in each genre, someone who moved it forward in new and exciting ways, proving himself one of the most versatile and innovative writers of the modern age. But while his contemporaries recognised his brilliance as a writer, his reputation declined quite rapidly after his death, at least in the English-speaking world. Luckily, and none too soon, his star is again on the rise and the New Edinburgh Edition is only one of the many manifestations of recent renewed interest in his work.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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(Edinburgh, 1850 - Samoa, 1894) British novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. He entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of sixteen to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lighthouse engineer, a career he would later abandon. His nautical studies allowed him to come into contact with seafaring people and customs, key ingredients in some of his most famous works. His renowned work, Treasure Island, was published under the pseudonym Captain George North in 1881. In 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one of the great classics of literature, was released. He died on the island of Samoa, at his home, Vailima.

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