The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson : Volume Eight, January 1893 - December 1894

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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson : Volume Eight, January 1893 - December 1894

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 456 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780300062144
  • DDC分類 828.809

Full Description

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.

Contents

January 1893-1894: XXVII Third year at Vailima, January 1893-December 1893; XXIX The last year at Vailima, January 1894-December 1894; epilogue - the death of Stevenson.