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

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Title: Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson: Volume Eight, January 1893 - December 1894
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 9780300062144
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
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Publisher 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.