The Wrecker
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The Wrecker

  1. 586 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Wrecker

About this book

This vintage book contains Robert Louis Stevenson's 1892 novel, "The Wrecker". It is a 'sprawling, episodic adventure story, a comedy of brash manners and something of a detective mystery' that centres round the abandoned wreck of the 'Flying Stud' at Midway Island. The gripping mystery is solved using strange clues hidden inside a stamp collection. A fantastic example of Stevenson's masterful style, "The Wrecker" is highly recommended for lovers of exciting mystery fiction. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a famous Scottish essayist, novelist, poet, and travel writer. Some of his best known works include "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

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Information

Publisher
Hesperides Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781406792928
eBook ISBN
9781473375604
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. THE WRECKER
  2. Robert Louis Stevenson
  3. PROLOGUE.
  4. THE YARN.
  5. CHAPTER II. ROUSSILLON WINE.
  6. CHAPTER III. TO INTRODUCE MR. PINKERTON.
  7. CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH I EXPERIENCE EXTREMES OF FORTUNE.
  8. CHAPTER V. IN WHICH I AM DOWN ON MY LUCK IN PARIS.
  9. CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH I GO WEST.
  10. CHAPTER VII. IRONS IN THE FIRE.
  11. CHAPTER VIII. FACES ON THE CITY FRONT.
  12. CHAPTER IX. THE WRECK OF THE “FLYING SCUD.”
  13. CHAPTER X. IN WHICH THE CREW VANISH.
  14. CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH JIM AND I TAKE DIFFERENT WAYS.
  15. CHAPTER XII. THE “NORAH CREINA.”
  16. CHAPTER XIII. THE ISLAND AND THE WRECK.
  17. CHAPTER XIV. THE CABIN OF THE “FLYING SCUD.”
  18. CHAPTER XV. THE CARGO OF THE “FLYING SCUD.”
  19. CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH I TURN SMUGGLER, AND THE CAPTAIN CASUIST
  20. CHAPTER XVII. LIGHT FROM THE MAN OF WAR.
  21. CHAPTER XVIII. CROSS-QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS.
  22. CHAPTER XIX. TRAVELS WITH A SHYSTER.
  23. CHAPTER XX. STALLBRIDGE-LE-CARTHEW.
  24. CHAPTER XXI. FACE TO FACE.
  25. CHAPTER XXII. THE REMITTANCE MAN.
  26. CHAPTER XXIII. THE BUDGET OF THE “CURRENCY LASS.”
  27. CHAPTER XXIV. A HARD BARGAIN.
  28. CHAPTER XXV. A BAD BARGAIN.
  29. EPILOGUE: