Short Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson

Short Stories

BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON:


The Misadventures of John Nicholson:
I. In Which John Sows The Wind
Ii. In Which John Reaps The Whirlwind
Iii. In Which John Enjoys The Harvest Home
Iv. The Second Sowing
V. The Prodigal’s Return
Vi. The House At Murrayfield
Vii. A Tragi-Comedy In A Cab
Viii. Singular Instance of The Utility Of Pass-Keys
Ix. In Which Mr. Nicholson Accepts The Principle Of An Allowance

The Body-Snatcher

The Story Of A Lie:
I. Introduces The Admiral
Ii. A Letter To The Papers
Iii. In The Admiral’s Name
Iv. Esther On The Filial Relation
V. The Prodigal Father Makes His Debut At Home
Vi. The Prodigal Father Goes On From Strength To Strength
Vii. The Elopement
Viii. Battle Royal
Ix. In Which The Liberal Editor Re-Appears As ‘Deus Ex Machina’

New Arabian Nights:
The Suicide Club
The Rajah's Diamond
The Pavilion on the Links
A Lodging for the Night - a Story of Francis Villon
The Sire de Maletroit's Door
Providence and the Guitar

The Merry Men:
i. Eilean Aros
ii. What the wreck had brought to Aros
iii. Land and sea in Sandag Bay
iv. The gale
v. A man out of the sea

Will o’ the Mill
Markheim
Thrawn Janet
Olalla

The Treasure of Franchard:
i. By the dying Mountebank
ii. Morning tale
iii. The adoption
iv. The education of the philosopher
v. Treasure trove
vi. A criminal investigation, in two parts
vii. The fall of the House of Desprez
viii. The wages of philosophy

Fables