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A collection of short allegorical tales by Robert Louis Stevenson, blending moral fable with philosophical reflection in the manner of the classical form. Suited to readers of nineteenth-century literature and those interested in Stevenson's shorter, lesser-known works.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).
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