"Weir of Hermiston Weir of Hermiston (1896) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is markedly different from his previous works in style and has often been praised as a potential masterpiece. It was cut short by Stevenson's sudden death in 1894 from a cerebral hemorrhage. The novel is set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The novel tells the story of Archie Weir, a youth born into an upper-class Edinburgh family. Because of his Romantic sensibilities and sensitivity, Archie is estranged from his father, who is depicted as the coarse and cruel judge of a criminal"
"St. Ives (novel) St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. The book plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Viscomte Anne de Keroual de St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier enlisted as a private under the name Champdivers, after his capture by the British. The book is available on Project Gutenberg in both its incomplete and complete form (for the story as completed by Arthur Quiller-Couch look for ""The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson volume twenty.""). The 1949 film ""The"
"Secret of St. Ives"" and the 1998 film ""St. Ives"", also known as ""All For Love"", were based on the novel. A television mini-series based on the novel was broadcast on the BBC in 1955. For the movie the character may have been changed to a Captain, and his first name changed to Jacque, as there seems to be confusion on these points. St. Ives (novel) St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. The book plot concerns the adventures"
"""Treasure Island"" (2010) is a hidden objects game launched by French publisher Anuman Interactive. The arcade game ""Captain Silver"", follows a protagonist names Jim Aykroyd in his quest to find Captain Silver's hidden treasure, which to find, he must battle an undead Captain Silver. Half of Stevenson's original manuscripts are lost, including those of ""Treasure Island"", ""The Black Arrow"", and ""The Master of Ballantrae"". Stevenson's heirs sold Stevenson's papers during World War I; many of Stevenson's documents were auctioned off in 1918. Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of"
"The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance novel. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle ""A Tale of Tunstall Forest"" beginning in ""Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature,"" vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, 30 June 1883) and ending in the issue for Saturday, 20 October 1883—Stevenson had finished writing it by the end of summer. It was printed under the pseudonym"
"the story is unfinished and has been since 1996. The sequel is currently in outline stage. The ""Hell's Gate"" series, for which nothing has been added since 2007, is still in development. The first two books have been published in the ""Hell's Gate"" series and a third book is under development. The author apologizes to her readers, but continuing serious health problems have made writing difficult for her. ANTHOLOGIES: ""Bolos 3: The Triumphant"" Novellas Included: ""The Farmer's Wife"" ""Little Red Hen"" (co-written with Robert R. Hollingsworth) ""Little Dog Gone"" ""Bolos 4: Last Stand"" (1996) In this anthology, Evans wrote a"
"The Story of a Recluse The Story of a Recluse has been the title of at least three works of fiction. The first, an unfinished tale by Robert Louis Stevenson, tells the story of Jamie Kirkwood, an Edinburgh minister's son who finds himself waking up in a room identical to his own in the house of a mysterious man called Manton Jamieson. This formed the basis of a second work, a television play by Alasdair Gray. Written in 1985, the TV screenplay completes the original story by means of flashbacks from the 1930s. Gray then adapted this into yet another"
"The Hanging Garden (White novel) The Hanging Garden is an unfinished novel by Australian author and Nobel Prize winner Patrick White. The novel was published on April 2, 2012 by Random House Australia. The published edition of the novel is estimated to be about a third of what the ultimate length of the finished product would have been and was discovered on White's desk after his death. The novel was left largely unfinished, with the book initially planned to have three parts. The first part, the only part that White had completed, centers around Eirene Sklavos and Gilbert Horsfall, two"
"would remain unknown. The paper also stated that the book ""[suggested] the author was moving towards a more humane view of the world"". The ""Herald Scotland"" also expressed regret and sadness that the work was never completed, calling the book ""a haunting and tantalising postscript."" The Hanging Garden (White novel) The Hanging Garden is an unfinished novel by Australian author and Nobel Prize winner Patrick White. The novel was published on April 2, 2012 by Random House Australia. The published edition of the novel is estimated to be about a third of what the ultimate length of the finished product"
"form, a short story in Lean Tales—the third incarnation of the title. It involved some alterations to the television play's plot, concentrating for the most part on a metafictional discussion of the reasoning by which Gray deduces how Stevenson's story should end. The Story of a Recluse The Story of a Recluse has been the title of at least three works of fiction. The first, an unfinished tale by Robert Louis Stevenson, tells the story of Jamie Kirkwood, an Edinburgh minister's son who finds himself waking up in a room identical to his own in the house of a mysterious"
"main Childe Cycle include: The final book, to have been titled ""Childe"", had not been completed at the time of Dickson's death, and has never been published. Dickson's essay in ""Steel Brother"" says it was to chronicle a battle ""in which the adventurous part of the id family wins its identity over the conservative part, and the human identity is made whole again."" In addition, there are four shorter pieces and three novels that take place in the same fictional universe as the Childe Cycle, but are not part of the core cycle. In the latter volume, the stories are"
"""The Black Arrow"" and ""The Master of Ballantrae"". Stevenson's heirs sold Stevenson's papers during World War I; many Stevenson documents were auctioned off in 1918. The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance novel. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle ""A Tale of Tunstall Forest"" beginning in ""Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature,"" vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, 30 June 1883)"
"Treasure Island Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of ""buccaneers and buried gold"". Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an ""X"", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders. ""Treasure Island"" was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. It was originally serialized in the children's magazine ""Young Folks"" from 1881 through 1882 under the title"
"The Ivory Tower The Ivory Tower is an unfinished novel by Henry James, posthumously published in 1917. The novel is a brooding story of Gilded Age America. It centers on the riches earned by a pair of dying millionaires and ex-partners, Abel Gaw and Frank Betterman, and their possibly corrupting effect on the people around them. Graham (""Gray"") Fielder returns from Europe to the wealthy resort of Newport, Rhode Island, to see his dying uncle Frank Betterman. Rosanna Gaw, the daughter of Betterman's embittered ex-partner Abel Gaw, is also at Newport. She has succeeded in bringing about a partial reconciliation"
"The Wrecker (Stevenson novel) The Wrecker (1892) is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story is a ""sprawling, episodic adventure story, a comedy of brash manners and something of a detective mystery"", according to Roderick Watson. It revolves around the abandoned wreck of the ""Flying Scud"" at Midway Atoll. Clues in a stamp collection are used to track down the missing crew and solve the mystery. It is only in the last chapter that different story elements become linked. Stevenson described it as a ""South Sea yarn"" concerning ""a very strange"
"world to her. Fitzgerald wrote the novel in a blend of first person and third person narrations. While the story is ostensibly told by Cecelia, many scenes are narrated in which she is not present. Occasionally a scene will be presented twice, once through Cecelia and once through a third party. The revised edition of ""The Love of The Last Tycoon"" won the Choice Outstanding Academic Books award of 1995. The Last Tycoon The Last Tycoon is an unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1941, it was published posthumously under this title, as prepared by his friend Edmund Wilson,"
"before Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The book reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list (Non-Fiction) on October 21, 1962, where it stayed for one week, being replaced by Rachel Carson's ""Silent Spring"" on October 28. In the Steinbeck novel ""The Pastures of Heaven"", one of the characters regards Robert Louis Stevenson's ""Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes"" as one of the single greatest works of English literature and eventually names his infant son Robert Louis. Later on, Steinbeck and his wife Elaine were inspired by Stevenson in choosing the title ""Travels with"
"Catriona (novel) Catriona (also known as David Balfour) is an 1893 novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson as a sequel to his earlier novel ""Kidnapped"" (1886). It was first published in the magazine ""Atalanta"" from December 1892 to September 1893. The novel continues the story of the central character in ""Kidnapped"", David Balfour. The book begins precisely where ""Kidnapped"" ends, at 2 pm on 25 August 1751, outside the British Linen Company in Edinburgh, Scotland. The first part of the book recounts the attempts of the hero, David Balfour, to gain justice for James Stewart (James of the Glens), who"
"The Last Tycoon The Last Tycoon is an unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1941, it was published posthumously under this title, as prepared by his friend Edmund Wilson, a critic and writer. According to ""Publishers Weekly,"" the novel is ""[g]enerally considered a roman a clef,"" with its lead character, Monroe Stahr, modeled after historic film producer Irving Thalberg. The story follows Stahr's rise to power in Hollywood, and his conflicts with rival Pat Brady, a character based on prominent studio head Louis B. Mayer. It was adapted as a TV play in 1957 and a film in 1976"
"to overlook the very slow pace of the novel and the extreme density of its prose. The negative case also quibbles with James' sometimes stilted, unnatural dialogue, and his unsubtle harping on Rosanna's overweight physique and tobacco addiction. No definite verdict can be reached on a novel left mostly incomplete. An interesting footnote is the large advance that Scribner's paid to James for the novel. He was a little suspicious of the money, with good reason. His friend Edith Wharton had secretly provided the cash. The Ivory Tower The Ivory Tower is an unfinished novel by Henry James, posthumously published"
"However, this sequel has not yet been released. Timothy McVeigh read the novel while awaiting his trial for the Oklahoma City bombing. He loved the book, and noted that if it had come out a few years earlier, he would have given serious consideration to using sniper attacks in a war of attrition against the government instead of bombing a federal building: John Ross has posted a response to Timothy McVeigh's comments on his website: Unintended Consequences (novel) Unintended Consequences is a novel by John Ross, first published in 1996 by Accurate Press. The story chronicles the history of the"
"William Stevenson (Canadian writer) William Henry Stevenson (1 June 192426 November 2013) was a British-born Canadian author and journalist. His 1976 book ""A Man Called Intrepid"" was about William Stephenson (no relation) and was a best-seller. It was made into a 1979 mini-series starring David Niven. Stevenson followed it in 1983 with another book, ""Intrepid's Last Case"". He published his autobiography in 2012. In 1976 Stevenson released the book, ""90 Minutes at Entebbe"". It was about Operation Entebbe, an operation where Israeli commandos landed at night at Entebbe Airport in Uganda and succeeded in rescuing the passengers of an airliner"
"as one of his greatest achievements. Charles Dickens was writing ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"" in monthly installments when he died, completing just six of the twelve intended. The story surrounded the murder of the titular Edwin Drood; because the story was never finished, the murderer was never revealed. The book was still made into a film and a musical, with the latter having the unusual concept of the audience voting for who they think is the murderer. Other famous unfinished works of literature include: ""Hero and Leander"" by Christopher Marlowe (a completion was provided by George Chapman); the second"
"Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. His most famous works are ""Treasure Island"", ""Kidnapped"", ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", and ""A Child's Garden of Verses"". He was a literary celebrity during his lifetime, and now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Emilio Salgari, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J."
"2017. Robert Louis Stevenson State Park Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is a California state park, located in Sonoma, Lake and Napa counties. The park offers a hike to the summit of Mount Saint Helena from which much of the Bay Area can be seen. On clear days it is possible to see the peak of Mount Shasta, distant. The park is named after Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of ""Treasure Island"" and ""Kidnapped"". In 1880, Stevenson and his new wife Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne spent their honeymoon living in a cabin at a played-out mine on the mountain along with"
"Cletus' period, where his aide is nearly killed with one. Sonic cannons are also used as weapons. Childe Cycle The Childe Cycle is an unfinished series of science fiction novels by Canadian writer Gordon R. Dickson. The name Childe Cycle is an allusion to ""Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"", a poem by Robert Browning, which provided considerable inspiration for elements in Dickson's magnum opus. The series is sometimes referred to as the Dorsai series, as the Dorsai people are central to the series. The related short stories and novellas all center on the Dorsai, primarily members of the"
"The Plant The Plant is an unfinished serial novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1982–1985 privately and in 2000 as a commercial e-book. The story, told in epistolary format consisting entirely of letters, memos and correspondence, is about an editor in a paperback publishing house who gets a manuscript from what appears to be a crackpot. The manuscript is about magic, but it also contains photographs that seem very real. The editor writes the author a rejection slip, but because of the photographs, he also informs the police where the author lives. This enrages the author, who sends"
"completed. The working title of the novel is ""Tomorrow Will Come"", while the play – about the plight of the Nigerian academic – has not taken any title yet. Time, he says, is the most expensive commodity he needs to complete these and other works – in literature and in film. As someone who has written, made films and taught young people, Johnson says that his greatest legacy (and joy) is the many people he has mentored, especially in the film industry. ""They will remember me, when they rewrite the history of the industry."" Until this year he did not"
"(1922), ""Ebb Tide"" (1937), and ""Adventure Island"" (1947). The Ebb-Tide The Ebb-Tide. A Trio and a Quartette (1894) is a short novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. It was published the year Stevenson died. Three beggars operate in the port of Papeete on Tahiti. They are Herrick, a failed English businessman; Davis, an American sea captain disgraced by the loss of his last ship; and Huish, a dishonest Cockney of various employments. One day an off-course schooner carrying a cargo of champagne from San Francisco to Sydney arrives in port, its officers having been killed"
"acknowledgement of human imperfection in pursuit of meaningful spiritual engagements — the cycle of “repentance [and] deliverance.” This spiritual pattern and its episodic nature, as well as the re-discovery of earlier female novelists, have kept ""Robinson Crusoe"" from being classified as a novel, let alone the first novel written in English --despite the blurbs on some book covers. Early critics, such as Robert Louis Stevenson, admired it, saying that the footprint scene in ""Crusoe"" was one of the four greatest in English literature and most unforgettable; more prosaically, Dr. Wesley Vernon has seen the origins of forensic podiatry in this"
"hi-jacked by Palestinian militants, while incurring very few casualties. Stevenson's ""instant book"" was written, edited, printed and available for sale within weeks of the event it described. William Stevenson (Canadian writer) William Henry Stevenson (1 June 192426 November 2013) was a British-born Canadian author and journalist. His 1976 book ""A Man Called Intrepid"" was about William Stephenson (no relation) and was a best-seller. It was made into a 1979 mini-series starring David Niven. Stevenson followed it in 1983 with another book, ""Intrepid's Last Case"". He published his autobiography in 2012. In 1976 Stevenson released the book, ""90 Minutes at Entebbe""."
"in the story is Fra Diavolo. The Knight of Sainte-Hermine The Knight of Sainte-Hermine (published in France in 2005 under the title ""Le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine"", and translated to English under the title The Last Cavalier) is an unfinished historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, believed to be Dumas' last major work. The novel was lost until the late twentieth century. Dumas scholar Claude Schopp found an almost-complete copy in the form of a newspaper serial. A number of Dumas' previously forgotten works have been found, but this novel is the largest and most complete at 900 pages. The novel is"
"even larger 1972 sequel, ""Again, Dangerous Visions"". The projected third collection, ""The Last Dangerous Visions"", was started, but controversially remains unpublished. The final book has become something of a legend as science fiction's most famous unpublished book. It was originally announced for publication in 1973, but other work demanded Ellison's attention and the anthology has not seen print to date. He has come under criticism for his treatment of some writers who submitted their stories to him, whom some estimate to number nearly 150 (and many of whom have died in the ensuing more than four decades since the anthology"