Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (Yale N 88,99 zł
- Typ Okładki - Książka w miękkiej oprawie
- Wydawnictwo - Yale University Press
- Ilość stron - 640
- Rozmiar - 19.8 x 12.9 x 4.1 cm
- Autor - Ernest Stevenson
- Język książki - Angielski
Product Description Review "A literary landmark which will give pleasure to generations of readers." -- Claire Harman, Independent on Sunday"Mehew's linking narrative and footnotes are a joy to read." -- J.D.F. Jones, Financial Times"The book is quite splendid and a marvelous read." -- The Expository Times"The most enthralling, and most reliable, account of Stevenson's life that has ever been available in a single volume. The letters are intensely alive, rich and comical ... Whichever of Stevenson's books readers like best, they will find something absorbing about it here. Mehew has made his selection adroitly, as well as with formidable expertise." -- Jeremy Treglown, Los Angeles Times Book ReviewListed among the Best Nonfiction of 1998 by the Los Angeles Times Book Review -- n About the Author Ernest Mehew is a retired English civil servant, who worked on the full edition of the letters for more than twenty-five years. He is a leading authority on Stevenson and in 1997 was awarded an honorary doctorate by Edinburgh University in recognition of his literary scholarship.