Volume twenty of the Swanston Edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's works contains the novel St. Ives. It is an adventure novel set during the Napoleonic Wars, following a French prisoner of war in England as he escapes and has a series of adventures. The storytelling is lively and engaging, making it a pleasant classic adventure to listen to.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SWANSTON EDITION VOLUME XX Of this SWANSTON EDITION in Twenty-five Volumes of the Works of ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Two Thousand and Sixty Copies have been printed, of which only Two Thousand Copies are for sale. This is No. ............ R. L. S. IN THE BOW OF THE SCHOONER “EQUATOR” THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
VOLUME TWENTY LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXII ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CONTENTS ST. IVES CHAPTER PAGE I. A Tale of a Lion Rampant 3 II. A Tale of a Pair of Scissors 16 III. Major Chevenix comes into the Story and Goguelat Goes Out 23 IV. St. Ives gets a Bundle of Bank-notes 34 V. St. Ives is shown a House 42
VI. The Escape 50 VII. Swanston Cottage 60 VIII. The Hen-house 68 IX. Three is Company, and Four none 75 X. The Drovers 88 XI. The Great North Road 99 XII. I follow a Covered Cart nearly to my Destination 110 XIII. I meet Two of my Countrymen 122 XIV. Travels of the Covered Cart 131 XV. The Adventure of the Attorney’s Clerk 138 XVI. The Home-coming of Mr. Rowley’s Viscount 154 XVII. The Despatch-box 163 XVIII. Mr. Romaine calls me Names 172 XIX. The Devil and all at Amersham Place 182 XX. After the Storm 193 XXI. I become the Owner of a Claret-coloured Chaise 204 XXII. Character and Acquirements of Mr. Rowley 214 XXIII. The Adventure of the Runaway Couple 224 XXIV. The Inn-keeper of Kirkby-Lonsdale 236 XXV. I meet a Cheerful Extravagant 244 XXVI. The Cottage at Night 251 XXVII. The Sabbath-day 261 XXVIII. Events of Monday: The Lawyer’s Party 272 XXIX. Events of Tuesday: The Toils Closing 286 XXX. Events of Wednesday: The University of Cramond 298 The remaining Chapters are by A. T. Quiller-Couch
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