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Tales And Fantasies
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Synopsis "Tales And Fantasies"
'Tales and Fantasies' is a short story collection written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was published in 1905, after the death of Stevenson. This collection contains three stories- The Misadventures of John Nicholson, The Body Snatcher and The Story of a Lie.'The Misadventures of John Nicholson' is a story about a stupid lad Nicholson. His father is very much strict about his liking for alcohol, so he leaves Edinburgh in search for good fortunes. It elaborates his trip from Edinburgh to Sanfransisco and going back. It also depicts Stevenson's own life story.'The Body Snatcher' is a supernatural horror story, related with medical schools, arranging fresh corpse to study physiology. It's dreadful that corpse were arranged by grave robbing and even by murdering the people.'The Story of a Lie' is a love story of Dick Naseby and Esther Van Tromp. Esther Tromp thinks that his father is a gentleman. Due to his love for Esther, Naseby hides the reality of her father who is not a good and respectable man. He doesn't reveal the truth and faces its consequences.
(Edimburgo, 1850 - Samoa, 1894) Novelista, cuentista, poeta y ensayista británico. Ingresó en la Universidad de Edimburgo cuando tenía dieciséis años para poder seguir los pasos de su padre y convertirse en ingeniero de faros, de lo cual desistiría. Sus estudios de náutica, le permitieron entrar en contacto con las gentes y costumbres marineras, ingredientes fundamentales en algunas de sus obras más conocidas. Su famosa obra, La Isla del tesoro, la publicó bajo el seudónimo de Captain George North en 1881. En 1886, llegaría El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, uno de los grandes clásicos de la literatura. Murió en la Isla de Samoa, en su casa, Vailima.
