Treasure Island


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Will O' the Mill


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Will, a boy adopted by a miller and his wife, grows into a solitary man who continues to run his parents' mill. He learns to love the minister's daughter and asks for her hand in marriage. Marjory accepts but then withdraws, and after three years marries another. After Marjory calls Will to her deathbed, Will grows a reputation as a wise man. Many years later, Will receives a visitor at the mill.




Tales Of Adventure


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Edited by Francis Russell Hart. Treasure Island/The Black Arrow/The Treasure of Franchard/Will o’ the Mill/ The Sire de Malétroit’s Door/The House of Eld/The Song of the Morrow Stevenson is one of the world’s great storytellers. From the gripping opening of Treasure Island, to the unforgettable portrait of Richard III in The Black Arrow, his gift for driving narrative and marvellously paced prose holds the attention of the reader from beginning to end. This volume is designed to showcase the full range of Stevenson’s talents as a writer of adventure. Included are not only some of his most famous works but also lesser known gems from The New Arabian Nights and Fables.




Will O' the Mill


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Will o' the Mill is a short-story by Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Arthur Conan Doyle, Cesare Pavese, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins.