Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weir_of_Hermiston Release date is 1995-12-01

Transcribed from the 1913 Chatto and Windus edition by David Price Transcribed from the 1913 Chatto and Windus edition by David Price

"Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a novel written in 1896. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, it tells the story of Archie Weir, a sensitive young man estranged from his cruel father, a criminal court judge. Banished to the family estate near Hermiston, Archie falls in love with a young woman named Kirstie. The novel breaks off abruptly due to Stevenson's sudden death, leaving readers with a tantalizing fragment of what many consider his most mature work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



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