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100 1 _aStevenson, Robert Louis,
_d1850-1894
245 1 4 _aThe Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 04
246 1 _aNew Arabian Nights
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2009-12-17
505 0 _aThe suicide club -- The Rajah's diamond -- The pavilion on the links -- A lodging for the night -- The Sire de Malétroit's door -- Providence and the guitar.
508 _aProduced by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 04" by Stevenson is a collection of fictional works written in the late 19th century. This volume includes stories such as "New Arabian Nights," featuring the character Prince Florizel of Bohemia, who engages in adventurous escapades that lead him into the shadowy realms of society and existential inquiry. The collection explores themes of mortality, absurdity, and the human condition, with the characters often navigating through bizarre and darkly humorous situations. At the start of the featured story "The Young Man with the Cream Tarts," we are introduced to Prince Florizel and his confidant, Colonel Geraldine, as they embark on escapades across London. After a chance encounter with a peculiar young man distributing cream tarts, they become entangled in his absurd yet existential predicament, hinting at a larger narrative about the pursuit of thrill and the contemplation of life and death. As they delve deeper into the stranger's world—a clandestine "Suicide Club"—the story unfolds with a mix of humor and tension, exploring the fragility of life and the absurdity of human desires in a society filled with both charm and darkness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Chatto and Windus; in association with, 1911
653 _aShort stories
653 _aEnglish literature -- 19th century
700 1 _aLang, Andrew,
_d1844-1912
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30700
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