New Arabian Nights
A Literature, Fantasy, Fiction book. Curiosity and timidity fought a long battle in his heart. Robert Louis Stevenson, New Arabian Nights
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- Pages: 446 pages
- ISBN: 9781434455970 / 1434455971
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We have affairs in different places; and hence railways were invented. Railways separated us infallibly from our friends; and so telegraphs were made that we might communicate speedier at great distances. Robert Louis Stevenson, New Arabian Nights Curiosity and timidity fought a long battle in his heart. Robert Louis Stevenson, New Arabian Nights Although I express myself with some degree of pleasantry, the purport of my words is entirely serious. Robert Louis Stevenson, New Arabian Nights
(I've read this as part of a collected works volume, so this review is not specific to any individual edition of New Arabian Nights.)New Arabian Nights may be a bit of a misnomer (there's none of the fantasy and magic associated with the original Arabian Nights/1001 Nights, nor is any of it set in an 'Arab' country...or even outside... I am not exactly sure why the winter of 2011 ended up being the winter of Victorian Age Literature for me, but it was a new experience for me. The lesson Ive learned from this season is that this type of writing is not for average reader looking for entertainment. I do love the archaic and obtuse forms of speech and writing found in... I wanted to read it for The Pavilion on the Links which I found to be a very good work and by far the best short story of the book. The Suicide Club and The Rajah's Diamond are quite exceptional in atmosphere - the setting of which is beyond doubt Stevensons's best quality as a writer - but the stories resort too much on coincidences...
