The Master of Ballantrae A Winter's Tale

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

• ISBN13: 9780140434460
• ISBN10: 0140434461
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

A gripping tale of sibling rivalry and greed takes readers on a fast-paced adventure that encompasses sea voyages, encounters with pirates, intrigue at the French court, exotic life in India, buried treasure, and a shocking discovery in the American wilderness. An engrossing tale, played out against the backdrop of 3 continents.

Author Biography

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh. In the brief span of forty-four years, dogged by poor health, he made an enormous contribution to English literature with his novels, poetry, and essays. The son of upper-middle-class parents, he was the victim of lung trouble from birth, and spent a sheltered childhood surrounded by constant care. The balance of his life was taken up with his unremitting devotion to work, and a search for a cure to his illness that took him all over the world. His travel essays were publihsed widely, and his short fiction was gathered in many volumes. His first full-length work of fiction, Treasure Island, was published in 1883 and brought him great fame, which only increased with the publication of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886). He followed with the Scottish romances Kidnapped (1886) and The Master of Ballantrae (1889). In 1888 he set out with his family for the South Seas, traveling to the leper colony at Molokai, and finally settling in Samoa, where he died.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Note on the Text	xxvii
Select Bibliography	xxix
The Master of Ballantrae	1	(220)
Dedication	3	(2)
Preface	5	(4)
Summary of Events During the Master's Wanderings	9	(24)
The Master's Wanderings: From the Memoirs of the Chevalier de Burke	33	(28)
Persecutions Endured by Mr Henry	61	(31)
Account of All That Passed on the Night of February 27th, 1757	92	(19)
Summary of Events During the Master's Second Absence	111	(18)
Adventure of Chevalier Burke in India: Extracted from his Memoirs	129	(4)
The Enemy in the House	133	(20)
Mr Mackellar's Journey with the Master	153	(17)
Passages at New York	170	(16)
The Journey in the Wilderness	186	(35)
Appendix: Stevenson's `Note to the Master of Ballantrae' (1893-4)	221	(8)
Notes	229	(18)
Textual Variants	247