The Bodysnatcher and Other Stories - Softcover

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753808617 ISBN 13: 9780753808610

Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1999

Synopsis

Robert Louis Stevenson was a natural story-teller who could write about a range of topics in a spell-binding way. This collection of tales covers adventure, romance and wrong-doing.

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About the Author

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, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, 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."

From the Inside Flap

Scotland, 1815. Fettes, a young medical student, is learning more than he ever wanted to know about corpses. He is shocked to realize that the corpses they are using in class are not donated, but rather stolen from fresh graves--and now he must get himself a new one. Fettes thinks he's up to this terrifying task, but he can't anticipate what will happen that night--or the body that will haunt him for the rest of his life. Adapted from the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, this easy-to-read, edge-of-your-seat version will grab reluctant readers who expect a good scare!

Edition details

• Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753808617
• ISBN 13: 9780753808610
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Royle Trevor