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You will love this book if you enjoy Edinburgh streets, comic bad luck, ghostly suspense and stories about fathers and sons. It offers short tales with sharp turns, warm humor and a dark shadow close behind.
Che cos’è questo libro
One weak moment can undo a whole life. Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish writer who died in 1894, knew it well. Tales and Fantasies gathers three of his stories: The Misadventures of John Nicholson, The Body Snatcher, and The Story of a Lie. Each shows an ordinary man made small by a single lapse. One is a comedy of bad luck in Edinburgh. One is a tale of dread in a country inn. One follows a gentle lie that grows. Stevenson tells them in a quick, teasing voice, and he often speaks straight to you.
In questo riassunto
- 1A Fat Clerk Pawns His Mother's WatchFree
- 2Ten Years Later He Comes Home Rich
- 3A Lonely House and a Cab Without End
- 4A Drunk Old Man Knows a Great Doctor
- 5A Student Learns to Ask No Questions
- 6Dick Collects People and Quarrels with His Father
- 7A Kind Lie Grows Out of Control
- 8Small Failings Grow Into Big Disasters
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A Fat Clerk Pawns His Mother's Watch
The first tale opens in Edinburgh with John Nicholson, a stout and cheerful young man who studies law in his father's office. His father is a stern man who lives by a narrow church creed and the gloom of his house. John's loud laughter sounds to him like a weak mind.
John follows Alan Houston, an idle and handsome friend his father has forbidden. One Saturday John is sent to pay four hundred pounds into the bank. On the way, Alan begs a small loan, and John pawns his dead mother's gold watch under a false name. The errand runs late, and the bank is shut.
That night two men rob John on Calton Hill. He confesses everything to his father. Then, in panic, he takes some coins, leaves a note and sets out for California.
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Questions about Racconti e fantasie
What is Tales and Fantasies about?
It collects three stories by Robert Louis Stevenson. One follows a clerk in Edinburgh whose mistakes snowball, one is a dark tale about two medical men and a supply of bodies, and one shows a kind lie that grows.
Who are Fettes and Macfarlane in The Body Snatcher?
They were once assistants to an Edinburgh anatomy teacher. Fettes later becomes a drunk in the inn parlor at Debenham, while Macfarlane is a famous London doctor. Their meeting on the stairs starts the story.
What are the Disruption Principles in The Misadventures of John Nicholson?
They are the strict beliefs of a Scottish church party. Mr. Nicholson treats them as the center of his life and his home, though the narrator says an English reader could never make sense of them.
Is Tales and Fantasies based on a true story?
Stevenson, who died in 1894, wrote them as fiction.
Is Tales and Fantasies easy to read?
It has lively plots, short chapters and a humorous, chatty narrator who guides you from scene to scene. The stories are clear and quick, with sharp talk and vivid places, so they suit reading aloud.