{"product_id":"storyteller-the-life-of-robert-louis-stevenson","title":"Storyteller: The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Leo Damrosch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a critically acclaimed biographer, an engrossing narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson's life, a story as romantic and adventurous as his fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest of 2025 Lists: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Top 10 - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEconomist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Top 10 - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Top 25 - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Notable Works of Nonfiction - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \"Ultimate Best Books\" - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld Today Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Top 25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Damrosch brings to Stevenson's life the calm, humane interpretive powers that he deployed with such success in . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. . . . [An] excellent book.\"--Meghan Cox Gurdon, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is famed for \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKidnapped\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, \u003c\/i\u003e but he published many other novels and stories before his death at forty-four. Despite lifelong ill health, he had immense vitality; Mark Twain said his eyes burned with \"smoldering rich fire.\" Born in Edinburgh to a family of lighthouse engineers, Stevenson set many stories in Scotland but sought travel and adventure in a life as romantic as his novels. \"I loved a ship,\" he wrote, \"as a man loves burgundy or daybreak.\" The adventures were shared with his free-spirited American wife, Fanny, with whom he moved to the South Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSamoan friends named Stevenson \"Storyteller.\" Reading, he said, \"should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book, be rapt clean out of ourselves.\" His own books have been translated into dozens of languages. Jorge Luis Borges called his stories \"one of the forms of happiness,\" and other modernist masters as various as Proust, Nabokov, and Calvino have paid tribute to his greatness as a literary artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStoryteller, \u003c\/i\u003e Leo Damrosch brings to life an unforgettable personality, illuminated by many who knew Stevenson well and drawing from thousands of the writer's letters in his many voices and moods--playful, imaginative, at times tragic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A captivating, elegantly written biography. . . . \u003ci\u003eSquanto\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book for adult readers on this intriguing figure in early American history.\"-\u003cstrong\u003e-Melanie Kirkpatrick, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Native American history . . . has been revised and distorted for centuries. The story of Squanto, the Pilgrims, and the first Thanksgiving is a prime example. Lipman's book is a step toward amending that. . . . [A] revelatory biography and social history.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Katherine A. Powers, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A balanced, thoughtful blend of biography and history.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Top 10 Book of 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2025 by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \"50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Book of the Year 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld Today Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Top 25 Book of 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNamed a Top 25 Book of 2025 by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNamed to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \"Ultimate Best Books of 2025 List\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo Damrosch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature Emeritus at Harvard University. His many books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (National Book Award finalist); \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdventurer: The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan Swift: His Life and His World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (National Book Critics Circle Award winner, Pulitzer Prize finalist). He lives in Newton, MA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. 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