Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Index of the Project Gutenberg works of Robert Louis Stevenson by StevensonAuthor: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894,Language: English, Class: PR: Language and Literatures: English literature, Release Date: Oct 28, 2018

Editor's review

This Project Gutenberg index is not a selected edition of Stevenson's works but a navigational catalogue of electronic texts of his public-domain writings, listing the Stevenson-related entries available on the site. Its value lies in gathering scattered electronic titles in one place, so readers can follow the listings to classics such as Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, as well as public-domain texts in other genres, including essays, travel writing and poetry. As a catalogue it provides no primary text, yet it gives readers a quick overall picture of how Stevenson's works are distributed and is especially suited to those who need to obtain English public-domain texts in bulk. Typical use is on e-readers, personal computers or tablets for catalogue searches, and it also serves as an entry tool for preparing library or classroom materials. Note that entries consist mainly of English titles and numbers, without summaries; it therefore suits readers with a clear search target rather than beginners seeking an introduction to Stevenson's life and style through a single book.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers seeking electronic texts of Stevenson's public-domain works in English
Teachers and students of English and American literature preparing classroom materials or reading lists
E-book users familiar with Project Gutenberg who prefer catalogue-style searching
Researchers who want a systematic overview of the genres in which Stevenson wrote

Not a good fit for

General readers who want to read Stevenson's texts directly
Beginners who need Chinese translations or detailed content descriptions
Readers unfamiliar with English-language catalogue searching who prefer guided bibliographies

Reading tips

First skim the index entries, organize a personal reading list by genre or title, then open the texts one by one.
Use it alongside Stevenson's major works, treating the index as a selection tool rather than continuous reading.
Open it on a computer or tablet so titles and numbers can be copied easily for on-site searches.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

FAQ

Does this index include the text of Stevenson's works?

No. It is only a catalogue of Stevenson-related entries in Project Gutenberg, meant to guide readers to the corresponding electronic texts, which must be obtained separately by entry.

Are the index entries in Chinese or English?

Entries consist mainly of English titles and numbers, with language and classification notes. Some ability to search in English is therefore needed; Chinese readers can identify the target work first and then look it up.

Is it suitable for learning about Stevenson's life?

No. The index offers no biography or commentary, only bibliographic information. For his life and creative background, consult biographies or introductory guides.

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About the author

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 Author

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a nineteenth-century British writer known for adventure fiction and poetry. His representative work Treasure Island established a classic model for treasure-hunt adventure stories and has circulated widely in many translations; the library also holds the Spanish version La isla del tesoro and the German version Die Schatzinsel: Roman. Another representative work, A Child's Garden of Verses, writes from a child's perspective about play, imagination, and everyday feelings, with fresh language and natural rhythm, and is a common reader in English children's poetry. The library holds as many as 101 of his works, showing the variety of his subjects and forms. Public information is limited, so details of his life and education are not elaborated here; overall, his writing combines thrilling narrative with a lyrical tone, being strongly story-driven yet readable aloud, and has had a lasting influence on later adventure literature and children's literature.