| The Black Arrow Contributor(s): Stevenson, Robert Louis (Author), Stevenson, R. L. (Author), 1stworld Library (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1421808617 ISBN-13: 9781421808611 Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 980 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.25 lbs) 340 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 505 Reading Level: 9.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No one but myself knows what I have suffered, nor what my books have gained, by your unsleeping watchfulness and admirable pertinacity. And now here is a volume that goes into the world and lacks your imprimatur: a strange thing in our joint lives; and the reason of it stranger still I have watched with interest, with pain, and at length with amusement, your unavailing attempts to peruse The Black Arrow; and I think I should lack humour indeed, if I let the occasion slip and did not place your name in the fly-leaf of the only book of mine that you have never read--and never will read. That others may display more constancy is still my hope. The tale was written years ago for a particular audience and (I may say) in rivalry with a particular author; I think I should do well to name him, Mr. Alfred R. Phillips. It was not without its reward at the time. I could not, indeed, displace Mr. Phillips from his well-won priority; but in the eyes of readers who thought less than nothing of Treasure Island, The Black Arrow was supposed to mark a clear advance. Those who read volumes and those who read story papers belong to different worlds. The verdict on Treasure Island was reversed in the other court; I wonder, will it be the same with its successor? |