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Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island , Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses .
Rebecca is a 1938 Gothic novel by the English author Daphne du Maurier. It depicts an unnamed young woman who impetuously marries a wealthy widower, before discovering that both he and his household are haunted by the memory of his late first wife, the title character.
The novel has been cited as an inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and especially his 1889 novel The Master of Ballantrae, examining the duality of good and evil. According to Stevenson: The book since I read it in black, pouring weather on Tweedside, has always haunted and puzzled me.
Peter I (Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized: Pyotr I Alekseyevich, IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [O.S. 28 January] 1725), known as Peter the Great, [note 1] was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725.
In the novel, the protagonist Wei Xiaobao went to Russia and helped her in the coup against her half-brother Peter I. This event led to the peace between China and Russia in the Nerchinsk Treaty. [11] Vanessa Redgrave portrayed the character of Sophia Alekseyevna in the 1986 miniseries Peter the Great. Her performance received an Emmy award ...
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 children's novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.It is both a historical adventure novel and a romance novel.It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle "A Tale of Tunstall Forest" beginning in Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature, vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, 30 June 1883) [1] and ending in ...
Rebecca Godfrey died before she could complete her final novel, 'Peggy.' Her friend Leslie Jamison stepped in to finish it. 'Ghostwriting, in every sense': Rebecca Godfrey died writing a novel.
In the 1903 novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, young Rebecca re-enacts a scene of Charlotte Corday in prison, with her friends playing the role of the mob. [44] The 1919 German silent film Charlotte Corday starred Lya Mara in the title role. [citation needed] Drieu La Rochelle wrote a play in three acts called Charlotte Corday in 1939.