Tales and Fantasies

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Tales and Fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Contents

• TALES AND FANTASIES6
• THE MISADVENTURES OF JOHN NICHOLSON9
• CHAPTER I—IN WHICH JOHN SOWS THE WIND9
• CHAPTER II—IN WHICH JOHN REAPS THE WHIRLWIND13
• CHAPTER III—IN WHICH JOHN ENJOYS THE HARVEST HOME18
• CHAPTER IV—THE SECOND SOWING23
• CHAPTER V—THE PRODIGAL’S RETURN27
• CHAPTER VI—THE HOUSE AT MURRAYFIELD32
• CHAPTER VII—A TRAGI-COMEDY IN A CAB41
• CHAPTER VIII—SINGULAR INSTANCE OF THE UTILITY OF PASS-KEYS49
• CHAPTER IX—IN WHICH MR. NICHOLSON ACCEPTS THE PRINCIPLE OF AN ALLOWANCE59
• THE BODY-SNATCHER66
• THE STORY OF A LIE85
• CHAPTER I—INTRODUCES THE ADMIRAL85
• CHAPTER II—A LETTER TO THE PAPERS90
• CHAPTER III—IN THE ADMIRAL’S NAME94
• CHAPTER IV—ESTHER ON THE FILIAL RELATION101
• CHAPTER V—THE PRODIGAL FATHER MAKES HIS DEBUT AT HOME103
• CHAPTER VI—THE PRODIGAL FATHER GOES ON FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH109
• CHAPTER VII—THE ELOPEMENT118
• CHAPTER VIII—BATTLE ROYAL126
• CHAPTER IX—IN WHICH THE LIBERAL EDITOR RE-APPEARS AS ‘DEUS EX MACHINA’135
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE140

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