Description
By: Robert Louis and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter by Robert Louis and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson is a thrilling collection of short stories filled with adventure, intrigue, and suspense. The husband and wife duo create a vivid world that is populated with colorful characters and captivating plotlines.
Each story is unique and engaging, drawing the reader in with its fast-paced narrative and unexpected twists. The authors excel at creating a sense of mystery and tension, keeping the reader on the edge of their seat throughout the entirety of the book.
What sets this collection apart is the seamless blend of genres, seamlessly weaving together elements of detective fiction, romance, and adventure. The result is a thoroughly entertaining read that will appeal to a wide range of audiences.
Overall, More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter is a must-read for fans of thrilling and thought-provoking literature. The stories are expertly crafted and will linger in the mind long after the book is finished. Highly recommended.
Book Description:
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter (1885) is a collection of linked short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift. Three gentlemen of little means and no occupation meet in the Bohemian Cigar Divan, a tobacco shop with couches to sit and smoke. They read of a reward offered for information as to the whereabouts of a man with big moustaches and a sealskin coat. They agree among themselves that they will separate and search for the man so as to claim the reward. The stories that follow concern their adventures. What is the secret of the three mysterious and exotic ladies they meet? What is the seclusive renter upstairs up to with his secretive nighttime visitors and ticking boxes? And is that tobacconist what he seems? They meet again in the cigar divan in an epilogue to their travels.
