Project Gutenberg 2009-12-17 Public domain in the USA. 409 Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850 1894 Stevenson, R. L. (Robert Louis) Lang, Andrew 1844 1912 Lang, Walter Andrew The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 04 New Arabian Nights London : $b Chatto and Windus; in association with $b Cassell and Company Limited; $b William Heinemann; and $b Longmans Green and Company, $c 1911 The suicide club -- The Rajah's diamond -- The pavilion on the links -- A lodging for the night -- The Sire de Malétroit's door -- Providence and the guitar. Produced by Marius Masi, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 04" by Stevenson is a collection of fictional works written in the late 19th century. This volume includes stories such as "New Arabian Nights," featuring the character Prince Florizel of Bohemia, who engages in adventurous escapades that lead him into the shadowy realms of society and existential inquiry. The collection explores themes of mortality, absurdity, and the human condition, with the characters often navigating through bizarre and darkly humorous situations. At the start of the featured story "The Young Man with the Cream Tarts," we are introduced to Prince Florizel and his confidant, Colonel Geraldine, as they embark on escapades across London. After a chance encounter with a peculiar young man distributing cream tarts, they become entangled in his absurd yet existential predicament, hinting at a larger narrative about the pursuit of thrill and the contemplation of life and death. As they delve deeper into the stranger's world—a clandestine "Suicide Club"—the story unfolds with a mix of humor and tension, exploring the fragility of life and the absurdity of human desires in a society filled with both charm and darkness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories English literature -- 19th century PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Adventure Category: British Literature 651530 2025-07-12T13:03:45.512276 text/html 672599 2021-01-05T22:43:15 text/html 402284 2025-07-12T13:03:56.762208 application/epub+zip 412478 2025-07-12T13:03:49.645230 application/epub+zip 319312 2025-07-12T13:03:48.074216 application/epub+zip 784838 2025-07-12T13:04:01.956163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 745338 2025-07-12T13:03:55.644223 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 446687 2022-09-14T07:48:55.020779 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597957 2025-07-12T13:03:44.188252 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 597597 2021-01-05T22:43:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 597589 2021-01-05T22:43:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22513 2025-07-12T13:04:02.112149 application/rdf+xml 25402 2025-07-12T13:03:48.601226 image/jpeg 4531 2025-07-12T13:03:48.335228 image/jpeg 229591 2021-01-05T22:43:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 291790 2021-01-05T22:43:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 229491 2021-01-05T22:43:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 394268 2025-07-12T13:03:45.564274 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia