Lay Morals (annotated)

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Overview

Lay Morals, and other papers, is a classic philosophy essay/short story collection by Robert Louis Stevenson. The problem of education is twofold: first to know, and then to utter. Every one who lives any semblance of an inner life thinks more nobly and profoundly than he speaks; and the best of teachers can impart only broken images of the truth which they perceive. Speech which goes from one to another between two natures, and, what is worse, between two experiences, is doubly relative. Contents: Preface by Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson -- Lay morals -- Father Damien -- The Pentland rising -- The day after to-morrow -- College papers -- Criticisms -- Sketches -- The Great North Road -- The young chevalier -- Heathercat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781517645120
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/03/2015
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses.

A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world.[3] His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Emilio Salgari, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov,[4] J. M. Barrie,[5] and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins".

Date of Birth:

November 13, 1850

Date of Death:

December 3, 1894

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Vailima, Samoa

Education:

Edinburgh University, 1875