St. Ives (novel)
 Frontispiece by George Grenville Manton | |
| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Scribner's |
Publication date | 1897 |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Text | St. Ives at Wikisource |
St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch.
Unable to write, Stevenson dictated thirty chapters of the novel to his stepdaughter as a diversion from his debilitating illness. He alternated dictating St. Ives and The Weir of Hermiston but gradually lost interest in the former.[1]
The book plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Viscomte Anne de Keroual de St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier enlisted as a private under the name Champdivers, after his capture by the British.
Film adaptations
[edit]The 1949 film The Secret of St. Ives and the 1998 film St. Ives, also known as All For Love, were based on the novel. A television mini-series based on the novel was broadcast on the BBC in 1955.
References
[edit]- ^ J. R. Hammond. A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion: A Guide to the Novels, Essays and Short Stories. Springer, 1984. ISBN 9781349060801. P. 185.
External links
[edit]
Media related to St. Ives (1909) at Wikimedia Commons- St. Ives, available at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions illustrated)
 | This article about an 1890s novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. |