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===Novels=== [[File:Kidnapped p58 (WBHole).jpg|thumb|upright|Illustration from ''[[Kidnapped (novel)|Kidnapped]]''. Caption: "Hoseason turned upon him with a flash" ([[s:Kidnapped/Chapter 7|chapter VII]], "I Go to Sea in the Brig "Covenant" of Dysart")]] * ''The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth'' (1877) β unfinished and unpublished.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McCracken |first=Edd |date=20 March 2011 |title=Found: Louis Stevenson's missing masterpiece |work=Sunday Herald |location=Glasgow |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/found-louis-stevenson-s-missing-masterpiece-1.1091457 |access-date=20 March 2011 |archive-date=9 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309204423/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/found-louis-stevenson-s-missing-masterpiece-1.1091457 |url-status=live }}</ref> An annotated edition of the original manuscript, edited and introduced by Roger G. Swearingen, was published as ''The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth: An Extravaganza'' in August 2014. * ''[[Treasure Island]]'' (1883) β his first major success, a tale of [[piracy]], buried treasure and [[Adventure fiction|adventure]]; has been filmed frequently. In an 1881 letter to W. E. Henley, he provided the earliest-known title, "The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island: a Story for Boys". * ''[[Prince Otto]]'' (1885) β Stevenson's third full-length narrative, an action romance set in the imaginary Germanic state of GrΓΌnewald. * ''[[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'' (1886) β a novella about a [[Dissociative identity disorder|dual personality]]; much adapted in plays and films; also influential in the growth of understanding of the subconscious mind through its treatment of a kind and intelligent physician who turns into a [[psychopath]]ic monster after imbibing a drug intended to separate good from evil in a personality. * ''[[Kidnapped (novel)|Kidnapped]]'' (1886) β a historical novel that tells of the boy David Balfour's pursuit of his inheritance and his alliance with [[Alan Breck Stewart]] in the intrigues of [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] troubles in Scotland. * ''[[The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses|The Black Arrow]]'' (1888) β a historical [[adventure novel]] and [[Romance novel|romance]] set during the [[Wars of the Roses]]. * ''[[The Master of Ballantrae]]'' (1889) β a tale of revenge set in Scotland, America and India. * ''[[The Wrong Box (novel)|The Wrong Box]]'' (1889) β co-written with [[Lloyd Osbourne]]. A [[comic novel]] of a [[tontine]]; [[The Wrong Box|filmed]] in 1966 starring [[John Mills]], [[Ralph Richardson]] and [[Michael Caine]]. * ''[[The Wrecker (Stevenson novel)|The Wrecker]]'' (1892) β co-written with Lloyd Osbourne: the last part was filmed in 1957 as a [[List of Maverick episodes|television series episode]] of ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' starring [[James Garner]] and [[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]], with full credit to Stevenson and Osbourne. * ''[[Catriona (novel)|Catriona]]'' (1893) β also known as ''David Balfour''; a sequel to ''Kidnapped'', telling of Balfour's further adventures. * ''[[The Ebb-Tide]]'' (1894) β co-written with [[Lloyd Osbourne]]. * ''[[Weir of Hermiston]]'' (1896) β unfinished at the time of Stevenson's death; considered to have promised great artistic growth. * ''[[St. Ives (novel)|St Ives]]'' (1897) β unfinished at the time of Stevenson's death; completed by [[Arthur Quiller-Couch]].
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