| The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses Contributor(s): Golgotha Press (Editor), Stevenson, Robert Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 150101871X ISBN-13: 9781501018718 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Lexile Measure: 980 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.85 lbs) 288 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 505 Reading Level: 9.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both an historical adventure novel and a romance. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle "A Tale of Tunstall Forest" beginning in Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature, vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, June 30, 1883) and ending in the issue for Saturday, October 20, 1883-Stevenson had finished writing it by the end of summer. It was printed under the pseudonymn Captain George North. He alludes to the time gap between the serialization and the publication as one volume in 1888 in his preface "Critic parodying Dickens's "Cricket"] on the Hearth": "The tale was written years ago for a particular audience ...." The Paston Letters were Stevenson's main literary source for The Black Arrow. This book is annotated. It includes: *A biography about the life and times of the author *A Plot summary / overview |