 It is the first realistic South Sea story; I mean with real South Sea character and details of life. Everybody else who has tried, that I have seen, got carried away by the romance, and ended in a kind of sugar candy sham epic, and the whole effect was...  The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson - Page 165by Sir Graham Balfour - 1901Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1895 - 646 pages
..."set better wi' my genius." There is a vast deal of fact in the story, and some pretty good comedy. It is the first realistic South Sea story ; I mean...effect was lost —there was no etching, no human grin, consequently no conviction. Now 1 have got the smell and look of the thing a good deal. You will... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 296 pages
...set better wi' my genius." There is a vast deal of fact in the story, and some pretty good comedy. It is the first realistic South Sea story; I mean...effect was lost — there was no etching, no human grin, consequently no conviction. Now I have got the smell and look of the thing a good deal. You will... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - Authors, Scottish - 1895 - 392 pages
...set better wi' my genius.' There is a vast deal of fact in the story, and some pretty good comedy. It is the first realistic South Sea story ; I mean...I have seen, got carried away by the romance, and 1891 ended in a kind of sugar-candy sham epic, and the Sept. whole effect was lost — there was no... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1896 - 366 pages
..."set better wi' my genius." There is a vast deal of fact in the story, and some pretty good comedy. It is the first realistic South Sea story; I mean...sham epic, and the whole effect was lost — there 1891 was no etching, no human grin, consequently no conviction. Now I have got the smell and look of... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1896 - 354 pages
..."set better wi' my genius." There is a vast deal of fact in the story, and some pretty good comedy. It is the first realistic South Sea story; I mean...carried away by the romance, and ended in a kind of sugarSo XI candy sham epic, and the whole effect was lost — there 1891 was no etching, no human grin,... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1912 - 548 pages
...set better wi' my genius." There is a vast deal of fact in the story, and some pretty good comedy. It is the first realistic South Sea story ; I mean...carried away by the romance, and ended in a kind of sugar candy sham epic, and the whole effect was lost — there was no etching, no human grin, consequently... | |
 | George Edward Brown - 1919 - 340 pages
...re-writing, and with the alteration in its title, Stevenson took a most confident view of its merits : ' It is the first realistic South Sea story ; I mean...carried away by the romance, and ended in a kind of sugar candy sham epic, and the whole effect was lost — there was no etching, no human grin, consequently... | |
 | George Edward Brown - Authors, English - 1919 - 338 pages
...who has tried, that I have seen, got carried away by the romance, and ended in a kind of sugar candy sham epic, and the whole effect was lost — there was no etching, no human grin, consequently no conviction. Now I have got the smell and the look of the thing a good deal. You... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1923 - 534 pages
...varied, and picturesque, and has a pretty love affair, and ends well." And hi September, 1891, he wrote, "It Is the first realistic South Sea story; I mean...have seen, got carried away by the romance, and ended ma kind of sugar-candy sham epic, and the whole effect was lost — there was no etching, no human... | |
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