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New Arabian Nights

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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  1. 01Front matter~2 min
  2. 02Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts — part 1~25 min
  3. 03Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts — part 2~25 min
  4. 04Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts — part 3~19 min
  5. 05STORY OF THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SARATOGA TRUNK — part 1~25 min
  6. 06STORY OF THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SARATOGA TRUNK — part 2~25 min
  7. 07STORY OF THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SARATOGA TRUNK — part 3~10 min
  8. 08THE ADVENTURE OF THE HANSOM CABS — part 1~25 min
  9. 09THE ADVENTURE OF THE HANSOM CABS — part 2~21 min
  10. 10STORY OF THE BANDBOX — part 1~25 min
  11. 11STORY OF THE BANDBOX — part 2~25 min
  12. 12STORY OF THE BANDBOX — part 3~6 min
  13. 13STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN IN HOLY ORDERS — part 1~24 min
  14. 14STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN IN HOLY ORDERS — part 2~12 min
  15. 15STORY OF THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN BLINDS — part 1~25 min
  16. 16STORY OF THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN BLINDS — part 2~25 min
  17. 17STORY OF THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN BLINDS — part 3~20 min
  18. 18THE ADVENTURE OF PRINCE FLORIZEL AND A DETECTIVE~15 min
  19. 19CHAPTER I TELLS HOW I CAMPED IN GRADEN SEA-WOOD, AND BEHELD A LIGHT IN THE PAVILION~16 min
  20. 20CHAPTER II TELLS OF THE NOCTURNAL LANDING FROM THE YACHT~15 min
  21. 21CHAPTER III TELLS HOW I BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH MY WIFE~19 min
  22. 22CHAPTER IV TELLS IN WHAT A STARTLING MANNER I LEARNED THAT I WAS NOT ALONE IN GRADEN SEA-WOOD~18 min
  23. 23CHAPTER V TELLS OF AN INTERVIEW BETWEEN NORTHMOUR, CLARA, AND MYSELF~11 min
  24. 24CHAPTER VI TELLS OF MY INTRODUCTION TO THE TALL MAN~13 min
  25. 25CHAPTER VII TELLS HOW A WORD WAS CRIED THROUGH THE PAVILION WINDOW~14 min
  26. 26CHAPTER VIII TELLS THE LAST OF THE TALL MAN~15 min
  27. 27CHAPTER IX TELLS HOW NORTHMOUR CARRIED OUT HIS THREAT~11 min
  28. 28A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT A STORY OF FRANCIS VILLON — part 1~25 min
  29. 29A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT A STORY OF FRANCIS VILLON — part 2~25 min
  30. 30THE SIRE DE MALÉTROIT’S DOOR — part 1~25 min

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During his residence in London, the accomplished Prince Florizel of Bohemia gained the affection of all classes by the seduction of his manner and by a well-considered generosity. He was a remarkable man even by what was known of him; and that was but a small part of what he actually did. Although of a placid temper in ordinary circumstances, and accustomed to take the world with as much philosophy as any ploughman, the Prince of Bohemia was not without a taste for ways of life more adventurous and eccentric than that to which he was destined by his birth. Now and then, when he fell into a low humour, when there was no laughable play to witness in any of the London theatres, and when the season of the year was unsuitable to those field sports in which he excelled all competitors, he would summon his confidant and Master of the Horse, Colonel Geraldine, and bid him prepare himself against an evening ramble. The Master of the Horse was a young officer of a brave and even temerarious disposition. He greeted the news with delight, and hastened to make ready. Long practice and a varied acquaintance of life had given him a singular facility in disguise; he could adapt not only his face and bearing, but his voice and almost his thoughts, to those of any rank, character, or nation; and in this way he diverted attention from the Prince, and sometimes gained admission for the pair into s…

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