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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Historical fictionScotland -- History -- 18th century -- FictionInheritance and succession -- FictionRevenge -- FictionPsychological fiction

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  1. 01Front matter~3 min
  2. 02Preface~8 min
  3. 03CHAPTER I. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THIS MASTER’S WANDERINGS. — part 1~25 min
  4. 04CHAPTER I. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THIS MASTER’S WANDERINGS. — part 2~2 min
  5. 05CHAPTER II. SUMMARY OF EVENTS (_continued_) — part 1~25 min
  6. 06CHAPTER II. SUMMARY OF EVENTS (_continued_) — part 2~14 min
  7. 07CHAPTER III. THE MASTER’S WANDERINGS. — part 1~23 min
  8. 08CHAPTER III. THE MASTER’S WANDERINGS. — part 2~25 min
  9. 09CHAPTER III. THE MASTER’S WANDERINGS. — part 3~25 min
  10. 10CHAPTER III. THE MASTER’S WANDERINGS. — part 4~2 min
  11. 11CHAPTER IV. PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY MR. HENRY. — part 1~25 min
  12. 12CHAPTER IV. PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY MR. HENRY. — part 2~25 min
  13. 13CHAPTER IV. PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY MR. HENRY. — part 3~25 min
  14. 14CHAPTER IV. PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY MR. HENRY. — part 4~5 min
  15. 15CHAPTER V. ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757. — part 1~25 min
  16. 16CHAPTER V. ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757. — part 2~22 min
  17. 17CHAPTER VI. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THE MASTER’S SECOND ABSENCE. — part 1~25 min
  18. 18CHAPTER VI. SUMMARY OF EVENTS DURING THE MASTER’S SECOND ABSENCE. — part 2~21 min
  19. 19CHAPTER VII. ADVENTURE OF CHEVALIER BURKE IN INDIA.~9 min
  20. 20CHAPTER VIII. THE ENEMY IN THE HOUSE. — part 1~25 min
  21. 21CHAPTER VIII. THE ENEMY IN THE HOUSE. — part 2~25 min
  22. 22CHAPTER IX. MR. MACKELLAR’S JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER. — part 1~20 min
  23. 23CHAPTER IX. MR. MACKELLAR’S JOURNEY WITH THE MASTER. — part 2~24 min
  24. 24CHAPTER X. PASSAGES AT NEW YORK. — part 1~25 min
  25. 25CHAPTER X. PASSAGES AT NEW YORK. — part 2~16 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XI. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS. — part 1~24 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XI. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS. — part 2~25 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XI. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS. — part 3~6 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XII. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS (_continued_). — part 1~25 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XII. THE JOURNEY IN THE WILDERNESS (_continued_). — part 2~8 min

A few words to begin

Although an old, consistent exile, the editor of the following pages revisits now and again the city of which he exults to be a native; and there are few things more strange, more painful, or more salutary, than such revisitations. Outside, in foreign spots, he comes by surprise and awakens more attention than he had expected; in his own city, the relation is reversed, and he stands amazed to be so little recollected. Elsewhere he is refreshed to see attractive faces, to remark possible friends; there he scouts the long streets, with a pang at heart, for the faces and friends that are no more. Elsewhere he is delighted with the presence of what is new, there tormented by the absence of what is old. Elsewhere he is content to be his present self; there he is smitten with an equal regret for what he once was and for what he once hoped to be. He was feeling all this dimly, as he drove from the station, on his last visit; he was feeling it still as he alighted at the door of his friend Mr. Johnstone Thomson, W.S., with whom he was to stay. A hearty welcome, a face not altogether changed, a few words that sounded of old days, a laugh provoked and shared, a glimpse in passing of the snowy cloth and bright decanters and the Piranesis on the dining-room wall, brought him to his bed-room with a somewhat lightened cheer, and when he and Mr. Thomson sat down a few minutes later, cheek by…

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