Description: The author of such popular adventure stories as Kidnapped and Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson also wrote gripping tales of terror and the supernatural, three of the best of which are included in this choice selection of short stories. In The Body Snatcher, Stevenson unmasks the highly esteemed Dr. Wolfe Macfarlane, who, as a young medical student, regularly paid grave robbers for corpses which he dissected and studied -- a practice he continued in later years to cover up his own evil deeds. The Bottle Imp centers around a magical bottle that provides its owner with all he desires, but at a great cost! Swirling seas, dangerous reefs, and inhospitable islands provide the grim backdrop for a tale of greed, lunacy, and unbridled fear in The Merry Men, the name given by the inhabitants of Aros to the fearful breakers that pound their tiny Scottish isle.

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