<Li> <P> by Henry Walter Barnett, 1893 </P> </Li> <P> by Henry Walter Barnett, 1893 </P> <Ul> <Li> The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth (1877) Unfinished and unpublished . An annotated edition of the original manuscript, edited and introduced by Roger G. Swearingen, was published as The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth: An Extravaganza in August 2014 . </Li> <Li> Treasure Island (1883) His first major success, a tale of piracy, buried treasure, and adventure, has been filmed frequently . In an 1881 letter to W.E. Henley, he provided the earliest known title, "The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island: a Story for Boys". </Li> <Li> Prince Otto (1885) Stevenson's third full - length narrative, an action romance set in the imaginary Germanic state of Grünewald . </Li> <Li> Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), a novella about a dual personality much depicted in plays and films, also influential in the growth of understanding of the subconscious mind through its treatment of a kind and intelligent physician who turns into a psychopathic monster after imbibing a drug intended to separate good from evil in a personality . </Li> <Li> Kidnapped (1886) is a historical novel that tells of the boy David Balfour's pursuit of his inheritance and his alliance with Alan Breck Stewart in the intrigues of Jacobite troubles in Scotland . </Li> <Li> The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (1888) An historical adventure novel and romance set during the Wars of the Roses . </Li> <Li> The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale (1889), a masterful tale of revenge, set in Scotland, America, and India . </Li> <Li> The Wrong Box (1889); co-written with Lloyd Osbourne . A comic novel of a tontine, also filmed (1966). </Li> <Li> The Wrecker (1892); co-written with Lloyd Osbourne . </Li> <Li> Catriona (1893), also known as David Balfour, is a sequel to Kidnapped, telling of Balfour's further adventures . </Li> <Li> The Ebb - Tide (1894); co-written with Lloyd Osbourne . </Li> <Li> Weir of Hermiston (1896). Unfinished at the time of Stevenson's death, considered to have promised great artistic growth . </Li> <Li> St Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897). Unfinished at the time of Stevenson's death, the novel was completed by Arthur Quiller - Couch . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth (1877) Unfinished and unpublished . An annotated edition of the original manuscript, edited and introduced by Roger G. Swearingen, was published as The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth: An Extravaganza in August 2014 . </Li>

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