Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow

Dewi Llyr Evans (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Jessica Gossling (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1888

Places

Scotland (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Historical
Novel
Romance

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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses

is an adventure novel which first appeared as a serial in the children's periodical

Young Folks

, between June and October 1883. Stevenson's

Treasure Island

had completed its serialised appearance in that paper the previous year, and the author was asked by the editor, James Henderson, to provide a new story for his young readers. In its serialized form,

The Black Arrow

appeared under the pseudonym of Captain George North, which the author had also used for his previous contribution. It also bore a different subtitle: “a Tale of Tunstall Forest”. Five years later the work was brought out in book form by Cassell & Company, partly to capitalise on Stevenson's growing fame as the author of

Kidnapped

(1886) and

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

…

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Citation: Evans, Dewi Llyr. "The Black Arrow". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 April 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=10106, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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