"The Master of Ballantrae" takes a deep, disturbing turn after "Kidnapped and Catriona", with its tale of rival brothers caught in a web of hatred, obsession, love and betrayal which draws them to adventures in frozen wastes of North America....
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"The Master of Ballantrae" takes a deep, disturbing turn after "Kidnapped and Catriona", with its tale of rival brothers caught in a web of hatred, obsession, love and betrayal which draws them to adventures in frozen wastes of North America. Stevenson's fascination with the divided nature of the human self, so famously demonstrated in "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", recurs in "Weir of Hermiston" with its awful father-son confrontation Cover -- Title Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Author Information -- The Master of Ballantrae -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- I. Summary of Events during the Master's Wanderings -- II. Summary of Events (continued) -- III. The Master's Wanderings: From the Memoirs of the Chevalier de Burke -- IV. Persecutions endured by Mr Henry -- V. Account of all that passed on the Night of February 27th, 1757 -- VI. Summary of Events during the Master's Second Absence -- VII. Adventure of Chevalier Burke in India: Extracted from his Memoirs -- VIII. The Enemy in the House -- IX. Mr Mackellar's Journey with the Master -- X. Passages at New York -- XI. The Journey in the Wilderness -- XII. The Journey in the Wilderness (continued) -- Weir of Hermiston -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Introductory -- I. Life and Death of Mrs Weir -- II. Father and Son -- III. In the Matter of the Hanging of Duncan Jopp -- IV. Opinions of the Bench -- V. Winter on the Moors: -- I At Hermiston -- II. Kirstie -- III. A Border Family -- VI. A Leaf from Christina's Psalm-Book -- VII. Enter Mephistopheles -- VIII. A Nocturnal Visit -- IX. At the Weaver's Stone -- Glossary
