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Olalla

Olalla

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Hardcover

Classic FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1161445471
ISBN13: 9781161445473
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Olalla is a gothic short story written by the famous Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The story is set in Spain, and it follows the life of a young soldier named Felipe who is recovering from an injury in a remote castle in the mountains. The castle is owned by a strange family, and Felipe becomes fascinated by the beautiful and mysterious Olalla, one of the family members. As he spends more time with her, he begins to uncover dark secrets about the family's past and their strange behavior. The story explores themes of madness, family secrets, and the supernatural. It is a haunting and atmospheric tale that showcases Stevenson's mastery of the gothic genre.But the intelligence (that more precious heirloom) was degenerate; the treasure of ancestral memory ran low; and it had required the potent, plebeian crossing of a muleteer or mountain contrabandista to raise, what approached hebetude in the mother, into the active oddity of the son. Yet of the two, it was the mother I preferred.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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