''St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England'' ( 1897) is an

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Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...

. It was completed in 1898 by

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. Unable to write, Stevenson dictated thirty chapters of the novel to his stepdaughter as a diversion from his debilitating illness. He alternated dictating ''St. Ives'' and ''

The Weir of Hermiston ''Weir of Hermiston'' (1896) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is markedly different from his previous works in style and has often been praised as a potential masterpiece. It was cut short by Stevenson's sudden death in 18 ...

'' but gradually lost interest in the former.J. R. Hammond. ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion: A Guide to the Novels, Essays and Short Stories''. Springer, 1984. . P. 185. The book plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Viscomte Anne de Keroual de St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier enlisted as a private under the name Champdivers, after his capture by the British. The book is available on

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in both its incomplete and complete form (for the story as completed by Arthur Quiller-Couch look for "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson volume twenty.").

Film adaptations

The 1949 film ''

The Secret of St. Ives ''The Secret of St. Ives'' is a 1949 American historical adventure film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown and Henry Daniell. It is adapted from the 1897 novel '' St. Ives'' by Robert Louis Stevenson.Goble p.442 Set du ...

'' and the 1998 film '' St. Ives'', also known as ''All For Love'', were based on the novel. A television mini-series based on the novel was broadcast on the BBC in 1955.

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