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Olalla

Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher: Good Press

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"Olalla" is a short story by the Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson. It was first published in the Christmas 1885 issue of The Court and Society Review, then re-published in 1887 as part of the collection The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. It is set in Spain during the Peninsular War. A Scottish soldier recovering from his injuries in Spain goes to stay with a local family, where he eventually meets the beautiful Olalla and falls in love with her. But things won't be smooth sailing for either of them…
Available since: 04/11/2021.
Print length: 42 pages.

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