Classic Adventure Stories: 20 Tales of Risk, Resolve, and Far Horizons
About this ebook
In these pages, adventure begins with a door opened at night, a city clue followed on impulse, a reporter's audacity, a frontier exile, a small boat in heavy water, a fire that must be built in killing cold, a pirate ship, a locked room, a battlefield, a mountain code, and a mill turned into contested ground.
This Kinloch House Classics anthology includes:
Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" and "The Pavilion on the Links"
O. Henry, "The Green Door" and "A Retrieved Reformation"
Bret Harte, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and "The Luck of Roaring Camp"
Jack London, "To Build a Fire" and "Love of Life"
Rudyard Kipling, "The Man Who Would Be King" and "Wee Willie Winkie"
Arthur Conan Doyle, "The "Slapping Sal"" and "The Brazilian Cat"
Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Coup de Grace"
Stephen Crane, Richard Harding Davis, Prosper Merimee, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Emile Zola
With original editorial notes for each story, this collection is designed for readers who want classic adventure fiction in a curated, readable edition: sea peril, wilderness survival, frontier hardship, military danger, sudden reversals, moral tests, and action under pressure.
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About the author
E. B. Kinloch is the editorial name behind Kinloch House Classics, a small independent publishing house focused on carefully curated editions of classic public-domain literature. These collections are selected and arranged to preserve the original texts while presenting them in clear, readable modern editions for contemporary readers.
Kinloch House Classics specializes in themed anthologies spanning ghost stories, science fiction, mystery, folklore, and other enduring literary traditions.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer whose works remain among the most enduring classics of adventure literature. Best known for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Stevenson combined vivid storytelling with memorable characters, exploring themes of courage, identity, morality, and the lure of the unknown. His influence on adventure fiction has been profound, and his books continue to captivate readers around the world more
Rudyard Kipling was an English author, poet, and journalist best known for his vivid tales of empire, adventure, and distant places. Born in India in 1865, he drew heavily on his experiences of British India in works such as The Jungle Book, Kim, and Captains Courageous. Renowned for his storytelling, memorable characters, and keen sense of place, Kipling became the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, and remains one of the most influential authors of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Émile Zola was a French novelist, journalist, and literary critic widely regarded as one of the leading figures of nineteenth-century realism and naturalism. Best known for his monumental twenty-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series, Zola sought to portray society with remarkable detail and honesty, exploring the forces of heredity, environment, and social change. His novels, including Germinal and Thérèse Raquin, remain among the most influential works of French literature.
