{"product_id":"9781923023338","title":"The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson","description":"Author: Belinda Lyons-Lee\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781923023338\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Transit Lounge\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Jekyll and Hyde, there was someone else ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson\u003c\/i\u003e is a gothic delight. It tells the story of Robert Louis Stevenson's friendship with the charming Eugene Chantrelle and the murder mystery that contributed to Robert's need to create a novel focused on the dualistic nature of the psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a seance with the Shelleys at Boscombe Manor to a haunted wardrobe made by an infamous Scottish criminal, the novel is underscored by the story of two writers very much in love. Fanny and Robert were married in 1880, when she was forty and he was twenty-nine. An American who divorced her philandering husband to marry Robert, she was already the mother of children, a self-supporting writer, and with intelligence and wit very much the rock in their relationship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly told in Fanny's voice, this atmospheric novel is both the story of an unconventional literary relationship and a page-turning mystery that reveals the truth about the people, objects and events that inspired Stevenson to write \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Belinda Lyons-Lee's Writing \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It's an exhilarating ride, and the writing is astute, and often elegant.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThuy On, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lyons-Lee can absolutely craft a ripping yarn.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJodie Sloan, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe AU Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fully researched, but never lets the learning dominate. Rather the sense of a lost time is palpable ...'\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eLucy Sussex, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Australian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867065471134,"sku":"ADS-9781923023338","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781923023338.jpg?v=1779429142","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781923023338","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}