New Arabian Nights

  by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1882, is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880. The collection contains Stevenson's first published fiction, and a few of the stories are considered by some critics to be his best work, as well as pioneering works in the English short story tradition New Arabian Nights Volume 1 The first volume contains seven stories originally called and published by London Magazine in serial format from June to October 1878. It is composed of two story groups, or cycles: "The Suicide Club""The Rajah's Diamond" Volume 2 The second volume is a collection of four unconnected (standalone) stories that were previously published in magazines: "The Pavilion on the Links" (1880), told in 9 mini-chapters"A Lodging for the Night" (1877)"The Sire De Malétroits Door" (1877)"Providence and the Guitar" (1878)