The complete online text of Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was one of the most popular and highly regarded British writers of the end of the 19th century. He played a significant part in the revival of the novel of romance. During Rober...

At the time of his death in Samoa in 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson was regarded by many critics and a large reading public as the most important writer in the English-speaking world. "Surely another age will wonder over this curiosity of letters," wrote S...

A combination of artistic ambitions, a thirst for adventure and discovery, courtship of and eventual marriage to an American, and above all poor health turned Robert Louis Stevenson into a life-long wanderer. His early travel writing demonstrates his kee...

FOR Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomerie at the 2005 Open at St Andrews, read Lorena Ochoa and Catriona Matthew at the Ricoh Women's British Open this weekend. In an uncanny mirror image of what happened two years ago, the World No 1 and...

Byline: DEREK LAWRENSON FOR Tiger Woods and Colin Montgomerie at the 2005 Open at St Andrews,read Lorena Ochoa and Catriona Matthew at the Ricoh Women's British Open thisweekend. In an uncanny mirror image of what happened two years ago, the World...

Jenny Wolf threw her arms wide in celebration as she glided over the ice, then covered her face with her hands. She couldn't believe what she saw on the scoreboard.The German speedskater had just set a world record in the 500 meters that had stood...

Germany's Jenny Wolf broke a world record that stood for nearly six years and Sven Kramer of the Netherlands shattered a mark that didn't even last a month.Wolf broke the record for the women's 500 meters and Kramer broke the men's 10,000 mark _ both...