# The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale

Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

Genre: Historical Fiction

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/864

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Master+of+Ballantrae%3A+A+Winter%27s+Tale+Stevenson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Here is a tale which extends over many years and travels into many countries. By a peculiar fitness of circumstance the writer began, continued it, and concluded it among distant and diverse scenes. Above all, he was much upon the sea. The character and fortune of the fraternal enemies, the hall and shrubbery of Durrisdeer, the problem of Mackellar’s homespun and how to shape it for superior flights; these were his company on deck in many star-reflecting harbours, ran often in his mind at sea to the tune of slatting canvas, and were dismissed (something of the suddenest) on the approach of squalls. It is my hope that these surroundings of its manufacture may to some degree find favour for...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-master-of-ballantrae-a-winter-s-tale-864/chapters/8/index.md)