Hi, Mike!  Recently you wrote in a message to ANTON SHEPELEV:

AS>  I don't know why people read J&H as their first (and
AS>  often last) work by Stevenson, who is a great master
>    of the short story.

MP>  I am not sure about other parts of the world but, in 
MP>  the US, some were probably forced to read it as their 
MP>  first in school.

     
         In this part of the world a lot of people's first experience was with either KIDNAPPED or TREASURE ISLAND, and it's not difficult to tell which they were required to read at school because they invariably prefer the other.

         Alexander & Anton are grownups who have chosen to read such material. They might feel differently about it if they were in junior high... [chuckle].
    



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