Posted by Catherine on August 16, 2024 at 20:44:24 user clamont.
In researching my paper about AR’s connection to the lakes, and particularly Wild Cat Island, I discovered the following facts about the number of times AR uses the word “island/s” or “lake” in his work. I think he was rather attached to islands!
o The Desert Island (tiny handwritten book), 1892
o Earliers works – Pond and Stream, History of Storytelling and Critical Study on Stevenson has some references
o The Blue Treacle (has an island from which Tabitha must be rescued before a dragon eats it up towards the beginning), 1913
o Racundra’s First Cruise (70 references to "island", 7 to "lake") - 1923
o SA (450 references to "island", 150 to "lake"; Wildcat Island dominates whole story+ treasure, cache, islands)
o PD (180 island, 9 lake; features Wild Cat the boat; Crab island dominates 2nd half)
o SD (213 island, 155 lake; chapters on Wildcat Island as book-ends)
o WH (90 island, 172 lake; chapter on island (Spitzbergen) in the middle)
o CC (1 island, 6 lake, some mentions of other characters – could treat Teasel as island)
o PP (17 island, 24 lake, gulch was an island in the middle of the fire)
o BS (1 island, 3 lake (all on same page) – could treat Death and Glory as island)
o WD (5 island, 17 lake – could treat Goblin as an island)
o SW (258 island, 19 lake; camping on Swallow Island)
o ML (175 island, 3 lake; features Wild Cat the boat; is on three islands)
o PM (41 island, 98 lake, lots of sailing around islands, but Wild Cat not visited)
o GN (139 island, 15 lake, is set largely on an island)
o Autobiography (17 island; 65 lake)
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