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The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables
1st U.K. edition 1887
AuthorRobert Louis Stevenson
LanguageEnglish and Scots
GenreShort stories
PublisherChatto and Windus
Publication date
1887
Publication placeScotland
Media typePrint (Hardback)
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The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables (1887) is a collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson. The title derives from the local name given to a group of waves in the title short story, not from the Merry Men of Robin Hood tales.

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