Literature is a world of words and wonder, able to take us on almost unimaginable journeys from the wild and fantastic to the grind and minutiae of life.

An author’s ideas are his building blocks, his architecture of the mind, building a structure on which all else will rest; the narrative, the characters, the words - those few words that begin the adventure.

In this series we look at some of our leading classic authors across two genres: the short story and the poem. In this modern world there is an insatiable need to categorise and pigeon-hole everyone and everything. But ideas, these grains and saplings of the brain, need to roam, to explore and find their perfect literary use vehicle. Our authors are masters of many literary forms, perhaps known for one but themselves favouring another.

Story. Poems. Story. Within these boundaries come all manner of invention and cast of characters. And, of course, each author has their own way of revealing their own chapter and verse.

1 - Chapter & Verse - Robert Louis Stevenson

2 - The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson

3 - Death to the Dead For Evermore by Robert Louis Stevenson

4 - The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson

5 - A Song of the Road by Robert Louis Stevenson

6 - The Vagabond by Robert Louis Stevenson

7 - Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson

8 - The Canoe Speaks by Robert Louis Stevenson

9 - Men Are Heaven's Piers by Robert Louis Stevenson

10 - I Do Not Fear to Own Me Kin by Robert Louis Stevenson

11 - To by Robert Louis Stevenson

12 - Windy Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson

13 - I Sit Up Here at Midnight by Robert Louis Stevenson

14 - Youth and Love by Robert Louis Stevenson

15 - A Valentines Song by Robert Louis Stevenson

16 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson