The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses
| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical, Adventure, Romance novel |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons (US) & Cassell (UK) |
Publication date | 1888 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | book |
| Pages | 392 (first edition) |
| Preceded by | serial periodical article |
| Text | The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses at Wikisource |
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an adventure, romance and historical novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle "A Tale of Tunstall Forest" beginning in Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature, vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, 30 June 1883) and ending in vol. XXIII, no. 672 (Saturday, 20 October 1883)—Stevenson had finished writing it by the end of summer. It was printed under the pseudonym Captain George North. He alludes to the time gap between the serialisation and the publication as one volume in 1888 in his preface "Critic [parodying Dickens's 'Cricket'] on the Hearth": "The tale was written years ago for a particular audience..." The Paston Letters were Stevenson's main literary source for The Black Arrow. The Black Arrow consists of 79,926 words.