Who knew Robert Louis Stevenson was so funny. The Beach at Falesa  is funny, but funny in the same way that Nicolai Gogol is funny.  You have to be in the right frame of mind to appreciate the humor.  And you have to be willing to overlook, or at least look past,  some things that modern readers aren’t so willing to overlook so much anymore. … Continue reading The Beach of Falesa by Robert Louis Stevenson