Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He was born on 13 November 1850 and died on 3 December 1894.His parents were Thomas Stevenson, a and Margaret Isabella Balfour. He spent much of his childhood sick in bed with lung trouble. He studied law in Edinburgh University. But he turned his interest to writing. Some of his best known works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll.
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| Born | Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson 13 November 1850 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 3 December 1894 (aged 44) Vailima, Samoa |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Period | Victorian era |
| Spouse | Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne |
| Children | Isobel Osbourne (stepdaughter) Lloyd Osbourne (stepson) |
| Relatives | Thomas Stevenson Margaret Isabella Balfour |
Selected works
- Treasure Island (1883)
- A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
- The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
- Kidnapped (1886)
- The Black Arrow (1888)
- The Master of Ballantrae (1889)
- Island Nights' Entertainments (1893)
Robert Louis Stevenson Media
Bound set of many of Stevenson's works, 1909
Stevenson's childhood home in Heriot Row
"My second mother, my first wife.*The angel of my infant life—*From the sick child, now well and old,*Take, nurse, the little book you hold!" Dedication of "A Child's Garden of Verses": "To Alison Cunningham. From her Boy."
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Stevenson à 14 ans
Photograph of Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson at age 26 in 1876 at Barbizon, France
Stevenson at age 26 by Charles Wirgman
