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Books
- The Pentland Rising (Edinburgh: Privately printed, 1866).
- An Appeal to the Clergy (Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1875).
- An Inland Voyage (London: Kegan Paul, 1878; Boston: robert Brothers, 1883).
- Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, with Etchings (London: Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1879; New York: Macmillan, 1889).
- Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (London: Kegan Paul, 1879; Boston: robert Brothers, 1879).
- Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers (London: Kegan Paul, 1881; New York: Collier, 1881).
- Familiar Studies of Men and Books (London: Chatto & Windus, 1882; New York: Dodd, Mead, 1887).
- New Arabian Nights (2 volumes, London: Chatto & Windus, 1882; 1 volume, New York: Holt, 1882).
- The Silverado Squatters (London: Chatto & Windus, 1883; New York: Munro, 1884).
- Treasure Island (London: Cassell, 1883; Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884).
- A Child's Garden of Verses (London: Longmans, Green, 1885; New York: Scribn
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DIY Homeschooler
The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls by Jacqueline Overton tells the story of the author and poet in a style accessible to younger readers. This free eBook makes a wonderful read aloud while studying Stevenson’s works.
THE pirate, Ralph the Rover, so legend tells, while cruising off the coast of Scotland searching for booty or sport, sank the warning bell on one of the great rocks, to plague the good Abbot of Arbroath who had put it there. The following year the Rover returned and perished himself on the same rock.
In the life of one of Scotland’s great men, Robert Louis Stevenson, we find proud record of his grandfather, Robert Stevenson, having built Bell Rock Lighthouse on this same spot years afterward.
And so begins the tale of a beloved figure in literature whose life story rivals that of the characters he created.
The book is organized by location and you’ll find several photo illustrations of the places Stevens
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Robert Louis Stevenson
For other people named Robert Stevenson, see Robert Stevenson (disambiguation).
Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He fryst vatten best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses.
Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Sidney Colvin, Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse,[1]Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. In 1890, he settled in Samoa where, alarmed at increasing European and American influence