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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is 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 Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, 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 in the South Sea islands, his writing turned away from romance and adventure fiction toward a darker realism. He died in his island home in 1894 at age 44.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories book cover

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories

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Satan's Signature book cover

Satan's Signature

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Treasure Island book cover

Treasure Island

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Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde book cover

Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Il diamante del rajà e altri racconti book cover

Il diamante del rajà e altri racconti

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The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson book cover

The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson

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Treasure Island (Illustrated) book cover

Treasure Island (Illustrated)

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The Strange Case of  Dr. Jekyll and  Mr. Hyde (Illustrated) book cover

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Illustrated)

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The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs book cover

The Adventure of the Hansom Cabs

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The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective book cover

The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective

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Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk book cover

Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk

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Providence and the Guitar book cover

Providence and the Guitar

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Story of the Bandbox book cover

Story of the Bandbox

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Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders book cover

Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders

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Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts book cover

Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts

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Treasure Island book cover

Treasure Island

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Treasure Island book cover

Treasure Island

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St. Ives Being The Adventures Of A French Prisoner In England book cover

St. Ives Being The Adventures Of A French Prisoner In England

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Catriona book cover

Catriona

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El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde book cover

El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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