Robert Louis Stevenson
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born
November 13, 1850
died
December 03, 1894
gender
male
place of birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, The United Kingdom
genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry
about this author
Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.
Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.
On December 3rd, 1894, he died of an apparent cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 44.
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 3.62 — 9,064 ratings — published 1886 489 editions |
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 3.69 — 8,679 ratings — published 1882 611 editions |
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 3.58 — 2,127 ratings — published 1886 214 editions |
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The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 3.71 — 451 ratings — published 1888 70 editions |
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The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 3.52 — 179 ratings — published 1889 42 editions |
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The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 3.73 — 165 ratings — published 1970 12 editions |
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The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Nineteen Other Tales by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 4.01 — 108 ratings — published 2002 |
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The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 3.49 — 115 ratings — published 1981 5 editions |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde & Other Tales; Kidnapped; Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 3.95 — 79 ratings — published 2004 |
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The Bottle Imp by Robert Louis Stevenson avg rating 4.01 — 67 ratings — published 1986 14 editions |
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"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
— Robert Louis Stevenson
— Robert Louis Stevenson
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend."
— Robert Louis Stevenson
— Robert Louis Stevenson
"You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us."
— Robert Louis Stevenson
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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