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Robert Louis Stevenson

Born

in Edinburgh, Scotland

November 13, 1850

Died

December 03, 1894

Website

http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Horror

Influences

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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of 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. ...more

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Robert Louis Stevenson’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 1,631,775 ratings · 72,689 reviews · 6,833 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 661,520 ratings — published 1886 — 561 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 538,108 ratings — published 1882 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror 3.91 avg rating — 144,044 ratings — published 1886	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 67,909 ratings — published 1886 — 4400 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jenny Davidson (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36,206 ratings — published 1886 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Child's Garden of Verses 4.27 avg rating — 26,740 ratings — published 1885 — 2424 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Arrow 3.79 avg rating — 19,821 ratings — published 1883 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bottle Imp 3.70 avg rating — 8,444 ratings — published 1891 — 243 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master of Ballantrae 3.70 avg rating — 6,481 ratings — published 1889 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Suicide Club (Prince Florizel, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 7,041 ratings — published 1878 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 180 pages, 1925

51 votes, 15.6%

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 228 pages, 1850

45 votes, 13.8%

Dune by Frank Herbert, 604 pages, 1965

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28 votes, 8.6%

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27 votes, 8.3%

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 311 pages, 1883

22 votes, 6.7%

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, 296 pages, 1929

21 votes, 6.4%

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19 votes, 5.8%

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, 176 pages, 1911

18 votes, 5.5%

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, 360 pages, 1909

15 votes, 4.6%

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14 votes, 4.3%

The Stand by Stephen King, 1153 pages, 1978

14 votes, 4.3%

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13 votes, 4.0%

The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 560 pages, 1951

2 votes, 0.6%

326 total votes

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