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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 · 1,671,049 ratings · 76,129 reviews · 7,107 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 680,711 ratings — published 1886 — 8672 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 — 548,018 ratings — published 1882 — 11054 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 — 148,222 ratings — published 1886 — 47 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
	Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 68,621 ratings — published 1886 — 4361 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 — 36,363 ratings — published 1886 — 19 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 — 27,264 ratings — published 1885 — 2508 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 — 20,055 ratings — published 1883 — 359 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 — 8,751 ratings — published 1891 — 244 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 — 7,238 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
	The Master of Ballantrae 3.70 avg rating — 6,576 ratings — published 1889 — 311 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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