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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, Travel

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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 · 1,707,200 ratings · 79,488 reviews · 7,859 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.84 avg rating — 699,905 ratings — published 1886 — 8166 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 — 556,175 ratings — published 1882 — 10536 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 3.90 avg rating — 151,732 ratings — published 1886 — 46 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 — 69,397 ratings — published 1886 — 6 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 — 36,533 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 — 27,415 ratings — published 1885 — 2303 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 — 20,290 ratings — published 1883 — 9 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 — 8,997 ratings — published 1891 — 238 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) 3.41 avg rating — 7,375 ratings — published 1878 — 2 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 — 6,682 ratings — published 1889 — 1261 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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10 votes, 6.8%

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9 votes, 6.1%

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