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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 .
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, but travelled widely and in 1888 he and his family began a three-year tour of the South Pacific, eventually settling in Samoa. [1] In 1890 Stevenson purchased 314 acres (127 ha) of land and began to build a home there; by 1891 his mansion Villa Vailima was completed, named after the nearby village ...
Margaret married the lighthouse engineer Thomas Stevenson and was the mother of the author Robert Louis Stevenson. Their daughter Henrietta Louisa Balfour (1822–1853), married R. H. Traquair, uncle of naturalist and palaeontologist Ramsay Traquair.
The Stevenson Cottage is a historic house in the village of Saranac Lake, in the town of St. Armand, Essex County, New York. It currently serves as a museum dedicated to the life of the author Robert Louis Stevenson. Originally known as Baker Cottage, Stevenson took up residence there during the winter of 1887–88 while seeking treatment for ...
In John Steinbeck's 1932 novel The Pastures of Heaven, one character regards Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes as one of the greatest works of English literature and names his son Robert Louis. Steinbeck and his wife Elaine were inspired by Stevenson in choosing the title of his 1962 book Travels with Charley. [6]
Belle and her family moved to Vailima, Samoa, in May 1891 with her mother and step-father. There she was Robert Louis Stevenson's literary assistant transcribing his words when he was too ill to write. [5] Her husband Joseph Strong had a drinking problem and Belle divorced him in 1892. [1]
Robert Louis Stevenson (stepfather) Edward Salisbury Field (brother-in-law) Samuel Lloyd Osbourne (April 7, 1868 – May 22, 1947) was an American author and the stepson of the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson , with whom he co-authored three books, including The Wrecker .
After Robert Louis Stevenson received a letter from Henley labelled "Private and Confidential" and dated 9 March 1888, in which the latter accused Stevenson's new wife Fanny of plagiarising his cousin Katharine de Mattos' writing in the story "The Nixie", [20] the two men ended their friendship, though a correspondence of sorts did resume later ...