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2. A Child's Garden of Verses - Wikipedia

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   Title Page of a 1916 US edition. A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [2]

3. The Lamplighter (poem) - Wikipedia

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   The Lamplighter is a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson contained in his 1885 collection A Child's Garden of Verses. This poem may be autobiographical. Stevenson was sickly growing up (probably tuberculosis), thus "when I am stronger" may refer to his hope of recovery. Further, his illness isolated him, so the loneliness expressed in the poem would ...

4. Robert Louis Stevenson - Wikipedia

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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 .

5. 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

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   A Child's Garden of Verses: Robert Louis Stevenson: Charles Robinson: English: 1885: 5+ The Blue Fairy Book: Andrew Lang: Henry Justice Ford: English: 1889: 5+ The Jungle Book: Rudyard Kipling: John Lockwood Kipling: English: 1894: 5+ Perez the Mouse: El Ratón Pérez: Luis Coloma: Spanish: 1894: 5+ Just So Stories: Rudyard Kipling: English ...

6. Underwoods - Wikipedia

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   Underwoods is a collection of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson published in 1887.It comprises two books, Book I with 38 poems in English, Book II with 16 poems in Scots.He says in the initial note that "I am from the Lothians myself; it is there I heard the language spoken about my childhood; and it is in the drawling Lothian voice that I repeat it to myself."

7. The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses - Wikipedia

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   The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 children's novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.It is both a historical adventure novel and a romance novel.It first appeared as a serial in 1883 with the subtitle "A Tale of Tunstall Forest" beginning in Young Folks; A Boys' and Girls' Paper of Instructive and Entertaining Literature, vol. XXII, no. 656 (Saturday, 30 June 1883) [1] and ending in ...

8. Kidnapped (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James , Jorge Luis Borges , and Hilary Mantel . [ 1 ]

9. My Shadow (poem) - Wikipedia

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   My Shadow is an 1885 poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. Among his most famous poems for children, [1] [2] it appeared in A Child's Garden of Verses in 1885. [3] [4] It is written in iambic heptameter containing seven metrical feet per line.