Robert Louis Stevenson: The Sickly Writer Many well known pieces of literature were written by one, well-known man, who was this man? The man was Robert Louis Stevenson, an author of many books, poems, and several other pieces of literature. Despite declining health, Stevenson accomplished many great things in his short life. Robert Louis Stevenson's early years, middle years, and later years had a profound impact on many people around the world. The early years of Robert Louis Stevenson were a large factor in determining the rest of his life. In the town of Edinburg, Scotland , on November 13,1850, a little boy was born. The little boy, who was born to Thomas and Margret Stevenson, was given the name Robert Louis Stevenson (biography.com). …show more content…
One day, in September of 1876, Robert met a lady that captured his attention, this lady was Fanny Osborn. Fanny was thirty six, and although she was married (but separated) with two children, she and Stevenson pursued a relationship. After two years Fanny divorced her husband to be with Stevenson ( encyclopedia Britannica). Although Robert was focused on his relationship, he also was working on his first book. An Inland Voyage , a book that came from a canoe trip through the Belgium and French canals ( encyclopedia of the world ) , was published in 1878 (bio.com). Around the same time that Stevenson published his first book, he also published his first collection of essays entitled Viginibus Presque ( encyclo Britannica). In 1880, after a four year relationship with Fanny, Stevenson was married. Once married, the happy couple took a three week honeymoon to California. The enjoyable vacation, to an abandoned gold mine, sparked the idea for another book titled The Silverado Squatters ( bio.com). After the honeymoon, the new couple decided to move their new family to Switzerland to help with Roberts health problems (encyclo Britannica). Following the Stevenson's move, in 1882, Robert his first book of short fictions titled New Arabian Nights (bio.com). Shortly after moving to Switzerland an epidemic erupted so Robert moved his family to England. Living in England was enjoyable for a period but after several years the climate caused Robert's health to decline. In August of 1887 the family yet again moved, this time to New York ( encyclopedia Britannica). Upon arriving in New York, Stevenson found himself to famous with several publishers and editors (encyclopedia Britannica). With his new found fame, Stevenson published several other books in the 1880's. Some of Roberts pieces where The Treasure of Franchard, published in 1883, and Treasure Island
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Stevenson's Use of Literary Techniques in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Stephen Kings childhood plays a big role in his future career as a writer. Stephen King was brought into the world on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland ("Stephen King." ). He was his parents only natural-born child. King had one adopted brother, David who was two years older, and his parents, Donald Edwin King and Ruth P...
Mrs. Stevenson, an invalid lady who is waiting at her home impatiently for her husband to come back home from work. Leona became querulous and demanding owing to the fact that she overheard a phone call as the operator accidentally dialed the wrong number and hears two men planning on murdering an unidentified, elderly woman. Becoming increasingly frantic and devastated about what had just happened, the operator will not seem to get her to reconnect the phone call of these two unsuspected men, she tries to call the cops, she tries to get that phone call reported. Mrs. Stevenson dejected and miserable, keeps wanting to trace that phone call but cannot happen because she has no evidence of the two men talking. Eventually, miss Stevenson is told
Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He developed a desire to write early in life, having no interest in the family business of lighthouse engineering. He was often abroad, usually for health reasons, and his journeys led to some of his early literary works. Publishing his first volume at the age of 28. After that Stevenson became a literary celebrity during his life when he worked on the Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde novels which were released to eager audiences.
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