ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

MATIS LEIMA XI A

• Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson • 13 November 1850, Edinburgh – 3 December 1894, Samoa • Scottish novelist, poet, • essayist and travel writer

• Only child of Thomas Stevenson and Margaret Isabella Balfour • Fragile health, nearly died in 1858 • Disposition to write at the age of six • Talent civil engineering • Earliest works in 1866 • Meets Mr. Sidney Colvin

• Wanderings in France, Germany, Scotland • „An Inland Voyage“ • Physical activity improves health • First recognized as a writer • Moved to San Francisco and married in May, 1880 • Returned to Scotland • „The Sea-Cook“ e.g. „Treasure Island“

• Lived in Marseilles, Hyères, Bournemouth • Struck the public taste with „The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde“ • 1887 last productive year • Sailed the Pacific

Travels • • • • • •

Edinburgh London Barbizon & Grez Belgium California Casco Cruise

Novels • • • • •

Treasure Island Jekyll & Hyde Kidnapped Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes Weir of Hermiston

Treasure Island • First person story by Jim Hawkins • Meeting pirates by coincidence • Treasure map • Adventure with Long John Silver • Finale battle with the pirates and Jim’s party

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