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 AllRefer.com - Robert Louis Stevenson (English Literature, 19th Century, Biography) - Encyclopedia
There Stevenson gained the affection of the natives, who knew him as Tusitala (teller of tales).
A Child's Garden of Verses appeared in 1885, followed in 1886 by two of his best-known works: Kidnapped, an adventure tale noted for its Scottish setting, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
At his estate there ("Vailima") he collaborated with his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, on the novels The Wrong Box (1889), The Wrecker (1892), and The Ebb Tide (1894), and wrote and planned numerous tales and essays.
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 Literary Encyclopedia: Robert Louis Stevenson
An important early Stevenson text, “Will O' the Mill” was published in the Cornhill Magazine in January 1878 and later collected in The Merry Men and Other Tales (1887).
She, in turn, became genuinely fond of her in-laws as her letters demonstrate.
Stevenson never practised law and, much to his father's chagrin, he announced that he wished to be a writer.
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 Robert Louis Stevenson: bio and encyclopedia article
Stevenson also wrote poetry and prose in Scots[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject].
(Stevenson wrote one of his most famous essays in defense of the life and work of the missionary priest.
Robert gave up the religion of his parents whilst studying at Edinburgh University[For more, click on this link], EHandler: no quick summary.
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 R. L. Stevenson - Free net encyclopedia
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