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Life and Publications Summary. Robert Lewis (later: “Louis”) Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on 13 November 1850. His father Thomas belonged to a family of engineers who had built many of the deep-sea lighthouses around the rocky coast of Scotland. His mother, Margaret Isabella Balfour, came from a family of lawyers and church ...
Born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson came from a long line of prominent lighthouse engineers. During his boyhood, he spent holidays with his maternal grandfather, a minister and professor of moral philosophy who shared his love of sermons and storytelling ...
Robert Louis Stevenson ( Edimburgo, Escócia, 13 de novembro de 1850 – Vailima, Ilhas Samoa, 3 de dezembro de 1894 ), tendo nascido Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson, foi um influente novelista, poeta e escritor de roteiros de viagem britânico, nascido na Escócia. Escreveu clássicos como A Ilha do Tesouro, O Médico e o Monstro e As Aventuras de David Balfour .
For clarity and suspense, Robert Louis Stevenson is a rarely equaled raconteur. He reveals his mastery of narrative in his economical presentation of incident and atmosphere.
1: Starts attending Edinburgh Academy (for 15 months) 1862. July. RLS and parents visit Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (then Homburg), the capital of Hesse-Homburg, Germany. The family stayed in Homburg from 11 July – 8 August 1862 for a health cure for Mr Stevenson. From 1-11 July 1862, the family made their way to Homburg, traveling via ...
Jul 2, 2021 · The Prose Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson: A Guide. Hamden, CT/London: Shoe String (Archon)/Macmillan, a complete chronological bibliography of the prose writings (in order of composition) with comments and cross-references to critical works of relevance, indications of the location of mss., notes on sources, on the process of composition ...
The late William Zinsser called it “probably the most inaccessible grave in English letters.” He was talking about the top of a small mountain in Upolu, Samoa, where the Scottish man of letters Robert Louis Stevenson was buried in 1894. Stevenson was only forty-four when mourners climbed the mountain to lay him to rest, but he had accomplished a lot, penning scores of poems and essays ...
