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Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 13 November 1850 to Thomas Stevenson (1818–1887), a leading lighthouse engineer, and his wife, Margaret Isabella (born Balfour, 1829–1897). He was christened Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson. At about age 18, he changed the spelling of "Lewis" to "Louis", and he dropped "Balfour ...
- Kidnapped
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- Treasure Island
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- The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables
The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables is a collection of...
- Tales and Fantasies
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- Thomas Stevenson
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- A Child's Garden of Verses
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16: Arrives in New York, staying at the Hotel St. Stephen. May. 2: Goes to Manasquan, New Jersey, staying at Union House (an inn) with his mother, where they spend much time with Stevenson’s friend from his French bohemian days, Will Lowe, and his French wife Berthe (who later translated Treasure Island into French in 1890) 28: Returns to New ...
Robert Louis Balfour stevenson (1850-1894) A brief summary of Stevenson’s life. For more information see our recommended biographies. An Imaginative Childhood (1850-1867) Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland and was the only child of respectable middle-class parents. His father, Thomas, belonged to a family of engineers who had built most […]
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The Pentland Rising (RLS’s first published essay) 1867 –Attended Edinburgh University as a civil engineering major. 1871 – Begins to study law.
Roads (his first paid publication) 1875–finished university; passed Scottish Bar; a year later meets Fanny Osbourne.
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes 1880 – Married Fanny Osbourne in San Francisco, California; honeymoons in Napa Valley for 9 weeks; then returns to Scotland.
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers (published as a book); Treasure Island (serialized in Young Folksmagazine in 1881-1882)
Treasure Island (first published as book); Across the Plains (published in Longman’s Magazine); The Black Arrow (published in Young Folks magazine); Silverado Squatters (published in Century Illustrated MonthlyMagazine)
The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables; Underwoods; Memories and Portraits; May 8th Thomas Stevenson dies;August 22nd Louis, Fanny, Lloyd and Margret Stevenson sail for New York and spend the winter at Saranac Lake.
Memoir of Fleming Jenkin; The Black Arrow: A Tale of Two Roses; The family charters the schooner Casco and sails out of the San Francisco Bay to the South Seas.
The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter’s Tale; The Wrong Box (in conjunction with step-son Lloyd Osbourne); The Stevensons arrived in Hawaii and reunited with the Strong family; his mother returns to Scotland while the rest continue on in the South Seas and Australia
Ballads; Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Doctor Hyde of Honolulu; RLS purchases the Vailima Estate on the island of Upolu, Samoa.
The South Seas (published in The Sun in New York); The Bottle Imp (published in the New York Herald);
Life. Moore was born on 30 March 1848 in Camberwell, England, the second son of Daniel Moore, vicar of Holy Trinity, Paddington, and prebendary of St Paul's.. He was educated at St Paul's School from 1860 to 1867, which he left with an exhibition, matriculating as a commoner of Exeter College, Oxford, 1867, whence, after obtaining first-class honours in classical moderations and literae ...
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Margaret Isabella Balfour. Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He was born on 13 November 1850 and died on 3 December 1894.His parents were Thomas Stevenson, a and Margaret Isabella Balfour. He spent much of his childhood sick in bed with lung trouble. He studied law in Edinburgh University.
