Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson has written at least 417 books. Their most popular book is Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with 1425 saves with an average rating of 3.73⭐.
Author Bio
Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of a lighthouse engineer. As a child he was often sick, especially during the winter months, possibly due to chronic bronchiectasis. He often tutored at home due to his illnesses, but at age eleven he was sent to Edinburgh Academy. He was always interested in writing stories, and his father published his first book, The Pentland Rising: A Page of History, 1666, in 1866.
In 1867 he went to the University of Edinburgh for engineering, although the discipline did not interest him. In 1871, he told his father that he intended to be a writer. His parents convinced him to return to the University of Edinburgh to read Law. After travelling to London and Paris, becoming active in literary circles in both cities, and a physical collapse in 1873 and recovery in the French Riviera, qualified for the Scottish bar in 1875. However, he never practised law, engaging instead in travel and writing.
In the course of his travels, Stevenson met Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne, an American mother of two who was in France to study art, in 1876. They met again in 1877 and became lovers, and he spent much of his time visiting with her and her children in France, until she returned to in San Francisco in 1878.
In 1879 he set sail to the U.S. to join her, becoming sick along the way, and when he arrived in San Francisco he was very ill. The now-divorced Vandegrift came to his bedside and nursed him to recovery. They married in 1880, honeymooned in the Napa Valley of California, then sailed with back to Britain, where he was reunited with his family.
For the next seven years, Stevenson travelled in search of a home that would benefit his health. He spent his summers in Scotland and England and his winters in France. During this time he wrote some of his best known work: Treasure Island (1883), A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), Kidnapped (1886), and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).
When his father died in 1887, Stevenson moved with his mother and family to the Adirondacks. In 1888, they set sail in a chartered yacht for the South Pacific. For nearly three years they wandered the eastern and central Pacific, visiting the Hawaiian Islands, the Gilbert Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand and the Samoan Islands. They took a second voyage to the Equator in 1889, and a third in 1890 to the South Seas islands.
In 1890 Stevenson purchased some land on one of the Samoan islands and established an estate. He adopted the native name Tusitala, and became involved in local politics, whcih led to clashes with the European bureaucrats who ruled the islands. He died in his estate, probably of cerebral hemorrhage, in 1894.
2 Bullseye Chillers
1818 • 1,425 Readers • 141 pages • 3.7
2 Barron's Graphic Classics
19 • 986 Readers • 352 pages • 3.8
2021 • 64 Readers • 288 pages • 3.9
1883 • 42 Readers • 260 pages • 3.3
1885 • 28 Readers • 143 pages • 4.3
1884 • 27 Readers • 3.5
1882 • 24 Readers • 158 pages • 3.9
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1878 • 22 Readers • 69 pages • 3.3
1889 • 20 Readers • 237 pages • 3.3
1885 • 16 Readers • 98 pages • 3.2
2021 • 16 Readers • 448 pages • 4.5
2008 • 15 Readers • 205 pages • 3.3
1886 • 13 Readers • 130 pages • 3.7
1886 • 11 Readers • 112 pages • 4.3
2021 • 10 Readers • 448 pages • 2
194 • 10 Readers • 284 pages • 3.2
1891 • 10 Readers • 77 pages • 4.4
1885 • 10 Readers • 4.5
1722 • 9 Readers
1886 • 8 Readers • 80 pages • 4
2014 • 8 Readers • 416 pages
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1882 • 8 Readers • 288 pages • 3.6
1891 • 7 Readers • 93 pages • 3.1
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2018 • 7 Readers • 3 pages • 3.5
2023 • 7 Readers • 8h 18m • 4.5
2019 • 7 Readers • 27,629 pages
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1886 • 7 Readers • 87 pages • 3.4
1886 • 6 Readers • 3.3
1886 • 6 Readers • 177 pages • 3
1877 • 6 Readers • 113 pages
1995 • 5 Readers • 101 pages • 4
1985 • 5 Readers • 654 pages
1882 • 5 Readers • 243 pages • 3
1882 • 5 Readers • 384 pages • 3.5
5 Readers
1886 • 5 Readers • 78 pages • 4.2
1889 • 5 Readers • 272 pages • 5
2018 • 5 Readers • 143 pages
1886 • 4 Readers • 208 pages • 2.8
2002 • 4 Readers • 272 pages • 3
2015 • 4 Readers • 1,588 pages
1995 • 4 Readers • 476 pages
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2014 • 4 Readers • 4
1879 • 4 Readers • 176 pages • 3
2002 • 4 Readers • 818 pages • 4
1886 • 4 Readers • 150 pages • 3
2013 • 3 Readers • 152 pages • 3
1993 • 3 Readers • 450 pages
1886 • 3 Readers • 3
1886 • 3 Readers • 32 pages
2012 • 3 Readers • 400 pages • 3.5
1887 • 3 Readers • 372 pages
1869 • 3 Readers • 684 pages • 3.8
1886 • 3 Readers • 128 pages • 4
1886 • 3 Readers • 3
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2004 • 3 Readers • 4
3 Readers • 30,007 pages
1983 • 3 Readers • 3.5
2006 • 3 Readers • 268 pages • 3.5
2018 • 2 Readers • 10,120 pages
#1 of 1 in Prince Florizel
1878 • 2 Readers • 87 pages • 3.5
1989 • 2 Readers
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1886 • 2 Readers • 174 pages • 4
2000 • 2 Readers • 286 pages • 3
#1 of 1 in Prince Florizel
1878 • 2 Readers • 77 pages • 3
2006 • 2 Readers • 256 pages
1893 • 2 Readers
1886 • 2 Readers • 130 pages • 5
1880 • 2 Readers • 85 pages • 3
1987 • 2 Readers • 575 pages
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1879 • 2 Readers
1879 • 2 Readers • 3
2002 • 2 Readers • 388 pages
1996 • 2 Readers • 289 pages
1879 • 2 Readers • 156 pages
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2003 • 2 Readers • 3
1998 • 2 Readers • 274 pages
1883 • 2 Readers • 360 pages • 3
1886 • 2 Readers • 198 pages • 4.5
2 Readers • 5
1877 • 2 Readers • 29 pages • 4
1909 • 2 Readers • 386 pages • 3
2015 • 2 Readers • 479 pages
2 Readers • 304 pages • 3.5
2010 • 2 Readers • 464 pages
2019 • 2 Readers • 21,084 pages
2021 • 2 Readers • 288 pages • 4.5
1881 • 2 Readers • 48 pages • 1.5