Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case ...

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Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), acclaimed for his novels “Treasure Island,” “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,” and “Kidnapped,” as well as for his poetry collection “A ...

“Stevenson had from the beginning an idea of literary composition as a fine art.” A profile of the author of Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and other classics. Stevenson was one of the happy ...

THE term fin de siècle has come to be one of unmitigated reproach. Whatsoever things are weary, whatsoever things are corrupt, whatsoever things are (or used to be) unmentionable in polite society, ...