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A Child's Garden of Verses is an 1885 volume of 64 poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions, and is considered to be one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. [ 2] The poems, which have been widely imitated, are written from the ...
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island , Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses .
In John Steinbeck 's 1932 novel The Pastures of Heaven, one character regards Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes as one of the greatest works of English literature and names his son Robert Louis. Steinbeck and his wife Elaine were inspired by Stevenson in choosing the title of his 1962 book Travels with Charley.
Publication date. December 1884. " The Body Snatcher " is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). First published in The Pall Mall Gazette in December 1884, its characters were based on criminals in the employ of the surgeon Robert Knox (1791–1862) around the time of the notorious Burke and Hare murders in 1828.
My Shadow is an 1885 poem by Robert Louis Stevenson.Among his most famous poems for children, [1] [2] it appeared in A Child's Garden of Verses in 1885. [3] [4]It is written in iambic heptameter, as it is written in iambs and contains seven metrical feet per line, each of which can be considered a fourteener, as each iamb consists of two syllables.
Treasure Island (originally titled The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys[ 1]) is both an adventure and historical novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson published in 1883, telling a story of " buccaneers and buried gold " set in the 1700s. It is considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action.
Songs of Travel and Other Verses. Songs of Travel and Other Verses is an 1896 book of poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson. Originally published by Chatto & Windus, [1] it explores the author's perennial themes of travel and adventure. The work gained a new public and popularity when it was set to music in Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams .
The Robert Louis Stevenson State Park now encompasses the area where the Stevensons stayed. The entrance to the park is at the summit of State Route 29. A new trail has been constructed in recent years. The Robert Louis Stevenson Museum in St. Helena, California, is dedicated to Stevenson.