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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 . Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered ...
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.
The Amateur Emigrant (in full: The Amateur Emigrant from the Clyde to Sandy Hook) is Robert Louis Stevenson 's travel memoir of his journey from Scotland to California in 1879-1880. It is not a complete account, covering the first third, by ship from Europe to New York City. The middle leg of the trip is documented in Across the Plains (1892 ...
Long John Silver is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1883 novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The most colourful and complex character in the book, he continues to appear in popular culture. His missing leg and parrot, in particular, have greatly contributed to the image of the pirate in popular culture .
Dead Man's Chest. " Dead Man's Chest " (also known as " Fifteen Men on the Dead Man's Chest " or " Yo, Ho, Ho (And a Bottle of Rum) ") is a fictional [ i] sea song, [ ii] originally from Robert Louis Stevenson 's novel Treasure Island (1883). It was expanded in a poem, titled " Derelict " by Young E. Allison, published in the Louisville Courier ...
227258432. A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa is an 1892 historical non-fiction work by Scottish -born author Robert Louis Stevenson describing the contemporary Samoan Civil War. [ 1] Robert Louis Stevenson arrived in Samoa in 1889 and built a house at Vailima. He quickly became passionately interested, and involved, in the ...
Signature. Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch ( / ˌkwɪlərˈkuːtʃ /; 21 November 1863 – 12 May 1944) was a British writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250–1900 (later extended to 1918) and for his literary criticism.
Robert Louis Stevenson visited the Marquesas in 1888, and wrote about his experiences and impressions there in 1900, in a book called In the South Seas. Thor Heyerdahl wrote his book Fatu Hiva during a year-long stay on that island. The island group is also mentioned in passing in the Crosby, Stills & Nash song, "Southern Cross".