Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson
Born	Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson 13 November 1850 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	3 December 1894 (aged 44) Vailima, Samoa
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Scottish
Period	Victorian era
Spouse	Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne
Children	Isobel Osbourne (stepdaughter) Lloyd Osbourne (stepson)
Relatives	Thomas Stevenson 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, but later turned his interest to writing. Some of his best known works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll. He is the subject of several literature classes, especially his book KIDNAPPED for children aged 12 to 13 across the globe

Selected works

• Treasure Island (1883)
• A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)
• The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
• Kidnapped (1886)
• The Black Arrow (1888)
• The Master of Ballantrae (1889)
• Island Nights' Entertainments (1893)

References

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