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About Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer. He is remembered for fiction that includes Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped. His work also includes the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses. He wrote across several forms, but is most closely associated with adventure stories, moral darkness, and verse for children.
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- “Half a capital and half a country town, the whole city leads a double existence; it has long trances of the o…”Robert Louis Stevenson
- “Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bett…”Robert Louis Stevenson
- “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle somethin…”Robert Louis Stevenson
- “Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.”Robert Louis Stevenson
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- “If I lose my job at a furniture factory where I've worked for decades, no amount of cheaper toys and raincoat…”David Autor
- “Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.”Ferdinand Foch
- “We're just into toys, whether it's motorcycles or race cars or computers. I've got the Palm Pilot right here…”Catherine Bell
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Books by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island
1910
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1875
The black arrow
1888
Kidnapped
2002
David Balfour
1892