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About the Author
Born in Edinburgh in 1850, to strict Calvinist parents, Robert Louis Stevenson was a famous Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer. His ill health meant that he spent the latter part of his life voyaging the world, in an attempt to find a climate that suited his health, and this contributed to the exoticism of much of his work. He finally settled in Samoa, and died in 1899. Revered during his lifetime, and often harshly underrated since his death, Robert Louis Stevenson is today recognized as one of the the great writers of the nineteenth century, having influenced authors such as Graham Greene, Jorge Luis Borges and Vladimir Nabokov.
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From my very childhood Robert Louis Stevenson was an incarnation of happiness for me. -- Jorge Luis Borges
Book Information
ISBN 9781847494092
Author Robert Louis Stevenson
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Alma Classics
Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 310g