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A collection of autobiographical and reflective essays by Robert Louis Stevenson, recalling people, places, and experiences from his life and thoughts on writing. Suitable for readers interested in Stevenson, Victorian literature, and the personal essay form.
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Robert Louis Stevenson: A Reader's First StepsAn introduction to the Scottish writer's shorter and lesser-known works held in this library, and where a newcomer might sensibly begin.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Portrait: via Wikipedia (see source).
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