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Biography

Name: Robert Louis Stevenson
Birth Date: November 13, 1850
Death Date: 1894
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality: Scottish
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Robert Louis Stevenson
998 words, approx. 3 pages
The Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was one of the most popular and highly regarded British writers of the end of the 19th century. He played a significant part in the revival of the novel of romance. During...
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Biography of Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson
16,685 words, approx. 56 pages
At the time of his death in Samoa in 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson was regarded by many critics and a large reading public as the most important writer in the English-speaking world. "Surely another age will wonder over this curiosity of letters," wrote...
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Biography of Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson
10,706 words, approx. 36 pages
A combination of artistic ambitions, a thirst for adventure and discovery, courtship of and eventual marriage to an American, and above all poor health turned Robert Louis Stevenson into a life-long wanderer. His early travel writing demonstrates his...
 


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Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850-11-13 – 1894-12-03 ) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism...


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Robert Louis Stevenson - (1850 - 1894) Summary
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Robert Louis Stevenson - (1850 - 1894) (Full name Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson) Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and playwright. An inventive prose stylist, Stevenson is the versatile author of classic works in several genres....
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Robert Louis Stevenson Information
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Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13 1850 – December 3 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge...


News and Journals
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Literary Pilgrimage in Upstate New York
9/11/2006: 1,482 words, approx. 5 pages
Twin baby grand pianos stand in the living room of a white clapboard farmhouse high on the Taconic Ridge on the border of New York and Massachusetts. Here the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay composed and played...
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New guide to literary Monterey, Calif.
1/30/2007: 420 words, approx. 1 pages
A new tourism map of Monterey County can help you plan a literary pilgrimage to places associated with John Steinbeck, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and many other writers.The "Scenes For Your Senses Literary & Film Map," produced by the Monterey County Convention...
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Fans honor 'world's worst poet'
7/30/2007: 513 words, approx. 2 pages
The land that gave the world Robert Burns also has the dubious honor of producing the "world's worst poet." Now fans of the hapless William McGonagall are campaigning to put him in the pantheon of Scottish literary greats.The late 19th century poet's work is so...
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Hiking in the San Francisco Bay area
10/8/2007: 543 words, approx. 2 pages
Visitors to the San Francisco Bay Area will no doubt stroll through Fisherman's Wharf, climb Coit Tower atop Telegraph Hill and view the Pacific Ocean from Cliff House.While these sights are worthy, most don't provide the views or experience available at the countless miles of...
 


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