Life Of Robert Louis Stevenson

Author : Claire Harman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Authors, Scottish
ISBN : UCSC:32106018135217

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Robert Louis Stevenson by Claire Harman Pdf

The short life of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was as adventurous as almost anything in his fiction: his travels, illness, struggles to become a writer, relationships with his volatile wife and step-family, friendships and quarrels have fascinated readers for over a century. In his time he was both engineer and aesthete, dutiful son and reckless lover, Scotsman and South Sea Islander, Covenanter and atheist. Stevenson's books, including Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Kidnapped, have achieved world fame; others -- The Master of Ballantrae, A Child's Garden of Verses, Travels with a Donkey -- remain all-time favourites.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013704827

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Rls by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Philip Callow
Publisher : Constable Limited
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015050766677

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Louis by Philip Callow Pdf

This biography of beloved Scottish writer, Robert Louis Stevenson, provides an illuminating account of a sickly child, son of a Presbyterian lighthouse engineer, who became in turn a Bohemian dandy, a literary gypsy, and at 28 the lover of an American woman ten years his senior. The text chronicles Stevenson's life and achievements right through to his death in 1894.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson,William Peterfield Trent
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 102275775X

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The Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson,William Peterfield Trent Pdf

This definitive collection of Robert Louis Stevenson's poems, edited by William Peterfield Trent, showcases the breadth and depth of the author's poetic talent. From haunting ballads to whimsical verses, Stevenson's words will move and delight readers of all ages. A classic for any poetry lover's library. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Ian Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1172092310

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Dreams of Exile by Ian Bell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Treasure Island by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jacqueline Overton
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9356899444

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The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls by Jacqueline Overton Pdf

The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern manner for both present and future generations. This book has been completely retyped, revised, and reformatted. The text is readable and clear because these books are not created from scanned copies.

Author : Annette Federico
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609385187

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Thus I Lived with Words by Annette Federico Pdf

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) loved more than anything to talk about the craft of writing and the pleasure of reading good books. His dedication to the creative impulse manifests itself in the extraordinary amount of work he produced in virtually every literary genre—fiction, poetry, travel writing, and essays—in a short and peripatetic life. His letters, especially, confess his elation at the richness of words and the companionship of books, often projected against ill health and the shadow of his own mortality. Stevenson belonged to a newly commercial literary world, an era of mass readership, marketing, and celebrity. He had plenty of practical advice for writers who wanted to enter the profession: study the best authors, aim for simplicity, strike a keynote, work on your style. He also held that a writer should adhere to the truth and utter only what seems sincere to his or her heart and experience of the world. Writers have messages to deliver, whether the work is a tale of Highland adventure, a collection of children’s verse, or an essay on umbrellas. Stevenson believed that an author could do no better than to find the appetite for joy, the secret place of delight that is the hidden nucleus of most people’s lives. His remarks on how to write, on style and method, and on pleasure and moral purpose contain everything in literature and life that he cared most about—adventuring, persisting, finding out who you are, and learning to embrace “the romance of destiny.”

Author : Claire Harman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780060935252

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Myself and the Other Fellow by Claire Harman Pdf

He thrilled readers the world over with breathtaking tales of pirates (Treasure Island) and monsters (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). But the short life of writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was as adventurous as almost anything in his fiction. He was both engineer and aesthete, Covenanter and atheist, dutiful son and reckless lover. His travels, illnesses, creative struggles, volatile relationships, and titanic quarrels were the stuff of legend. Until now, no biography has done justice to the complex, brilliant, and troubled man who was responsible for so many remarkable literary creations, the least "Victorian" of Victorian writers. Claire Harman's Myself & the Other Fellow is a fascinating portrait of a man of humor, resilience, and strongly unconventional views, the most authoritative, comprehensive, and perceptive biography of Robert Louis Stevenson to date.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : anboco
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783736405448

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A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions. It contains about 65 poems including the cherished classics "Foreign Children," "The Lamplighter," "The Land of Counterpane," "Bed in Summer," "My Shadow" and "The Swing." The classical scholar Terrot Reaveley Glover published a translation of the poems into Latin in 1922 under the title Carmina non prius audita de ludis et hortis virginibus puerisque.

Author : Rosaline Orme Masson
Publisher : Edinburgh : W. & R. Chambers
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UCAL:B3741645

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The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Rosaline Orme Masson Pdf

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066339531536

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An apology for idlers, and other essays by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

"An apology for idlers, and other essays" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019009020

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The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson ... by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015063760220

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The Amateur Emigrant by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

"For in emigration the young men enter direct by the shipload on their heritage of work; empty continents swarm, as at the bosun's whistle, with industrious hands, and whole hew empires are domesticated to the service of man." -Robert Louis Stevenson, The Amateur Emigrant The Amateur Emigrant from the Clyde to Sandy Hook (1895), by Robert Louis Stevenson is the first book (followed by Across the Plains and the Silverado Squatters) in a trilogy the author wrote about his journey from Scotland to California in 1879-1880. In this volume, he describes the first leg of his trip, made by ship from Europe to New York City. Stevenson depicts the crowded conditions he experienced in steerage with others who, like him, were poor and sick. At the conclusion, the author also offers his usual sharp-eyed observations, which, in this case are of New York and New Yorkers.

Author : Richard Woodhead
Publisher : Luath Press Limited
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015053147784

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The Strange Case of R.L. Stevenson by Richard Woodhead Pdf

A consultant physician for 22 years with a strong interest in Robert Louis Stevenson's life and work, Richard Woodhead was intrigued by the questions raised by the references to his symptoms. The assumption that he suffered from consumption - the diagnosis of the day - is challenged here. Consumption (tuberculosis), a scourge of nineteenth century society, it was regarded as severely debilitating if not a death sentence. Dr Woodhead examines how Stevenson's life was affected by his illness and his perception of it. This fictional work puts words into the mouths of five doctors who treated RLS at different periods of his adult life. Though these doctors existed in real-life, little is documented of their private conversations with RLS. However everything Dr Woodhead postulates could have occurred within the known framework of RLS's life. Detailed use of Stevenson's own writing adds authenticity to the views espoused in the book. RLS's writing continues to compel readers today. The fact that he did much of his writing while confined to his sick-bed is fascinating. What illness could have contributed to his creativity?