- 19th century, Authors, Scottish, Biography, Description and travel
Stevenson was in his late 20s and still dependent on his parents for support. His journey was designed to provide material for publication while allowing him to distance himself from a love affair with an American woman of which his friends and family did not approve and who had returned to her husband in California
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Classical in form, cool, warm and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- First published
- 1879
- Pages
- 235
- Publisher
- Flammarion, Chatto & Windus, Marlboro Press/Northwestern
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780810160057
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Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses.
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