Follow

Robert Louis Stevenson

Author

About Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850, the only son of an engineer, Thomas Stevenson. Despite a lifetime of poor health, Stevenson was a keen traveller, and his first book An Inland Voyage (1878) recounted a canoe tour of France and Belgium. In 1880, he married an American divorcee, Fanny Osbourne, and there followed Stevenson's most productive period, in which he wrote, amongst other books, Treasure Island (1883), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped (both 1886). In 1888, Stevenson left Britain in search of a more salubrious climate, settling in Samoa, where he died in 1894.

Recent updates about Robert Louis Stevenson

European Day of Languages

Penguin Readers Level 1: Jekyll and Hyde (ELT Graded Reader) is a wonderful book for your children. Published by Penguin.

12 days ago

World Maritime Day

Loving Ladybird Classics: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from Ladybird.

12 days ago

World Maritime Day

A remarkable book that your children will love. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

12 days ago

World Maritime Day

Ladybird Classics: Treasure Island is a wonderful book for your children. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

12 days ago

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from Puffin Classics is brilliant!

19 days ago

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from Penguin Random House Children's UK is brilliant!

19 days ago

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from Faber & Faber is brilliant!

19 days ago

Get the app today

Download our companion app from the App Store or Google Play.