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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.

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International Children's Book Day

Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from Macmillan Collector's Library.

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International Children's Book Day

Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from Puffin Classics.

18 days ago

International Children's Book Day

A classic story to celebrate International Children's Book Day, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from Faber & Faber.

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International Children's Book Day

A classic story to celebrate International Children's Book Day, Ladybird Classics: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from Ladybird.

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International Children's Book Day

A classic story to celebrate International Children's Book Day, Ladybird Classics: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson from Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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International Children's Book Day

A classic story to celebrate International Children's Book Day, A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson from Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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International Children's Book Day

A classic story to celebrate International Children's Book Day, A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson from Puffin.

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International Children's Book Day

A classic story to celebrate International Children's Book Day, The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson from Flying Eye Books.

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