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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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You'll love The Land of Nod by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published by Flying Eye Books.

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World Children's Day

Could there be a better time to read Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Published by Macmillan Collector's Library.

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Happy birthday Robert Louis Stevenson

Happy Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson! Now's the time to read Kidnapped published by Puffin Classics.

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Happy birthday Robert Louis Stevenson

Happy Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson! Now's the time to read Penguin Readers Level 1: Treasure Island published by Penguin.

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Happy birthday Robert Louis Stevenson

Happy Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson! Now's the time to read The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde & the Suicide Club published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

9 days ago

Happy birthday Robert Louis Stevenson

Happy Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson! Now's the time to read Treasure Island published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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Happy birthday Robert Louis Stevenson

Happy Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson! Now's the time to read Ladybird Classics: Treasure Island published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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Happy birthday Robert Louis Stevenson

Happy Birthday Robert Louis Stevenson! Now's the time to read Kidnapped published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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