| Term Paper Title | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
| # of Words | 624 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.5 |
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a sickly boy who suffered from a lung disease that later developed into tuberculosis. Of all of Stevenson’s hobbies, reading was the one he liked the most. He preferred literature and history, especially Scottish history, which supplied the background for most of his novels.
Stevenson began publishing short stories and essays in the mid-1870’s. His first book, An Inland Voyage, was published in 1878. It relates his experiences during a canoeing trip through France and Belgium. His next book was called Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. It was published in 1879. In his second book Stevenson describes a walking tour through parts of France. Both of his published books did not sell very well and showed Stevenson’s inexperience as a writer. However, the books did give signs of the graceful, charming essay style that would later make Stevenson famous.
In 1881, Stevenson amused his stepson with a little tale about pirates and the buried treasure of Captain Kidd. This story later grew into Treasure Island, Stevenson’s first and most famous novel. The story was first published in a boy’s magazine, but was later revised for book publication in 1883. Since then, Long John Silver and the search for buried treasure has become familiar to millions and millions of readers.
Five years later, Stevenson published his second major novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The idea for this story came from a dream he had one night. The story about a man struggling with two personalities represented Stevenson’s struggle in life with his lung cancer and the later death of his wife, Fanny Osbourne. One of the most fascinating horror stories ever written, it sold millions of copies and assured Stevenson’s reputation as a writer.
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