Selected Robert Louis Stevenson
Explore an epic trio of thrilling sci-fi, gothic, and horror tales in this collection of `Selected Robert Louis Stevenson'.In `Treasure Island', Jim Hawkins embarks upon a dark and dangerous adventure to recover hidden treasure. But beware, where there's a prize, there are plenty of pirates and poison. Will he make out alive? Next up, things take a terrifying twist in `The Body Snatcher'. When a doctor's supplier of cadavers fails to leave him alone, there's murder and mystery on the cards as the bodies start piling up.Last but not least, if the streets of London weren't strange enough, get ready for a gothic and gory investigation involving Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde...Crafted a crazed collection of three dark, dangerous, and daring tales, `Selected Robert Louis Stevenson' is the perfect companion for fans of the 2002 Disney movie ´Treasure Planet´.Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, and travel writer. He is best known for `Treasure Island', `Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', and `Kidnapped´. He remains today an influential sci-fi and gothic-horror writer.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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 the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).
Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life but managed to write prolifically and travel widely despite his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Sidney Colvin, Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island. In 1890 he settled in Samoa, where, alarmed at increasing European and American influence in the South Sea islands, his writing turned from romance and adventure fiction toward a darker realism. He died of a stroke in his island home in 1894 at age 44.
A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson's critical reputation has fluctuated since his death, although today his works are held in general acclaim. In 2018 he was ranked just behind Charles Dickens as the 26th-most-translated author in the world.
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