1. explore history
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For many a long time Edinburgh has been a magnet for people with something to say, and
going to the town on a faculty excursion will give literature college students an eye-opening
perception into this background.
19th Century Writers
The author of Treasure Island and The Odd Circumstance of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert
Louis Stevenson, was born listed here in Edinburgh eight Howard Place is a two-storey
Georgian residence found on a occupied road into the city. Its façade is the identical as a
lot of other people, but even though the house is privately owned, engraved in stone
subsequent to the entrance door are the phrases "Robert Louis Stevenson was born in this
house on 13th November 1850". Stevenson expended his formative a long time in Edinburgh
and researched Engineering at Edinburgh University.
The Scott Monument is explained to be the biggest monument to any writer in the planet, and
is homage to Sir Walter Scott who was born in the metropolis of Edinburgh. Scott died in
1832 at Abbotsford in Melrose, which is about one hour away from Edinburgh. For students
on a school journey to the town, climbing the 287 methods to the prime of the monument will
reward them with great sights of the panoramic skyline and a shut-up of the 64 statues of
characters from Sir Walter Scott's historical novels.
The creator of the monument, George Meikle Kemp, was inspired by the architecture of
Rosslyn Chapel and the basis stone was laid on Scott's birthday on fifteenth August 1840.
(The statue at the foundation of the monument is of Sir Walter Scott and his beloved canine
Maida.) One of Scott's fellow writers, Charles Dickens, wasn't so keen on the monument and
is quoted as stating, "I am sorry to report the Scott Monument a failure. It is like the spire of a
Gothic church taken off and stuck in the ground."
The home has lately been opened to the general public following substantial renovations.
Abbotsford is Scott's very own creation and its style is in retaining with the Romantic Motion
he helped develop it is also where he was motivated to write many of his great functions such
as Ivanhoe, Rob Roy and The Woman of the Lake.
The Writers' Museum focuses on the lives of the 3 excellent Scottish writers Robert Louis
Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns. The museum reveals several precious
artefacts, such as uncommon textbooks and private objects belonging to the writers and is a
must-see on a school excursion to the metropolis.
Modern Literature
