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Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist born in 1850 who is best known for Treasure Island. He struggled with poor health his whole life. He fell in love with an American woman named Fanny while in France but she was married; they later married in 1880 after Stevenson traveled to America. Inspired by a map his stepson drew, Stevenson wrote Treasure Island, which became very successful when published in 1883. He continued writing while traveling but his health declined, and he died in 1894 at age 44 in Samoa, where he had built a home.
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Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist born in 1850 to a family of lighthouse engineers. As a child, he spent much time bedridden due to illness but developed a vivid imagination and began composing stories. He studied law at university but turned to writing full time after traveling widely to improve his health. His most famous work, Treasure Island, published in 1883, was an instant classic that popularized the pirate adventure genre for children through its elegant prose.
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- 1. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON An adaptation of his biography for Adult Beginners
- 2. HIS TIME Robert is a Victorian writer
- 3. HIS LIFE • Robert was born in Edinburgh ( Scotland) in 1850. • His family is wealthy. They have a good position. When he is 12, he travels to France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Italy on a five month holiday.
- 4. •Robert is a sickly child. He is exceedingly thin and frail, and he suffers with coughs and fevers. • He is very close to his father • When he is sixteen he writes The Pentland Rising, a story based on an historical event. His father pays for its publication.
- 5. Robert Louis Stevenson goes to Edinburgh University. He starts to study engineering, but he doesn’t like it so he changes to law. However, he still wants to be a writer. In 1876 he goes on a canoeing trip to Belgium and France with friend. He keeps a journal of his travels and uses it to form the basis of his first book, An Inland Voyage.
- 6. In France, Stevenson meets an American woman called Fanny Osbourne. He falls in love with her. Fanny is married to Sam Osbourne. However, they begin to live as lovers. In 1878 Fanny travels back to her husband.
- 7. In 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson travels all the way from Britain to America to see Fanny Osbourne, and they get married in 1880. They decide to live in Britain and set up home with Fanny’s twelve year old son (from her previous marriage), Lloyd. Fanny and Lloyd are very important in Robert’s life and an inspiration for his writings.
- 8. In 1881 the Stevenson family goes on holiday in Scotland. It rains for days on end, and to pass the time Lloyd draws a map of an imaginary island. The map makes Robert Louis Stevenson think of pirates and treasure, and inspires him to write Treasure Island. Treasure island is first published as a book in 1883. It is very successful. He is now a well-known writer.
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- 10. From 1888 to 1890, the Stevenson family spends two years sailing around the Pacific Ocean islands. Robert Louis Stevenson decides to build a house in the island of Upolu, in Western Samoa.
- 11. • He continues writing, but it is increasingly difficult as his illness becomes worse. In December 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson dies. He is only 44 years old. His body is buried on Mount Vaea, Upolu.
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