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.

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.

9.  Robert Louis Stevenson continues to experience health
problems as an adult. He suffers with chest infections
and is often so ill he can’t leave his bed.
 In 1886 he writes both The Strange Case of Dr
Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Kidnapped.

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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 Information taken from Wikipedia.