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Robert Louis Stevenson Accomplishments

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Did you know that the author of Treasure Island lived a suffering life? Robert Louis Stevenson was that author, and he wrote more lesser known works besides Treasure Island. His life was not the greatest, but his works proved different. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote many successful books throughout his early years, writing years, and even his final years. Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Thomas Stevenson and Margaret Balfour (www.poetryfoundation.org). Due to a condition he inherited from his mother, Stevenson was extremely sick as a child (www.poets.org). Being sick, Stevenson was confined to a bed most his childhood, only using his imagination and reading to entertain himself (www.poets.org). As a teenager, Stevenson persuaded his dad to publish one of his first works, The Pentland Rising (www.poetryfoundation.org). Even though the work was not successful, it helped Stevenson begin his writing career. After publishing The Pentland Rising, Stevenson attended the University of Edinburgh (www.poetryfoundation.org). Although he intended to become a lighthouse engineer, he later studied law (www.poetryfoundation.org). While at the university, Stevenson changed his beliefs …show more content…

While in the Pacific isles, Stevenson wrote The Wrecker (1892), Island Nights’ Entertainments (1893), The Ebb-Tide (1894), The American Emigrant (1895), and In the South Seas (1896) (www.biography.com). During this time period, Stevenson became depressed, thinking his career was over (www.poets.org). On December 3, 1894, on the island of Upolu in Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 44 years old (www.poetryfoundation.org). His body was buried at the top of Mount Vaea with a tablet on his grave with his poem “Requiem” (www.biography.com ;

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