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"A child should always say what's true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able."
- Stevonson's Child's Garden of Verses
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Born November 13, 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Died December 3, 1894 in Samoa. |
| The author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped was born in the
Inverleith district, at no. 8 Howard Place, a short distance from the Royal
Botanic Garden. When he was about seven the family moved up the hill to no.
17 Heriot Row. Stevenson was not a robust child, and throughout his life
he never enjoyed full health.
His childhood at Heriot Row inspired in later life many of the charming poems
published in A Child's Garden of Verses (1885). As a novelist and essayist,
Stevenson is admired for his style, imagination and narrative skill. His
most popular works are Travels With a Donkey (1879), Treasure Island (1882),
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Kidnapped (1887).
He travelled widely in Europe and the United States; his wife, Fanny Osborne,
was American. In search of better health, Stevenson and his family eventually
travelled to the Pacific and settled in Samoa, where he spent the last four
years of his life. He is buried there, on Mount Vaea, far from his beloved
Pentland Hills.
Reference Tools:
Collection
of Robert Louis Stevenson's Poetry
Great collection of his poetic work, the lot of them are quite
entertaining. |
This is true terror. Never mind ancient Egyptian Mummies, never mind
blood-sucking vampires; this leaves them all behind. How can I say that?
Because we all know mummies can't come back to life, and vampires aren't
real; but evil, on the other hand, is perfectly evident in every day life.
Evil is the center of the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This novel
has become a classic, a part of the modern language, and sadly, most of us
already know the basic premise. I've known since I was three, all thanks
to cartoons, but I soon found out that knowing the ending isn't everything.
This book was a delightful read, and thoroughly wonderful. I enjoyed
every minute of it.
Since most of what I'd like to cover in this review is about the ending,
I'll spare you just in the off chance you haven't been exposed to it. If
you haven't, it will be all the better for you. However, think of this
as you read the narrative and you will understand what I say about 'true
terror': look for the Mr. Edward Hyde that's in you, and read on with
that point of view. Then, and only then, will you be afraid to sleep at night.
- Megora McGonagall, Senior Calculo
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