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- Robert Louis Stevenson Made by Kseniya Klimenko Form 10-A
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- 2. Childhood and youth Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 13 November 1850
- 3. An only child, strange-looking and eccentric, Stevenson found it hard to fit in when he was
- 4. Marriage Although Stevenson returned to Britain shortly after this first meeting, Fanny apparently remained in his
- 5. By December 1879 Stevenson had recovered his health enough. Fanny, now divorced and recovered from her
- 6. Last years On 3 December 1894, Stevenson was talking to his wife and straining to open
- 7. Stevenson had always wanted his 'Requiem' inscribed on his tomb: Under the wide and starry sky,
- 8. Some of his works: The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth(1877) Unfinished and unpublished; Treasure Island
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Childhood and youth
Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 13 November 1850
Childhood and youth
Stevenson was born at 8 Howard Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 13 November 1850
An only child, strange-looking and eccentric, Stevenson found it hard to
An only child, strange-looking and eccentric, Stevenson found it hard to
He compulsively wrote stories throughout his childhood. His father was proud of this interest. He paid for the printing of Robert's first publication at sixteen, an account of the covenanters' rebellion which was published on its two hundredth anniversary, The Pentland Rising: A Page of History, 1666 (1866). In November 1867 Stevenson entered the University of Edinburgh to study engineering. He showed from the start no enthusiasm for his studies and devoted much energy to avoiding lectures.
Marriage
Although Stevenson returned to Britain shortly after this first meeting, Fanny
Marriage
Although Stevenson returned to Britain shortly after this first meeting, Fanny
By December 1879 Stevenson had recovered his health enough. Fanny, now
By December 1879 Stevenson had recovered his health enough. Fanny, now
Last years
On 3 December 1894, Stevenson was talking to his wife
Last years
On 3 December 1894, Stevenson was talking to his wife
The Samoans insisted on surrounding his body with a watch-guard during the night and on bearing their Tusitala upon their shoulders to nearby Mount Vaea , where they buried him on a spot overlooking the sea.
Stevenson had always wanted his 'Requiem' inscribed on his tomb:
Under the
Stevenson had always wanted his 'Requiem' inscribed on his tomb:
Under the
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
However, the piece is misquoted in many places, including his tomb:
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
Stevenson was loved by the Samoans, and his tombstone epigraph was translated to a Samoan song of grief which is well-known and still sung in Samoa.
Some of his works:
The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth(1877) Unfinished
Some of his works:
The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth(1877) Unfinished
Treasure Island (1883) His first major success;
Prince Otto (1885) Stevenson’s third full-length narrative;
Kidnapped (1886);
New Arabian Nights (1882);
"A Lodging for the Night"1877;
"An Old Song“;
"The Merry Men“;
A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), written for children but also popular with their parents;