Robert Louis Stevenson
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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, undated (National Library of New Zealand)
Born
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1850
Died
Vailima, Samoa, 1894
Publications
Novels, stories, poetry, travel writing, essays, journalism, letters
Writing languages
English, Scots
Writing places
Edinburgh, Scotland; London, England; France; California, United States; Bournemouth, England; Saranac Lake, New York, United States; Gilbert Islands; Tahiti; New Zealand; Australia; Samoa.
Literature
• Treasure Island (1883)
• Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
• Kidnapped (1886)
Novels
• Treasure Island (1883)
• Kidnapped (1886)
Novellas
• Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
Stories
• "Thrawn Janet" (1881)
• "A Lodging for the Night" (1877)
British Literature
• Treasure Island (1883)
• Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)
• Kidnapped (1886)
Greateast Science Fiction
First appearance of works in book form
1877
The Hair Trunk or The Ideal Commonwealth Novel
1878
An Inland Voyage Travel writing
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes Travel writing
1879
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Travel writing
1881
Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers Essays
1882
Treasure Island Novel
New Arabian Nights Eleven stories
"The Suicide Club" story cycle, "The Rajah's Diamond" story cycle; "The Pavilion on the Links", "A Lodging for the Night", The Sire De Malétroits Door", "Providence and the Guitar"
Familiar Studies of Men and Books Criticism
1883
The Silverado Squatters Travel writing
1885
Prince Otto Novel
More New Arabian Nights Fourteen linked stories, with Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson
"Prologue of the Cigar Divan", "Challoner's adventure: The Squire of Dames"' '"Story of the Destroying Angel", "The Squire of Dames (Concluded)", "Somerset's Adventure: The Superfluous Mansion"' '"Narrative of the Spirited Old Lady", "The Superfluous Mansion (Continued)", "Zero's Tale of the Explosive Bomb" "The Superfluous Mansion (Continued)", "Desborough's Adventure: The Brown Box", "Story of the Fair Cuban", "The Brown Box (Concluded)", "The Superfluous Mansion (Concluded)", "Epilogue of the Cigar Divan"
A Child's Garden of Verses Poems
1886
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Novella
Kidnapped Novel
1887
The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables Six stories
"The Merry Men", "Will o' the Mill", "Markheim", "Thrawn Janet", "Olalla", "The Treasure of Franchard"
Memories and Portraits Essays
On the Choice of a Profession Nonfiction
The Day After Tomorrow Nonfiction
Underwoods Poems
1888
The Black Arrow Novel
Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin Nonfiction
1889
The Master of Ballantrae Novel
1889
The Wrong Box Novel
1890
Father Damien: an Open Letter to the Rev. Dr. Hyde of Honolulu Letter
1891
Ballads Poems
1892
The Wrecker Novel
A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa History
Across the Plains Travel writing, written 1879–1880
1893
Catriona Novel, , also known as David Balfour
Island Nights' Entertainments Three stories
"The Beach of Falesá", "The Bottle Imp", "The Isle of Voices"
1884
The Ebb-Tide Novel, with Lloyd Osbourne
1895
The Amateur Emigrant Travel writing, written 1879–1880
1896
Weir of Hermiston Novel, unfinished
Fables Twenty stories
"The Persons of the Tale", "The Sinking Ship", "The Two Matches", "The Sick Man and the Fireman", "The Devil and the Innkeeper", "The Penitent", "The Yellow Paint", "The House of Eld", "The Four Reformers", "The Man and His Friend", "The Reader", "The Citizen and the Traveller", "The Distinguished Stranger", "The Carthorses and the Saddlehorse", "The Tadpole and the Frog", "Something in It", "Faith, Half Faith and No Faith at All", "The Touchstone", "The Poor Thing", "The Song of the Morrow"
In the South Seas Articles and essays
1897
St Ives Novel, unfinished, completed by Arthur Quiller-Couch
1904
Prayers Written at Vailima Prayers
1905
Tales and Fantasies Three stories
Essays in the Art of Writing Essays
"The Misadventures of John Nicholson: A Christmas Story", "The Body Snatcher", "The Story of a Lie"
Essays of Travel Travel writing
1916–1921
Poems Hitherto Unpublished Poems, in three volumes
1992
Three Plays Three plays, with William Ernest Henley
Deacon Brodie, Beau Austin, Admiral Guinea
1995
The New Lighthouse on the Dhu Heartach Rock, Argyllshire Nonfiction, written in 1872
1996
South Sea Tales Six stories
"The Beach of Falesá", "The Bottle Imp", "The Isle of Voices", "The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette", "The Cart-Horses and the Saddle-Horse", "Something in It"
Songs of Travel and Other Verses Poems
2002
Dreams of Elsewhere: The Selected Travel Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson Trvel writing, ed. June Skinner Sawyers
2008
Sophia Scarlet and Other Pacific Writings Essays
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