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Robert Louis Stevenson

Born

in Edinburgh, Scotland

November 13, 1850

Died

December 03, 1894

Website

http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/

Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Horror

Influences

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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.

Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon. ...more

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Robert Louis Stevenson’s books

Average rating: 3.84 · 1,487,679 ratings · 60,843 reviews · 6,622 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 591,653 ratings — published 1886 — 177 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 498,170 ratings — published 1882 — 10473 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror 3.92 avg rating — 131,239 ratings — published 1886 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 65,209 ratings — published 1886 — 4129 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jenny Davidson (Introduction) 3.96 avg rating — 41,415 ratings — published 1886 — 185 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Child's Garden of Verses 4.28 avg rating — 26,443 ratings — published 1885 — 2290 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Arrow 3.80 avg rating — 18,916 ratings — published 1883 — 2424 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bottle Imp 3.70 avg rating — 7,557 ratings — published 1891 — 194 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master of Ballantrae 3.71 avg rating — 6,212 ratings — published 1889 — 1976 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Suicide Club (Prince Florizel, #1) 3.42 avg rating — 6,084 ratings — published 1878 — 218 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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David Balfour (2 books)
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3.79 avg rating — 67,288 ratings

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June 2024 Old School Classics Poll

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, 1838, 608 pages

61 votes, 24.0%

As You Like It by William Shakespeare, 1599, 263 pages

60 votes, 23.6%

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, 1907, 304 pages

39 votes, 15.4%

Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, `400 BCE, 107 pages

31 votes, 12.2%

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886, 288 pages

28 votes, 11.0%

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg, 1824, 272 pages

18 votes, 7.1%

The Man of Property by John Galsworthy, 1906, 364 pages

17 votes, 6.7%

254 total votes

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