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Title: Robert Louis Stevenson


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Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island
  • Martti Vaske

2
Family
  • Father - Thomas Stevenson- joint engineer
  • He invented the marine dynamometer
  • Mother - Margaret Balfour
  • Grandfather - Britains greatest builders of
    lighthouses

3
Childhood
  • Spent much time in bed because of a mysterious
    illness that never fully healed vivid
    imagination
  • Raised largely by his nanny, Alison Cunningham
  • Wanted to become an engineer like his forefathers
  • composed stories even before he learned to read

4
University
  • Entered the University of Edinburgh in 1867
  • Changed to law
  • Turned away from Christianity and had disputes
    with his had parents
  • Was already writing

5
Travels
  • Spent much time in warm destinations to find a
    cure for his poor health and sickly complection
  • Saw the world and drew inspiration and new ideas
    from his travels for his books
  • Married with Fanny Osbourne

6
Final years
  • Setteled in Samoa
  • The locals called him "Tusitala" or "Teller of
    Tales
  • Died at home of a stroke on 3 December 1894, his
    beloved Fanny by his side

7
  • The tomb of Robert Louis Stevenson

8
Seleted bibliography
  • Travels With a Donkey in The Cévennes
  • Treasure Island
  • The Black Arrow
  • Kidnapped
  • Catriona
  • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde
  • The Master of Ballantrae

9
Treasure Island
  • An absolute pirate classic
  • Written in faultless and elegant English prose
  • Promoted reading amongst children
  • Influenced the popular preception of pirates

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