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Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13th in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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At the age 17, Stevenson enrolled at Edinburgh University to study engineering, with the goal of following his father in the family business as Lighthouse designers.
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In 1873, he visited a married cousin in Suffolk, Eng., where he met Sidney Colvin. Sitwell drew him out and won his confidence.tevenson was deeply in love, and he wrote her a series of letters. Eventually that passion turned into a lasting frindship.
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Stevenson lost interest in the family business and decided to go into law.
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After touring France, Stevenson became fond of the writers, artists, and painters. He then emerged from law school and became a writer.
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In the month of September of 1876, Stevenson met teh love of his life but she was married. The brightside was she was in the middle of divorcing her husband.
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In 1878, Stevenson published his firsst work , An Inland Voyage.This book was about his trip from Antwerp to northern France, which he made in a canoe.
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Since 1878, Both Stevenson and Osbourne began to see each other romantically while she stayed in France. Until 1880 is when they finally got married.
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Robert Louis Stevenson published his first short story "New Arabian Nights." Around this time all of England was introduced to the short story period whichinfluenced many writers in this period.
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The idea of Stevenson's novel Treasure Island was inspired by a map that he had drawn for his 12-year-old stepson.
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After Stevenson's marriage, he took his wife to an abandoned silver mine in Napa Valley, California where he created The Silverado Squatters.
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In 1886 RLS published Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and it became an instant hit.
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In the year 1887, RLS's father passed away. Still troubled he traveled to the US to meet up with his wife. He then bought a yacht and cruised around the Pacific, stopping for stays at the Hawaiian Islands, where he became good friends with King Kalākaua.
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Robert Louis Stevenson died of a stroke on December 3, 1894, at his home in Vailima, Samoa. He was buried at the top of Mount Vaea, overlooking the sea.
