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  robert was born
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  robert starts to study law
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  robert publishes his first book under the name L.S. Stoneven
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  robert publishes "On falling in love" in the cornhill
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  rober publishes The Story of a Lie in the new quarterly review
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  robert is advised to winter in Davos, Switzerland for his health
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  writes The Sea Cook (later to become Treasure Island [1883])
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  Arrives Davos where he winters again for his health. He stays until April 1882
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  publishes "Kidnapped" in book form
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  robert publishes "The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde"
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  Publication of “The Misadventures of John Nicholson”
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  publication of "the wrong box" with lloyd
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  publication of the master of ballantrea
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  Publication of Island Nights’ Entertainments
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  robert dies of cerebral hemorrhage