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Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson

By Robert Louis Stevenson

Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson Books

Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson

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;Robert Louis Stevenson was born at Edinburgh on the 13 November 1850. His father, Thomas, and his grandfather, Robert, were both distinguished lighthouse engineers; and the maternal grandfather, Balfour, was a Professor of Moral Philosophy, who lived to be ninety years old. There was, therefore, a combination of Lux et Veritas in the blood of young Louis Stevenson, which in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde took the form of a luminous portrayal of a great moral idea. In the language of Pope, Stevenson's life was a long disease. Even as a child, his weak lungs caused great anxiety to all the family except himself; but although Death loves a shining mark, it took over forty years of continuous practice for the grim archer to send the black arrow home. It is perhaps fortunate for English literature that his health was no better; for the boy craved an active life, and would doubtless have become an engineer. He made a brave attempt to pursue this calling, but it was soon evident that his constitution made it impossible.;
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Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
192
Publication Date:
2020-03-31
Publisher:
Platanus Publishing
Languages:
Published: English
ISBN10:
6257060109
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