Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer active during the latter part of the 19th century. He was a literary celebrity throughout his life, brought to fame by his most famous works, including Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped. A man who, beneath his tall and skinny frame, was fierce in his dedication to writing – a walking dichotomy that is reflected within Stevenson’s work. Throughout his tales and stories, Stevenson explores the light and the dark, or rather the good and the evil, embodied by humanity, and the very grey line that sometimes makes these two indistinguishable. Yet at the age of 44, Stevenson succumbed to a lifetime battle with chronic illness, an illness that never stopped him from traveling the great lengths of the globe and writing a library full of remarkable literature. Who was Robert Louis Stevenson, or as I have come to call him, the beloved RLS? Let’s find out.