Robert Louis Stevenson was born on the 13 of November 1850 at 8 Howard place in Edinburgh. He was the son of Margaret and Thomas Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson was born to a Scottish family who are known for their ingenuity in engineering lighthouse designer.
Stevenson grew up to become a poet, essayist, travel writer, and Scottish novelist. Matter of fact, when Stevenson was alive, he was treated like a literary celebrity, his most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Above all, there are good and bad critiques regarding Stevenson works, these are writers whom Stevenson works have admire, writers such as, Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." Robert Louis Stevenson's works were admired during his time and after his death, likewise received negative criticism by some individuals, mainly on his inspiration for writing, historical
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Stevenson was acknowledge as the “great English novelist.” Mind you, this was the period in which novelist, outstanding novelist are matter of national pride. Stevenson was praised by many people and many institutions. In 1883, it was believed to be the year when he began to gain more recognition, more fame when he released Treasure Island. Although, Stevenson reached the height of his popularity following by the released of the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1866. Many English literature novelists and writers had written many critiques on Stevenson and his works, both positive and negative. One of the known negative critiques on Stevenson was written by George Moore, he dislike the way Stevenson write, specifically is stylistic