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  1. Oct 3, 2024 · Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, best known for his novels Treasure Island (1881), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889).

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  2. He died of a stroke in his island home in 1894 at age 44. [2] A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson's critical reputation has fluctuated since his death, though today his works are held in general acclaim. In 2018, he was ranked just behind Charles Dickens as the 26th-most-translated author in the world. [3] Family and education.

  3. LONDON, Dec. 17.--A dispatch to The Star, dated Apia, Samoa, Dec. 8, confirms the report that Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist, died suddenly a few days ago from apoplexy. His body was buried...

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Robert Louis Stevenson was a 19th-century Scottish writer notable for such novels as 'Treasure Island,' 'Kidnapped' and 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.'.

  5. On December 3, 1894. Louis seemed in excellent spirits when he suddenly collapsed from a violent pain in his head and he lost consciousness. Stevenson, having suffered a brain hemorrhage and died soon afterwards. He was interred the following morning at the top of Mount Vaea.

  6. Dec 1, 2019 · IT was 125 years ago this week that Scotland lost one of its greatest literary talents with the death of Robert Louis Stevenson. On December 3 1894, Stevenson suffered a brain haemorrhage and died soon afterwards at his home on the island of Upolu, the second largest of the Samoan Islands.

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  8. The letter from Fanny Stevenson to a friend was written the day after her husband collapsed and died from what is thought to have been a brain haemorrhage at their home in Samoa on December 3, 1894. He was only 44.

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