Robert louis stevenson was a great traveler, who spent his last years in the pacific, far from his native scotland. About 10,000 childrens titles are listed on our own webpage at, which has many photos, a detailed search engine, and general information and links. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Poems for kids by robert louis stevenson rainy day poems. We specialize in childrens quality literature and picture books, and take pride in our condition and shipment standards. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service. With a lovable and roguish cast of characters, young jim hawkins goes to sea in search of captain flints longlost treasure. A childs garden of verses 1885, written for children but also popular with their. In 1883, while bedridden with tuberculosis, he wrote what would become one of the best known and most beloved collections of children s poetry in the english language, a child s garden of verses.
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Robert louis stevenson was a scottish author, traveller and painter who wrote adventure novels, essays and travel stories during the late 1800s. Oct, 2009 treasure island npr coverage of treasure island by robert louis stevenson. Robert louis stevenson biography and list of works robert louis stevenson books. Although during his lifetime, he was praised and made a celebrity, he was relegated to a second class writer by authors such as virginia woolf. Jekyll and hyde, the quintessential novel of a double life, was written.
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