Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson
General information
Name	Robert Louis Stevenson
Aliases	Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson
Roles	Writer
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Gender	Male
Date of birth	November 13th, 1850
Date of death	December 3rd, 1894
First appearance	Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish author, poet and essayist born in Edinburgh on November 13th, 1850. He is best known for writing the 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as well as the adventure epics Treasure Island and Kidnapped. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde proved immensely popular and was immediately adapted into stage productions within a year of its release. The book has gone on to be adapted into numerous film productions, most of which use some variation of the title "Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde".

In 1884, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the short story "The Body Snatcher". It was first published in December in the Pall Mall Christmas "Extra". It was adapted into a film in 1945 by Robert Wise starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.

Stevenson also wrote the short story "The Sire de Maletroit's Door", which was included in Volume II: English of the International Short Stories anthology collection, first published in 1910. The story was later adapted into the Joseph Pevney film The Strange Door starring Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff in 1951.

Robert Louis Stevenson passed away in Vailima, Samoa on December 3rd, 1894 at the age of 44.

Notes & Trivia

• Actor Mark Gatiss played Robert Louis Stevenson in episode 5 of the 2007 BBC miniseries Jekyll.

External Links

• Robert Louis Stevenson at IMDB
• Robert Louis Stevenson at Wikipedia
• Robert Louis Stevenson at the RLS Website
• Robert Louis Stevenson at People.brandeis.edu
• Robert Louis Stevenson at Classic Literature Library

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