The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 (Annotated)

Download or read book The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 (Annotated) written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Robert Louis Stevenson.Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (Edinburgh, Scotland, November 13, 1850-Vailima, near Apia, Samoa, December 3, 1894) was a British novelist, poet and essayist. His legacy is a vast work that includes travel chronicles, adventure and historical novels, as well as lyrics and essays. He is best known for being the author of some of the most classic fantasy and adventure stories in young adult literature, such as Treasure Island, the adventure novel Kidnapped, the historical novel The Black Arrow, and the popular horror novel The Stranger. case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, dedicated to the subject of the phenomena of the split personality and that can be classified as a psychological horror novel. Several of his novels continue to be very famous and some of them have been taken several times to the cinema of the 20th century, in part adapted for children. His essayistic work was also important, brief but decisive as regards the structure of the modern novel of adventures. He was highly valued in his time and continued to be so after his death. It had continuity in authors such as Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene, G. K. Chesterton and H. G. Wells and in the Argentineans Adolfo Bioy Casares and Jorge Luis Borges.