Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, of Victorian Age, and a representative of neo-romanticism in English literature. During his life he made many travels, which were very useful for the composition of some his work.
He was born on 13 November 1850, in Edinburgh, the son of Thomas Stevenson, a lighthouse engineer, and his wife Margaret.
The city of Stevenson’s birth was a source of inspiration to him all his life. But its damp climate contributed to the serious respiratory illness which began in his childhood.
Attended a variety of schools including the Edinburgh Academy, with frequent interruption because of ill-health.
At Edinburgh University, initially studying engineering to follow his father’s profession, changing to law in 1871. He was a founder of the Edinburgh University Magazine and already preoccupied with writing.
On holiday in France met Fanny Osborne. Fanny was an American, ten years Stevenson’s senior, with an unsatisfactory marriage and two children.
Stevenson seems to have fallen in love with at once!
In 1876 took a canoeing trip with his friend Sir Walter Simpson and, two years after, in 1878, the publication of “An Inland Voyage”, an account of the canoeing holiday.
Took a walking tour with a donkey in France, recorded in “travels with a donkey”.
In 1880 married Funny in San Francisco. Returned to Scotland to visit his parents.
Began writing “Treasure Island” Stevenson’s most famous work and first real popular success was inspired by a map of an imaginary island given to his step-son.
In 1884, in France, fell dangerously ill with severe pulmonary haemorrhage.
Between 1884 and 1887 he lives in England, on the south coast, for its climate and he public “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” in 1886.
In 1889 bought house and settled at Vailima, Western Samoa, more and more famous and quite wealthy. He buried in Samoa in 1894.
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nn puoi farlo con un vocabolario -.-’…è semplice…
te lo tradurrei “molto volentieri”, ma ora ho molto da fare!
rincontrolla:
-haemorrhage
- verso la fine ” buried
- e se vogliamo essere pignoli Mr col punto
- for the composition of some his workS.
il resto nn ho il tempo di leggerlo
-moi-
c’è qualke errore ma x il resto va bn
Ti 6 svanita quasi tutti i soggetti…HE attended a variety of schools…HE met Fanny…HE took a canoeing trip…ecc…in inglese nn puoi tralasciarlo!!!
At Edinburgh University, initially studying engineering to follow his father’s profession, changing to law in 1871. penso ke sarebbe preferibile “he studied”.
Stevenson seems to have fallen in love with at once! with HER. Se vedo qlcs altro te lo dico
Troppo lungo..
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer from the Victorian Age, and a representative of neo-romanticism in English literature. During his life he travelled a lot and these journeys were very useful for the composition of some of his work.
He was born on 13 November 1850, in Edinburgh, the son of Thomas Stevenson, a lighthouse engineer, and his wife Margaret.
The city of Stevenson’s birth was a source of inspiration to him all his life. But its damp climate contributed to the serious respiratory illness which began in his childhood.
Stevenson attended a variety of schools including the Edinburgh Academy, with frequent interruptions because of ill-health.
At Edinburgh University, he initially studied engineering to follow his father’s profession, changing to law in 1871. He was a founder of the Edinburgh University Magazine and already extremely interested in writing.
On holiday in France he met Fanny Osborne. Fanny was an American, ten years Stevenson’s senior, with an unsatisfactory marriage and two children.
It seems that Stevenson fell in love with her at once!
In 1876, Stevenson took a canoeing trip with his friend Sir Walter Simpson and, two years later, in 1878, “An Inland Voyage”, an account of the canoeing holiday, was published.
He took a walking tour with a donkey in France and recorded the experience in “travels with a donkey”.
In 1880, Stevenson married Fanny in San Francisco. He returned to Scotland to visit his parents.
He began writing “Treasure Island”, which was his most famous work and first real popular success, inspired by a map of an imaginary island which had been given to his stepson.
In 1884, in France, he fell dangerously ill with a severe pulmonary haemorrhage.
Between 1884 and 1887 he lived in England, on the south coast, because of its climate and he published “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” in 1886.
In 1889, he bought a house and settled in Vailima, Western Samoa, ever more famous and quite wealthy. He was buried in Samoa in 1894.
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