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“Under the wide and starry sky/Dig the grave and let me lie,” is engraved on a famous authors tombstone. (Hodges, Jeremy) Do you know what famous author this is? This quote can be found in the “Requiem,” one of many works that Robert Louis Stevenson produced during his lifetime. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the best authors during his time and captured the hearts of many with his unique way of writing. He had many accomplishments within the writing realm which he had to endeavor. Despite Robert Louis Stevenson’s many flaws and unhealthy life, he still managed to have a successful career which ended with a tragic death. As a result of Robert Louis Stevenson’s yearning to write at an astonishingly young age he was considerably efficacious throughout his life. On November 13,1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Maragaret and Thomas Stevenson’s first son Robert Louis Stevenson was born. (Hodges, Jeremy; Daiches, David) As …show more content…
His enthusiasm to write began as an adolescent which helped him publish many short stories genuinely early in life; it also helped him to produce his first released book at age twenty-eight. (Bio.com; Daiches, David) Robert Louis Stevenson’s works were influenced by his wanderings and encounters which made him venture to writing a more poetic fictional style books. (Hodges, Jeremy; Bio.com) Plenty of Robert Louis Stevenson’s writings such as An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey expresses his intuition. (Hodges, Jeremy) Along with that, Robert Louis Stevenson composed the Amateur Emigrant which reported about his time in California with Fanny. (Hodges, Jeremy) On top of that, Treasure Island was written because Robert Louis Stevenson in an attempt to entertain his stepson drew him a map which conducted the notion of Treasure Island. (Bio.com) Over Robert Louis Stevenson’s lifetime his works became more advanced.

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