University in 1875, but he did not enjoy law and never practiced
it. His real love was writing. By the time ofhis graduation from
the University he had already begun writing for magazines. He
began publishing short stories and essays in the mid-1870s.
The writer’s first book “An Inland Voyage” appeared in 1878.
This work relates his experiences during a canoeing trip through
France and Belgium. In his next book “Travels with a Donkey in
the Cevennes”, written in 1879, Stevenson describes a walking
tour through France.
In 1879 he followed Mrs. Fanny Osbourne, an American whom
he later married, to the American continent. In America his health
began to fail and made him a tubercular invalid for the rest ofhis
life. He spent his last nine years on the Pacific island o f Samoa.
Stevenson’s first and most famous novel “Treasure Island”
was published in 1883. The characters ofthe book, the boy hero
Jim Hawkins, the two villains Long John Silver and blind Pew,
and their search for the buried treasure have become familiar to
millions o f readers.
The publication of Stevenson’s second major novel. “The
Strange Case o f Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in 1.886 assured his
reputation. The story tells o f a doctor who takes a drug that
changes him into a new person, physically ugly and spiritually
evil. The novel is one of the most fascinating horror stories ever
written.
The same year Stevenson also published his long novel
“Kidnapped”. The work is based on historical research and weaves
an exciting fictional story around an actual Scottish murder
committed in 1745. Because of its length, Stevenson ended
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