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-> Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
-> And the hunter home from the hill.

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-> Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
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* ''The Bottle Imp''

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* ''The Bottle Imp''''Literature/TheBottleImp''
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* KidHero: Jim Hawkins from ''Treasure Island'' and David Balfour from ''Kidnapped''.

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* KidHero: Jim Hawkins from ''Treasure Island'' and David Balfour from ''Kidnapped''.''Kidnapped''.
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* ''The Sire de Maletroit's Door''
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* GothicLiterature: ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', ''Olalla'' and ''The Body Snatcher'' fit the bill.
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* ChromosomeCasting: The majority of Stevenson's works have a cast of characters that are predominantly male.


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* HistoricalFiction: Stevenson has dabbled in a few, such as ''Kidnapped'' (set in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745) and ''The Black Arrow'' (set during the War of the Roses).
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* JekyllAndHyde: ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' would become the TropeMaker, with the titular characters setting the foundation for adaptations and characters with the trait down the road.

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* JekyllAndHyde: ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' would become the TropeMaker, with the titular characters setting the foundation for adaptations and characters with the trait down the road.road.
* KidHero: Jim Hawkins from ''Treasure Island'' and David Balfour from ''Kidnapped''.

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* CurseRelay: ''The Bottle Imp'' has the titular bottle which can grant its owner every wish, but whoever owns it will go to Hell after death. The only way to get rid of the bottle is to sell it to another person for a smaller price than you bought it for.

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* CurseRelay: DealWithTheDevil: ''The Bottle Imp'' has the titular bottle which can grant its owner every wish, but whoever owns it will go to Hell after death. The only way to get rid of the bottle is to sell it to another person for a smaller price than you bought it for.for.
* JekyllAndHyde: ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' would become the TropeMaker, with the titular characters setting the foundation for adaptations and characters with the trait down the road.
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* ''Olalla''

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* ''Olalla''''Literature/{{Olalla}}''
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Though he wrote many books, his work was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen drastically cut short]], as Stevenson [[AuthorExistenceFailure died]] at 44 due to health problems in Upolu, one of the Samoan islands. The inscription on his tombstone became a well-known and still-sung GriefSong for many Samoans.

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Though he wrote many books, his work was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen drastically cut short]], as Stevenson [[AuthorExistenceFailure died]] died at 44 due to health problems in Upolu, one of the Samoan islands. The inscription on his tombstone became a well-known and still-sung GriefSong for many Samoans.
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* CurseRelay: ''The Bottle Imp'' has the titular bottle which can grant its owner every wish, but whoever owns it will go to Hell after death. The only way to get rid of the bottle is to sell it to another person for a smaller price than you bought it for.
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* ''Literature/TheBlackArrow''
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-> Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
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* ''Literature/TheMasterOfBallantrae''
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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Literature/{{Kidnapped}}''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a 19th century [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Literature/{{Kidnapped}}''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''.''Literature/{{Kidnapped}}''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.
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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

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'''Robert Robert Louis Stevenson''' Stevenson (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.
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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.



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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[BonnieScotland [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.
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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' was a 19th century [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' (1850-1894) was a 19th century [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.
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* ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde''

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* ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde''''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde''
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Stevenson was admired by many higher-ups in literature such as Creator/JorgeLuisBorges and Creator/GKChesterton. Both of them were great fans of Stevenson's accessible, nigh-perfect prose. HenryJames liked his works so much that he used ''TreasureIsland'' when needing an example of a novel that perfectly did what it set out to do.

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Stevenson was admired by many higher-ups in literature such as Creator/JorgeLuisBorges and Creator/GKChesterton. Both of them were great fans of Stevenson's accessible, nigh-perfect prose. HenryJames Creator/HenryJames liked his works so much that he used ''TreasureIsland'' ''Treasure Island'' when needing an example of a novel that perfectly did what it set out to do.
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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' was a 19th century [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[DreamingOfThingsToCome in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' was a 19th century [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[DreamingOfThingsToCome [[BasedOnADream in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.
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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' was a 19th century [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[DreamingOfThingsToCome in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' was a 19th century [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde'' ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[DreamingOfThingsToCome in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.



# ''TreasureIsland''
# ''TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde''
# ''Kidnapped''
# ''The Bottle Imp''
# ''New Arabian Nights''
# ''TheWrongBox''
# ''TheBodySnatcher''
# ''Olalla''
# ''WeirOfHermiston''

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# * ''New Arabian Nights''
# * ''TheWrongBox''
# * ''TheBodySnatcher''
# * ''Olalla''
# * ''WeirOfHermiston''
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'''Robert Louis Stevenson''' was a 19th century [[BonnieScotland Scottish]] writer and [[WalkingTheEarth traveler]] who is well-known for his novel ''TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde'' (the plot was revealed to him [[DreamingOfThingsToCome in a dream]]), as well as other novels such as ''TreasureIsland'' and ''Kidnapped''. However, his bibliography is very extensive, as he also wrote poetry and several essays.

Stevenson was admired by many higher-ups in literature such as Creator/JorgeLuisBorges and Creator/GKChesterton. Both of them were great fans of Stevenson's accessible, nigh-perfect prose. HenryJames liked his works so much that he used ''TreasureIsland'' when needing an example of a novel that perfectly did what it set out to do.

Though he wrote many books, his work was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen drastically cut short]], as Stevenson [[AuthorExistenceFailure died]] at 44 due to health problems in Upolu, one of the Samoan islands. The inscription on his tombstone became a well-known and still-sung GriefSong for many Samoans.

!!Some of his stories are:
# ''TreasureIsland''
# ''TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde''
# ''Kidnapped''
# ''The Bottle Imp''
# ''New Arabian Nights''
# ''TheWrongBox''
# ''TheBodySnatcher''
# ''Olalla''
# ''WeirOfHermiston''

Most of his works can be read [[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search.html/?default_prefix=author_id&sort_order=downloads&query=35 at Project Gutenberg.]]
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