In the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

The novels ‘Treasure Island’ and ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ by Robert Louis Stevenson are universal bestsellers, republished and translated every year, adapted into films and comics. Stevenson was a prolific writer; ‘The Master of Ballantrae’, ‘Kidnapped’ and ‘The Black Arrow’ are also bookstore successes, along with his short stories, poetry and tales from the South Seas.

Stevenson’s adventurous and romantic life, marked by a humanism that was exemplary for its time, is also a work in its own right. Traces of it can be found in his many letters and biographies.