Robert+Louis+Stevenson

__ Robert Louis Stevenson __

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**Studies:** He studied at Edinburgh University during the years 1867-1875 studying engineering. In college he focused mainly on learning to write better. His father wanted him to be an engineer but he refused, because he wanted to become a writer. His father insisted he should study law, so he studied enough to get a law degree in 1875. He barely used the degree he had in law. ======

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**Childhood:** Robert was an only child. He was sickly as a child, and suffered from severe respiratory issues; because of that, later in his life he traveled a lot for his health. He grew up sensitive to religious issues and Scottish history. ======

**Family:** He had a middle class family.

**Works of Literature:** He wrote “Treasure Island”, “Kidnapped”, “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”, “The Pentland Rising", "The Celestial Surgeon" and many others.
**Awards:** He won two awards: the Silver Medal and the Royal Society of Arts.

** Miscellaneous: **

 * ====== He loved adventure. ======
 * Wrote essays, poems, stories, and travel guides
 * Because of his bad health, he traveled a lot. That was when he first started writing travel books.

**Changes:** Robert Louis Stevenson changed this world in various ways. He proved that anybody can write any kind of literature since he wrote essays, novels, poems, and travel guides for all ages. Plus, he gave us even more information about the places he visited and made travel guides about. He even changed our thoughts in many ways through the works of literature he wrote.

"The Celestial Surgeon"

If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain:-- Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake; Or, Lord, if too obdurate I, Choose thou, before that spirit die, A piercing pain, a killing sin, And to my dead heart run them in!

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