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Robert Louis Stevenson
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Pages: 640 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0300091249
Pub: Yale University Press
Pub date: 2001-08-17
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 199644
Reader Reviews:
A very good read. (1/1 people found this helpful)
Stevenson's letters are an addictive read just like his many stories and essays. His letters show a companionable and often humorous character despite his many health problems and the difficulties of making a living as a writer. It seems all the more sad to consider his demise (from a brain haemorrhage) at the age of 46. Many of the letters are to his closest friends and those who influenced him most, as well as to notable figures such as Henry James and W.B. Yeats. The letters cover the background to the creation of most of his major and lesser known works such as Jekyll and Hyde, Kidnapped and Catriona. Also included, amongst many other things, is Stevenson's infamous bust-up with the poet W.E. Henley, and his involvement in the local politics of the south sea island of Samoa (his home at the end of his life). Definitely worth five stars.
See why Henry James loved getting letters from RLS. (2/2 people found this helpful)
Some of the best writers of his time--Henry James, for one--looked forward eagerly to getting letters from Stevenson, as he traveled around the world, looking for a place that might improve his health. (From boyhood on, he suffered from severe lung problems.) Dip into this book at random, and you'll see why. Stevenson put himself into his letters unreservedly--there's a confidential tone of voice throughout them that's warmly appealing--and he is acutely perceptive on a wide range of subjects, including himself. Ernest Mehew has judiciously chosen the best of the letters, and arranged them to create a de facto autobiography. This is a book that any Stevenson fan will cherish.
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