Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Cain in KIDNAPPED (1917), the earliest known feature-length adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel. I crowdfunded a DVD release with the film and all the original shorts that accompanied it (a fairy tale, a gladiator comedy, two actualities) back in 2018

Courting the Bourgeois: Stevenson, Baudelaire, and Writing as a Profession
Katherine Ashley
Connotations, Vol. 34, 153-169. www.connotations.de/article/kath...

My article on Stevenson and Scott, “'Scott’s Voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht' and Intertextual Transmission" has been published in Connotations www.connotations.de/article/lesl...

CFP_UnNatural_Stevenson_Venice_2026 Call for papers: (Un)natural Stevenson Wild transgressions across literature, ecology, science and gender Ca’ Foscari University of Venice 11-12 May 2026 Aula Baratto Organizers: Lucio De Capitani...

CFP: (Un)natural Stevenson
Wild transgressions across literature, ecology, science and gender, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Aula Baratto, 11-12 May 2026 Organizers: Lucio De Capitani & Alessandro Cabiati docs.google.com/document/d/1...

But the semicolon is the triggering device, revealing Stevenson's habit of stringing together details in a loosely punctuated sequence. Through the lucidity of his prose Stevenson discloses a fundamental irony: that things in the world are not clear and lucid; that the more one aspires to express their coherence, and is successful at it, the more one recognizes the futility of the pursuit; that language itself, and the way in which we organize and build our sentences, provide an illusion at odds with reality. The semicolon, with its pause-virtually a full stop, yet not the end of a sentence-fits Stevenson's scheme beautifully: it is neither a terminal mark, like a period, nor an intermediate device, like a comma. This ambiguity is apparent even in simple compound sentences, where Stevenson almost invariably uses the semicolon. He does not separate the clauses with periods, nor does he use commas. It is as if he were not sure whether to make his statements independent or to connect them. There is an uncertainty built into his style that is encouraged or assisted by his use of the semicolon.

“Stevenson discloses a fundamental irony: that things in the world are not clear & lucid… There is an uncertainty built into his style that is encouraged or assisted by his use of the semicolon”

—Barry Menikoff’s Robert Louis Stevenson & “The Beach of Falesá”
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I got mugged!

My new variant cover for THRAWN JANET…now a mug!
Cheerio!

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The Absent Heart by @alibacon.bsky.social In 1870, Frances Sitwell, trapped in an abusive marriage, is grateful for the chaste affection offered by Sidney Colvin. They make a perfect couple until the young Robert Louis Stevenson bursts into their lives www.linen-press.com/shop/the-abs...

Michael Pedersen on Robert Louis Stevenson An evening exploring the legacy of one of Scotland’s most renowned authors in words, film, and conversation.

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Novelist & Edinburgh Makar @michaelpedersen.bsky.social, bestselling crime writer @valmcdermid.bsky.social, filmmaker David Carrillo, & National Library curator Colin McIlroy explore the legacy of Robert Louis Stevenson
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A newspaper clipping from 1891, showing a title and the opening few lines of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story "The Bottle Imp"

Robert Louis Stevenson’s short story “The Bottle Imp” was first published (in English) on this day, 8 Feb, 1891, in the New York Herald. It was originally published in Samoan translation as “O le Fagu Aitu” in the missionary magazine O le sulu Samoa (The Samoan Torch)

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Silver by Jonathan Smith - BBC Sounds A one-legged poet inspires RL Stevenson for his classic novel 'Treasure Island'.

Stevenson & Henley www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

"Tusitala: Pacific perspectives on Robert Louis Stevenson"
an exhibition at the National Library of Scotland (8 November 2024 to 10 May 2025) www.nls.uk/whats-on/tus...

The New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson
Series Editor(s): Stephen D. Arata, Richard Dury, Penny Fielding, Anthony A. Mandal edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-the-n...