Portland Public Library

Myself and the other fellow, a life of Robert Louis Stevenson, Claire Harman

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-489) and index

individual biography

illustrationsplates

index present

non fiction

Myself and the other fellow

bibliography

58789173

Claire Harman

"The short life of Robert Louis Stevenson [1850-94] was as adventurous as almost anything in his fiction: his travels, illness, struggles to become a writer, relationships with his volatile wife and step-family, friendships, and quarrels have fascinated readers for more than a century. No biography has yet done justice to the complex, brilliant, and troubled man who was responsible for so many remarkable creations. His interest in psychology, genetics, technology, and feminism anticipated the concerns of the next century, while his experiments in narrative technique inspired postmodern innovators such as Borges and Nabokov. Stevenson's recently collected correspondence shows him to have been the least "Victorian" of Victorian writers; he was a man of humour, resilience, and strongly unconventional views. With access to this and much previously unpublished material, distinguished biographer Claire Harman has written the most authoritative, comprehensive, and perceptive portrait of Stevenson to date."--Jacket

a life of Robert Louis Stevenson

Baron Broadnose -- Velvet coat -- The careless infidel -- Ah welless -- Stennis Frère -- The amateur emigrant -- The professional sickist -- Uxorious Billy -- A weevil in a biscuit -- The dreamer -- Below zero -- Ona -- Tusi Tala -- The tame celebrity