Tag: robert louis stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894). Portrait by Girolamo Nerli, 1892. *  *  *  *  * I’ve recently finished reading Claire Harman’s thoughtful and affectionate biography of Robert Louis Stevenson. He seems to have been an unusually likeable person as writers go, though perhaps best appreciated at a distance. As a child I found Treasure…