![]() ![]() Stevenson had recently met and fell in love with an American woman in Paris, 10 years his elder, named Fanny Osbourne, although she was still technically married to a husband in San Francisco. Stevenson's unconventional bohemian lifestyle matched his daringly long hair and eccentric appearance, much to the chagrin and worry of his conservative parents in Scotland who were still supporting him financially. His future career as a writer was far from assured, having only published one travel book, An Inland Voyage, and a few essays. Robert Louis Stevenson was 28 years old in the summer of 1878, recently out of law school, living in France as a struggling and unestablished author, he had yet to write the books that would make him famous - Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. 37908 The Annotated 'Travels with a Donkey in the CĂ©vennes' - Background Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson, 1879 ![]()
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