Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson wrote which pirate adventure featuring Long John Silver?

Answer: Treasure Island

Bonus fact: Treasure Island helped define many pirate-story conventions.

Which Stevenson novella features Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Answer: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Bonus fact: The story explores duality within one person.

Stevenson spent the final years of his life on which Pacific island group?

Answer: Samoa

Bonus fact: He settled on Upolu and became locally known as Tusitala.

"Catriona" is a sequel to which Robert Louis Stevenson novel?

Answer: Kidnapped

Bonus fact: David Balfour returns as the protagonist, continuing his adventures after the events of "Kidnapped."

Robert Louis Stevenson created which famous pair of alter egos in an 1886 novella?

Answer: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Bonus fact: Stevenson reportedly drafted the story rapidly after a vivid dream, and its title characters became enduring symbols of a divided personality.

Who co-wrote the novel "The Ebb-Tide" with Robert Louis Stevenson?

Answer: Lloyd Osbourne

Bonus fact: Osbourne was Stevenson's stepson and collaborated with him on several works.

Who co-wrote "The Wrecker" with Robert Louis Stevenson?

Answer: Lloyd Osbourne

Bonus fact: Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne collaborated on several adventure novels.

Who co-wrote the comic novel "The Wrong Box" with Robert Louis Stevenson?

Answer: Lloyd Osbourne

Bonus fact: Stevenson and his stepson Osbourne collaborated on several novels.

Who wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Bonus fact: 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Who wrote the novel "Catriona"?

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Bonus fact: The novel was published late in Stevenson's life.

Who wrote "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes"?

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Bonus fact: The travel book records a walking journey through rural France.

Who wrote the travel book "An Inland Voyage"?

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Bonus fact: It was one of Stevenson's earliest books.

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