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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson's famous works include the adventure novel Treasure Island (1881).
Robert Louis Stevenson began writing his classic adventure novel Treasure Island in 1881 while staying in Braemar, Scotland. The story originated as a game he played with his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne.1
Initially titled The Sea-Cook, the work began its serialization in the magazine Young Folks in October 1881. Stevenson later completed the novel in Davos, Switzerland, where he had traveled for his health.12