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Where did Robert Louis Stevenson live while he was struggling to survive in California?
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson's famous works include the adventure novel Treasure Island (1881).
While struggling to survive in California after arriving in 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson lived in Monterey and San Francisco. During this period, he faced severe illness and financial hardship before eventually marrying Fanny Osbourne in 1880.12