Treasure Island. Stevenson R. L.

Robert Lewis Balfur Stevenson (1850–1894) is a famous Scottish writer and poet, author of adventure novels and stories. But his life could have developed differently, and he would not have come up with the brilliant Prince of Florisel, the treacherous John Silver, the brave Dick of Shelton, the beautiful and rebellious Catherion... The father of the future writer Thomas Stevenson was a hereditary engineer and wanted his son to become a specialist in the design of lighthouses. At first, everything went according to plan - Robert began to study as an engineer at Edinburgh University. In 1871, he even received a silver medal for the development of a new design for lighthouse flashing fire. However, at about the same time, Robert fell in love with a pretty singer from a night cabaret and wanted to marry her. Father was categorically against. This disagreement forced Robert to quit engineering. He learned to be a lawyer and began to travel in his free time. Robert Stevenson's writer's vein gave her first sprouts - he began to work on travel notes. Later, stories about the adventures of Prince Florisel. In 1882 they managed to publish a separate book. The writer's talent was fully revealed when he began to compose adventure novels. The dashing adventurous stories, historical excursions into the past of England and his native Scotland, the detailed study of the characters' characters - all this made his works to be a fascinating reading. Stevenson since childhood did not differ in good health; Doctors suspected his pulmonary tuberculosis. In search of a more suitable climate for himself, the already famous writer on the yacht acquired by him made a long sea cruise along the seas of Southeast Asia and a donkey on a man, one of the islands of Samoa. There, in his wooden house, on December 3, 1894, at the age of 44, he suddenly died of a stroke. The works of Robert Stevenson, included in the collection, adorn the illustrations of two brows of four brothers-artists from Cambridge: Henry Matthew Brock (1875–1960)-to the novels "Treasure Island" and "Black Arrow"; Charles Edmund Brock (1870–1938) - to the novels “The kidnapped” and “Catherion”. Stevenson’s heroes on the dynamic barckers are very expressive, they seem to come to life: they perform exploits and betrayal, make mistakes and triumph, love and hate, cry and laugh - their images, psychological features, and characters are embodied. In the collection of the classic of the adventure literature of the Scotsman R. L. Stevenson, four of his famous works were included. The Treasure Island brought world fame to the writer. The action of the novel "Black Arrow" unfolds against the backdrop of the struggle for power in England of the XV century. The “stolen” became a model of the adventure novel; The continuation of this story is the novel "Catherion". The collection is illustrated by the drawings of two brothers - talented British artists Henry Matthew Brock and Charles Edmund Brock.