Louis
Louis
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This biography of beloved Scottish writer, Robert Louis Stevenson, provides an illuminating account of a sickly child, son of a Presbyterian lighthouse engineer, who became in turn a Bohemian dandy, a literary gypsy, and at 28 the lover of an American woman ten years his senior.
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Louis by Philip Callow
This biography of beloved Scottish writer, Robert Louis Stevenson, provides an illuminating account of a sickly child, son of a Presbyterian lighthouse engineer, who became in turn a Bohemian dandy, a literary gypsy, and at 28 the lover of an American woman ten years his senior. The text chronicles Stevenson's life and achievements right through to his death in 1894.
"'His prose is clear and easy and elegant, his observation sharp but kind and never superficial' - VS. Naipaul; 'happy balance of insight and sympathy' - Margaret Drabble; 'constantly readable' - A. Alvarez"
Philip Callow is the author of a number of highly acciaimed biographies: Chekhov: The Hidden Ground, Vincent Van Gogh, Lost Earth: A Life of Cezanne, and Son and Lover. The Young D.H. Lawrence.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780094801806 |
| ISBN 10 | 0094801800 |
| Title | Louis |
| Author | Philip Callow |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2001-05-24 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |