A01=Glenda Norquay
Author_Glenda Norquay
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Colonialism
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Fiction
Gothic
Kidnapped
Literary criticism
novelist
novels
Scottish literature
South Pacific
Transatlantic
Travel writing
Treasure Island
Victorian
Product details
- ISBN 9781836391685
- Dimensions: 130 x 200mm
- Publication Date: 01 Feb 2026
- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This concise biography offers a fresh portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson: frail Edinburgh child turned globe-trotting author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It charts his remarkable literary range – from fiction and poetry to essays and letters – crafted across three continents, often in poor health. Stevenson’s adventurous life and memorable characters captured both popular imagination and critical praise. Drawing on new scholarship, the book explores his role as a literary innovator and cultural commentator, revealing how his work engaged with the anxieties of a rapidly changing world. At once celebrity, critic and colonial observer, Stevenson emerges as a truly modern writer, whose influence remains potent today. This is essential reading for lovers of literature, history and global storytelling.
Glenda Norquay is Professor Emerita of Scottish Literature at Liverpool John Moores University. Her books on Stevenson include Robert Louis Stevenson, Literary Networks and Transatlantic Publishing in the 1890s (2020).
