Entries from Come Sit a While that draw on the words of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist best remembered for Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Born into a family of lighthouse engineers, his own path took a very different shape: a severe, lifelong respiratory illness — almost certainly some form of chronic tuberculosis — left him spending much of his life chasing a climate his lungs could survive in. He crossed oceans and continents not as a tourist but as a man in search of breath itself. Despite frequent hemorrhages and long stretches of profound weakness, his spirit stayed remarkably buoyant, sustained in no small part by a circle of devoted friends and, eventually, his wife Fanny.
Entries featuring Robert Louis Stevenson
- Seeds, Not Harvest (2026-06-06)
- An Honest Friend (2026-06-17)
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