Biography Robert Lewis

The albums of the performer Stevenson Robert Lewis are an English writer, a Scot by origin, a literary critic, a poet, founder and theorist of neo -romantism. Stevenson was born in Edinburgh Scotland in the family of an engineer -builder of Mayakov. Since childhood, a lot has been sick. It seemed that he did not have the opportunity to become the author of one of the most famous adventure novels in the future, since he had an extremely many diseases.

The disease of childhood and the beginning of work from early childhood, he was a resident, in his own expression, "blanket country." Indeed, due to constant unhealthy, he spent more time in bed than in boyish games on the street or at the table, reading an interesting book. Doctors made a terrible diagnosis - consumption - consumption - consumption. In those days, this was equated with death.

Perhaps, in fact, these difficult trials taught Stevenson to appreciate life, sincerely rejoice in every day and try to be happy.

Can't you go on a real sea trip? And then a dream and fantasy came to the rescue. Creative abilities were developed in him by his nanny, who knew many stories, read the poems of R. Burns by heart and told terrible stories for the night. At the age of 15, the first work appeared in the biography of Robert Stevenson - he wrote his first book, Petlands of the uprising. At 17, Robert began to study the right at the University of Edinburgh the Year of graduation - although Stevenson received the profession of a lawyer, he most of all dreamed of becoming a writer.

Stevenson's Treasures Island - an unsurpassed masterpiece, Glory came to him when he recalled the writer in G., once he played with his stepson Lloyd Ozborn. They competed who would better draw a geographical map. It was then that Stevenson created the map of the island of treasures. On the second day, he sat behind the novel, which called the “ship cook”, but the publisher did not like this name, and they decided to replace the name with the “Treasure Island”.

Inquisitive reader will notice in this work the details of many famous adventure books. Stevenson did not deny it. He frankly said that, for example, a parrot to the novel “flew” from Robinson Crusoe, and he borrowed the skeleton from the short story of the famous American writer Edgar in the Golden Beetle. By the way, the story, the basis of the novel “Treasure Island”, is not such a writer's fiction.

In those days, like today, many who raved up with the inconspicuous treasures of the pirates or their victims that were prudently hidden in different places of the globe and which could be found behind certain secret signs. For example, on an island where Alexander Selkirk lived for more than four years and who was subsequently called the island of Robinson Crusoe is still looking for a huge treasure, which was hidden there a few years after the release of Selkirka.

Stevenson seemed to collect in his book all the features and finds of adventure literature, which is difficult to imagine without secret cards, hidden treasures and warlike pirates. The first listeners and critics of the not yet printed novel were the father and stepson of the writer. Stevenson recalled that when it was necessary to fill in the chest of Billy Bons, the writer’s father almost the whole day on the back of the envelope from some business letter made up the register of what should be in the cache of the former pirate.

This list almost completely entered the novel. In general, Stevenson managed to fill his work with details, which, in the reader’s imagination, were closely connected with the world of adventure and secrets: an incendiary pirate song, a terrible black mark, a mysterious map and an island lost in the ocean, full of gold washed with blood. The deterioration of health and moving to Samoa The success of the “Treasure Island” ensured the material wealth of the Stevenson family, but the progressive disease required climate change, and therefore he left his beloved Scotland.

The biography of Robert Stevenson was filled with new events and adventures. The writer, along with the whole family, went on a trip to the southern seas. He settled on the islands of Samoa in the Pacific Ocean. The locals at first reacted warily to the stranger, because they got used to the fact that the Europeans in their parts appeared only in order to enrich themselves.

But Stevenson did not show neglect of the local population, but he cordially accepted them in his house, which seemed to the local residents a huge palace, and with pleasure listened to their stories from antiquity. Very soon, local residents went into Stevenson’s house not only to listen to the amazing and incredible stories of the owner, but also with a request to help.

He advised them how to protect himself from colonialists, how to best care for their land and where it is more profitable to sell certain goods. White colonialists did not like the writer, but the locals, in a sign of special respect and trust, gave him the name of Tuzital-“White Leader-Speaker”, because they believed in the magical power of his words.And this force was large, you just have to recall what publicity the Stevenson's article on the shameless robbery of the islands by leading European countries that colonized Samoa made in Europe.

Amazing facts from Stevenson’s biography, the Samoans on their own built the road to the house of Stevenson and called it expensive gratitude. The death of a writer for local residents became a big grief. With whole villages, they went to say goodbye to Tuzitala. The Council of Leaders decided to bury him on top of the highest mountain. However, it was extremely difficult to get there, because the mountain on all sides was surrounded by a dense tropical forest, and by that time not a single person had stepped on it.

Then the strongest men set off and at the cost of incredible efforts were cut through the moist jungle of the clearing to get to the place of the last shelter of a man who was able to overcome fate. And then the leaders, under pain of the great punishment of the gods, forbade everyone to shoot near the mountain, where Stevenson's body was buried, "so that birds could calmly sing over his grave." Stevenson's works are read with the interest of both children and adults.

Stevenson is considered the founder and theoretician of the non -romantic direction in the literature. He sharply felt a gap between reality and dream and was looking for an unusual in everyday life. The writer has retained the craving for the beautiful for life, sought to give life fullness and brightness, to find a hero in an ordinary person. Stevenson was extremely attentive to the word, he was considered an unsurpassed writer.

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