Picturesque Notes on Edinburgh

By Robert Louis Stevenson

Book Overview

Edinburgh was Robert Louis Stevenson's birthplace. He lived there on and off for the first 29 years of his life, and continued to visit the city until 1887, after which time he left Scotland, and Europe, forever. Wherever he was, RLS often returned to Edinburgh imaginatively. He wrote about the city in Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes (1878), and it was also a setting for Deacon Brodie (1880), Admiral Guinea (1884), "The Body Snatcher" (1884), Kidnapped (1886),"The Misadventures of John Nicholson" (1887), The Wrecker (1892), Catriona (1893), Weir of Hermiston and St Ives (1898).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977530508
• ISBN13: 9781977530509
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

enjoy robert louis stevenson

bought this when we returned from visiting edinburgh. realized i had never actually read robert louis stevenson. only had seen movies of his work. so was great to find out more about a city we loved visiting, and great to experience reading his writing. found out why his works are classics - he's a really good writer! made me want to read more of his work.

History and social insights as well as commentary

Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes is a vividly written piece which could easily have been featured in our travel section but is presented here for its literary value as a passionate survey of famed British novelist Robert Louis Stevenson's birthplace. His notes include history and social insights as well as commentary and bring Edinburgh alive.