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Robert Louis Stevenson: Living Life Through Imagination

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@BrainsApplied 6 years ago

"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well."
- Robert Louis Stevenson

@staxigoe7441 6 years ago

I love that he finished his life in Samoa and fell in love with the people and the country. The fact he stood up for native Samoans in his critique of the colonial powers in "A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa" is testament to his character as a humanist.

@otakuribo 6 years ago

I'm probably in a minority of viewers, but I particularly enjoy the bios on authors: you've done some of my favorites; Poe, Lovecraft, Orwell, Asimov, and now Robert Louis Stevenson. Thanks so much for these!

@alanhorowitz3796 6 years ago

Though everyone knows the basic premise of Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde, few have actually read it. I did. It's bloody brilliant.

@SkuLLetjaH 6 years ago

I had heard of the writer before, but up until I visited his house in Samoa, I had never actually read any of his books. Bought a few when there and walked up to his grave to read on beautiful days. Thanks for the memories. Robert Louis. Thanks for the video, Simon.

@tkball37 6 years ago

I wish these videos could be put on a playlist, in historical order. 😍

@densealloy 6 years ago (edited)

It is remarkable how many of our greatest writers/artists all had a childhood where they were confined due to illness.

@austinwilburn1772 5 years ago

Mad respect for anyone who makes a law degree as the backup plan.

@bethroesch2156 6 years ago

Treasure Island was my introduction to "grown up books" and it's still my favorite book ❤️

@undersolo 6 years ago

One of my favourite writers, but you don’t see a lot about him in literary circles online. Thank you for this!

@miketufaro5915 5 years ago

It must have been awesome to see J.M. Barrie and R.L. Stephenson meet.

@jasonhatt4295 6 years ago

Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination, living there you’ll be free!

@FeelingShred 4 years ago

In "An Apology for Idlers" (1877) Stevenson demonstrates to have an immense maturity and high emotional intelligence in order to make a critique of the environment around him at such early age. His words are poignant, aggressive (as is should be) and still relevant to this day. Please have in mind he wrote that BEFORE his later fiction successes, and he also wrote it BEFORE engaging in real-life adventures travelling in France and crossing USA.

@smck001 4 years ago

Home is the sailor, home from the sea, and the hunter home from the hill. Poetic genius.

@ethanramos4441 6 years ago

“I travel not to anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move”
Robert Louis Stevenson

@ChrisStargazer 6 years ago

RLS is fondly remembered in Hawaii as being a dear friend of the Cleghorns, who were part of the Hawaii royal family (the patriarch of the clan in Hawaii, Archibald Cleghorn, was also of Scottish descent). He spent quite a bit of time with Hawaii’s last crown princess, Victoria Ka’iulani, and one of his poems about her passing became the lyrics of a song many youth in Hawaii still learn and sing today.

@pathallahan3016 6 years ago (edited)

3:58

Rolling a joint

Wait what?

@FeelingShred 4 years ago

I was never a "fiction" person really, not even as a kid. Couldn't be arsed with "fantasy" much, yawn Zzzzzz LOL But being assigned to read Treasure Island for school made such an impact on me that I would find myself drawing maps on paper trying to imagine what the rest of the fictional world looked like. Which is a testament for how good of a writer the guy really was, I think.