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Robert Louis Stevenson, the great Scottish writer, is one of the 26 most translated authors in the world. ‘Treasure Island’ and ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ are some of the best-known works in the English language. But he was often harshly treated by critics. G K Chesterton, however, was a great admirer of his work and his ‘beautiful and piercing sense of the clarity of form’. In this classic biography Chesterton looks over Stevenson’s life in order to shed light on his works, and examine why his stories have had such a lasting impact. With critical insight and perceptive analysis, Chesterton created this classic, intelligent and subtle study that is still relevant today. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 –1936) has been described as one of the most unjustly neglected authors of the twentieth century. Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out." Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown, and for his reasoned apologetics. Biographers have identified him as a successor to such Victorian authors as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, Cardinal John Henry Newman, and John Ruskin. Albion Press is an imprint of Endeavour Press, the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.