Sean JohnsonM. St. GeorgeBritish Lit 247-2April 11, 2014The Writing Style of Robert Louis StevensonThe literary career of Robert Louis Stevenson took place during a prime time known as the Victorian era. The Victorian era of British history corresponds to the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 until her death in 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, cleansing emotion and self-confidence for Great Britain. Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland, the respectable son of a middle-class family. Stevenson's writing style was known to be competent and understandable. Essentially, his writing was easy to understand and got the message across very well. Some of Robert Louis Stevenson's best works are based on real experiences that occurred during his prestigious life. Whether it has to do with him or something unrelated to him. His life went from good to bad due to illness, depression, success and failure. Some of his writings related to life experiences became very influential during his time and well after. Some examples are Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. These three books are very well known throughout the world and show a connection between the book itself and his considerable life. Stevenson was known to be a very adventurous man, always traveling the world and writing, so it would make sense that his books were written about adventure and action. Treasure Island, published in 1883, is one of his most famous action adventure stories. It is undoubtedly Stevenson's most famous work. It is a Bildungsroman, a "coming-of-age story" that focuses on the character's psychological and moral growth from youth to adulthood. Stevenson was very intrigued by the morality of our life. Robert Louis Stevenson's writing style in The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is primarily about life decisions, the things we encounter in our daily lives. Deciding between what we know to be right and/or wrong. His writing style in this novel has a lot to do with the concept of Victorian culture, the conflict between humanity's sense of right and wrong. Stevenson's writings in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde show his immense interest in the mental condition of human beings, as he refers to historical works in his writings. For example, the biblical text of Romans: “Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is the sin that lives in me that does it. » (7.20). The writing style used in this novel is also said to demonstrate the values ​​of a Scottish character. Robert Louis Stevenson was Scottish.