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In the article, the book is referred to (including a link) "The Strange Case..." The title is actually, "Strange Case..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ncndamweber ( talk • contribs) 21:22, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
Done-- JayJasper ( talk) 14:12, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
When i click on "Modern literature" i arrive at a disambiguation page. So, what's the proper article to link to: modernist literature or modern literature?-- Narayan ( talk) 13:14, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
History of modern literature seems to be the appropriate link in this context. I've disambiguated the link accordingly.-- JayJasper ( talk) 13:29, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
-- Mais oui! ( talk) 13:07, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
This was removed from the article as being a "plug":
First off, I have no connection to the website, university etc.. so it's not "plugging". Second, this is not your typical website, it is a major scholarly effort and is the only authoritative website for Stevenson online. It's set up and run by the worlds leading Stevenson scholars in Stevenson's home city with major grants from various world institutions. It's notable and deserves mention in the section called Modern reception as part of Stevenson's continued revival. This website is fairly new (2009) but Wikipedia is behind the times in incorporating it into the various Stevenson articles - other than Google Books, this is perhaps the most reliable source online for Stevenson information, all the information is written and vetted by professional Stevenson scholars. Green Cardamom ( talk) 18:53, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
In the Gallery, left photo, second row: Which is it, c. 1888 as it says under the thumbnail, or 1870 as under the full photo? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.222.145.224 ( talk) 20:10, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Google made a doodle for his birthday, and this article is the first link. This would be a good time for some polishing. I fixed the image link in the Childhood section, who's next? Jobarts- Talk 06:07, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
The doodle should be added in the Commemorations section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.34.94.110 ( talk) 18:30, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
I vote to remove most of the paragraph on how many authors liked Stevenson. If we're going to include anything about his reception, just say what it was and is, not who 'just loves' Stevenson. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.187.199.192 ( talk) 08:41, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
In the article on Stevenson, it is stated that "Stevenson now ranks among the 50 most translated authors in the world, just below Charles Dickens.[1]" and further into the article that statement is contradicted by "Stevenson is ranked the 28th most translated author in the world, ahead of fellow nineteenth-century writers Charles Dickens". The contradiction of "just below" and "ahead of" needs to be resolved.
174.115.38.22 ( talk) 16:15, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
I omitted the first sentence, "His wish would soon be fulfilled." What wish? Stevenson has just been quoted as saying that he would not trade places with any man of his time -- a rhetorical statement, not a renunciation of actual options. To take this statement literally, as a "wish" "fulfilled" by his death, is bafflingly myopic -- or just a glib turn of phrase misplaced in this instance. Dr. All Night ( talk) 08:29, 9 August 2012 (UTC)Dr. All Night
In the 'Influenced' section in the side bar at the top of the page, several authors are mentioned as having been influenced by Stevenson. There are no sources to back up these claims: of particular interest is the inclusion of Ernest Hemingway, in whose interviews/letters I am struggling to find any mention of Stevenson.
Could these claims of influence either be verified or removed.
88.104.231.28 ( talk) 13:36, 11 September 2012 (UTC)Keith
http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/richard-dury-archive/critrec.htm
http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/richard-dury-archive/critrec.htm#other_writers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.245.64.49 ( talk) 17:44, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Shell collectors, naturalists and malacologists honor RLS and quote him fairly often because he wrote: "It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire..." I don't know where he wrote that and perhaps this article is not the place for a mention of this anyway (?), maybe WikiQuote would be better, but I wanted to just mention it here in case anyone is inspired to source the quote and use it. Invertzoo ( talk) 23:16, 22 November 2013 (UTC)
I have removed this picture : It's not Stevenson but Andrew Lang who his siting on the right...
File:Willard_Leroy_Metcalf_-_The_Ten_Cent_Breakfast_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg|Painting of a scene in Giverny, 1887, by Willard Metcalf. Stevenson is sitting on the right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.245.64.49 ( talk) 18:09, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
The only indication I can find on this picture is here : http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/documents/newsletter/rls-newsletters-2001-2008.pdf
I don't think it's RLS, and his hair were longer in 1887. He don't seems to have been to Giverny. The painting should be years before for any possibility it was Stevenson. There is no evidence it's him, and moreover this man doesn't resemble him... If you want "true" pictures of RLS for the gallery try the online digital collection of the Beinecke Library. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.245.64.49 ( talk) 16:04, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
"A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world"
This statement is misleading if in fact he is the 26th most translated author. It gives the impression that there is a list of the 26 most translated authors, perhaps maintained by a dedicated body, and that this author appears somewhere on that list. When in fact there is no such list, he is simply less translated as 25 other authors, more translated than all others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.232.34.3 ( talk) 07:23, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, near Calistoga California, is the site and commemorates where Stevenson spent his honeymoon. http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=472 158.68.66.254 ( talk) 16:38, 17 July 2014 (UTC)Lawrence Ames 07-17/2014
According to this webpage (see references at the bottom of the page) around 1929 poet A.E. Housman wrote a tribute poem to RLS inspired by his gravestone Requiem. While I do not have access to the texts referenced it seems very likely that the variance in the lines from the two poems could be the source of the many misquotes. In either case I think it would be prudent to include this information in both WP articles since readers often want to know the source of a famous quotation and in this case the answer is two-fold. If anyone has access to the referenced book and letters please verify this information. Koala Tea Of Mercy (KTOM's Articulations & Invigilations) 18:52, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
Are Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses really on a par of "fame" with Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? The latter two are better-known through adaptations, so it's possible that all four original Stevenson works are about as well-known as each other, but "famous" is probably the wrong word in that (strange) case. Hijiri 88 ( 聖 やや) 06:14, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
His death was caused by smoking cigarettes. ( 86.131.7.4 ( talk) 18:17, 20 June 2018 (UTC))
Where this article says he is currently ranked as the twenty-sixth most translated author in the world, should it say "Citation needed?" Vorbee ( talk) 22:02, 6 February 2020 (UTC)
Source now cited in introduction ManfredHugh ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 14:48, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
There seems to be a glut of navboxes at the bottom of this article. To me, at least, it seems that the boxes for individual works, while certainly appropriate in the articles about those works themselves, are less appropriate in this biographical article. Anyone else have any thoughts on this? Deor ( talk) 16:39, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
I don't see seven navboxes as too many for an author of Stevenson's importance. Dimadick ( talk) 20:14, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
I need to now all of your poems names. 2001:5B0:2B28:2908:A89C:54F7:ED4F:2EB5 ( talk) 17:58, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
I notice that this article makes no mention of Swanston, the village at the foot of the Pentland Hills where the young RLS spent his holidays between 1867 and 1880 and which arguably had an important influence on his writing. Perhaps someone can put this right? If not, I'll have a shot at it myself. Mike Marchmont ( talk) 18:17, 24 February 2024 (UTC)