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Way of Life:The Apostasy of Robert Lewis Stevenson


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Robert Lewis Stevenson (1850-1894) was author of Treasure Island , Kidnapped , Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and A Child’s Garden of Verses . He ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world.
The following is excerpted from Iain H. Murray, The Undercover Revolution: How Fiction Changed Britain (The Banner of Truth Trust, 2009):
In 1870 the largest group of new books to be published was religious. Works of fiction came fifth on the list. With reference to that era, the historian G.M. Trevelyan wrote: ‘The popular heroes of that period--and they were true heroes--were religious men first and foremost (Livingstone, Gordon, Lord Shaftesbury, Gladstone).’ ... however in 1886, a further census on popular literature put works of fiction at the head of the list. The following year Robert Louis Stevenson felt able to assert..
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