Robert Louis Stevenson

A Child's Garden of Verses..... (Annotated) Robert Louis Stevenson

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson ......is a collection of nursery rhymes by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The first chapter appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, it has been heavily republished and often in illustrated versions. It contained 65 poems such as "Foreign Children," "The Land of Counterpane," "Bed in Summer," "My Shadow" and "The Swing."Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (Edinburgh, Scotland, November 13, 1850-Vailima, near Apia, Samoa, December 3, 1894) was a British novelist, poet and essayist. His legacy is a vast work that includes travel chronicles, adventure and historical novels, as well as lyrics and essays. He is best known for being the author of some of the most classic fantasy and adventure stories in young adult literature, including Treasure Island, the adventure novel Kidnapped, the historical novel The Black Arrow,