ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON: CHESTERTON S BIOGRAPHIES

Robert Louis Stevevson, the great Scottish writer, was often harshly treated by the critics. Chesterton was a great admirer of his work and his 'beautiful and piercing sense of the clarity of form'.
With critical insight and perceptive analysis, Chesterton explores Stevenson's life and relates the biographical details to his work in an intelligent and subtle study of the creator of Kidnapped and The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

G K Chesterton has been described as one of the most unjustly neglected writers of our time. Born in 1874, he became a journalist and later began writing books and pamphlets. His work includes novels, literary and social criticism, political papers and spiritual essays in a style characterised by enormous wit, paradox, humility and wonder. He converted to Catholicism in 1922 and he explores the nature of spirituality in many of his books and essays, including the mighty Orthodoxy.