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Robert Louis Stevenson, changer — 15 Comments

  1. Why?

    They may have occult, conservative content, which will influence people and society’s progression.

  2. Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is the place where the famous author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped spent his honeymoon in 1880. Although nothing remains of Stevenson’s cabin, the site is identified on the trail to the summit.

    The area features rough terrain, with evergreen forests in the canyons on north-facing slopes and chaparral on the south-facing slopes.

    There is a five-mile hike to the top of Mt. St. Helena from which one can see much of the San Francisco Bay Area. On good days the top of Mt. Shasta can be seen, 192 miles in the distance.

    To protect the park’s wildlife and other natural resources, dogs are not permitted in this park.

    View of the Napa Valley looking toward Calistoga from the park:
    https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9b/49/35/9b4935e91bc0c91452f20221e5f6acf6–louis-stevenson-robert-louis.jpg

    Most of the trails have been closed since the Tubb’s Fire, but the park was saved.

  3. Sort of a Conservative version of the One-Drop-Rule as applied to those who introduce an element of conservatism into a canon previously known for progressive or politically neutral positions.

  4. The last book of his I read was “Kidnapped”, and that some time ago. But I recall being impressed by how well written it was, the prose just flowed.

  5. died at…only 44.

    Jack London was 41, Chopin & Mozart were 39, and Schubert & Joyce Kilmer were 31. Genius and talent seem to manifest in youth, with some exceptions like George Eliot. The plodding old man’s music of late Brahms still shows workable genius, but doesn’t doesn’t have that fresh vitality.

  6. Correction (had to look it up) – Mozart was 35. My old man’s memory proves my point.

  7. The Other Chuck Says:
    January 9th, 2018 at 6:38 pm
    died at…only 44.

    Jack London was 41, Chopin & Mozart were 39, and Schubert & Joyce Kilmer were 31. Genius and talent seem to manifest in youth, with some exceptions like George Eliot. The plodding old man’s music of late Brahms still shows workable genius, but doesn’t doesn’t have that fresh vitality.

    The Other Chuck Says:
    January 9th, 2018 at 6:41 pm
    Correction (had to look it up) — Mozart was 35. My old man’s memory proves my point.

    ***
    “When Mozart was my age, he had been dead two years…”

  8. vanderleun Says:
    January 9th, 2018 at 1:37 pm
    Time to pile all copies of all his books out into a big big pile and set them on fire.

    n.n Says:
    January 9th, 2018 at 2:05 pm
    Why?

    They may have occult, conservative content, which will influence people and society’s progression.

    vanderleun Says:
    January 9th, 2018 at 4:41 pm
    Sort of a Conservative version of the One-Drop-Rule as applied to those who introduce an element of conservatism into a canon previously known for progressive or politically neutral positions.
    * * *
    Egad, an actual example of the Milkshake Duck meme!

    I suspect RLS would fall to the legions of SJW PC brigades for “cultural appropriation” and “heteropatriarchy” — if any of them read enough to spot him among the classics of literature.
    I’m not sure where he would appear amongst the “Three Pillars of White Supremacy” but he’s bound to be there.

    https://www.cpt.org/files/Undoing%20Racism%20-%20Three%20Pillars%20-%20Smith.pdf

    “Envision three pillars, one labeled Slavery/Capitalism,
    another labeled Genocide/Colonialism, and the
    last one labeled Orientalism/War, as well as
    arrows connecting each of the pillars together.”

    FWIW,
    I watched “Kidnapped” recently in an old VHS copy of the movie starring Armand Assante & Brian McCardie. I enjoyed it; I understand it helps to have someone speak the (somewhat edited) Scots dialect, instead of trying to decipher it on ones own. I have the same problem with George MacDonald’s books, and preferred the abridged “translations” with just enough dialect to keep one in the milieu of the story.
    Although I confess to never having read the book, I do have its sequel “Catriona” (also not yet read), which was an unusual acquisition as I didn’t even know it existed.

    I have the dubious distinction of having written and directed a parody mash-up of “Treasure Island” with “The Princess Bride” and “Star Wars” plus a bit of “Pirates of Penzance” (in spirit), including music and dancing (!), for our church youth group to perform.
    They did quite well, and all of them got to use the swords, which made me very popular and wonderfully run after.

  9. Wow, how am I going to get anything done this damp January morning with so many interesting things to follow up.

    The flageolet, BTW, is a grand name for the pennywhistle, much played in British and Irish pubs and nowhere else as far as I know. I had no idea anyone composed for it. Writing for the guitar was quite unusual in the 19th Century too.

    I’ll endorse Bella Bathurst too. She writes well about the sea.

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