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#OTD in 1875.
Robert Louis Stevenson is introduced (by Leslie Stephen) to fellow writer W. E. Henley, at this time (August 1873–April 1875) a patient of surgeon Joseph Lister in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He will be the model for Long John Silver. Henley also meets his future wife while in hospital and writes the poems collected as In Hospital.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Silver
Treasure Island at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/120
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Robert Louis Stevenson is introduced (by Leslie Stephen) to fellow writer W. E. Henley, at this time (August 1873–April 1875) a patient of surgeon Joseph Lister in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He will be the model for Long John Silver. Henley also meets his future wife while in hospital and writes the poems collected as In Hospital.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_John_Silver
Treasure Island at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/120
#books #literature