Robert Louis Stevenson was expected to join the family profession of lighthouse engineering but had no desire to be an engineer. He eventually agreed with his father, as a compromise, to prepare instead for the bar. In July 1875 he was called to the Scottish bar, but he never practiced; he became a writer instead.
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Why is Robert Louis Stevenson important?
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, best known for his works Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He was a writer of originality and power who produced brilliant adventure stories with subtle moral overtones and perceptive renderings of the human condition.