Scott Bradfield

A marriage of radical minds: the creative partnership of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson

Fanny’s influence on her husband’s work was considerable, perhaps especially in the fine late novellas, rich in ironies about imperialism and the exploitation of South Sea islanders

Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa. [Alamy]
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    Viking, pp. 464, £31

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