Every one lives by selling something.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Making a living The human condition

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Across the Plains

Genre

Travel writing Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Across the Plains. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892, ch. 9.

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Robert Louis Stevenson
Medium
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Language
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Time
1894 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Youth and Love." Songs of Travel. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896, st. 3.

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Source
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Medium
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Time
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Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Native-Born." London Times, 1895, st. 2.

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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

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Effects of the past The past The human condition

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Source
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Medium
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Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 9.