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The ancient and famous metropolis of the North sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope and summit of three hills.No situation could be more commanding for the head city of a kingdom; none better chosen for noble prospects.From her tall precipice and terraced gardens she looks far and wide on the sea and broad champaigns.To the east you may catch at sunset the spark of the May lighthouse, where the Firth expands into the German Ocean; and away to the west, over all the carse of Stirling, you can see the first snows upon Ben Ledi. But Edinburgh pays cruelly for her high seat in one of the vilest climates under heaven.She is liable to be beaten upon by all the winds that blow, to be drenched with rain, to be buried in cold sea fogs out of the east, and powdered with the snow as it comes flying southward from the Highland hills.The weather is raw and boisterous in winter, shifty and ungenial in summer, and a downright meteorological purgatory in the spring.The delicate die early, and I, as a survivor, among bleak winds and plumping rain, have been sometimes tempted to envy them their fate.For all who love shelter and the blessings of the sun, who hate dark weather and perpetual tilting against squalls, there could scarcely be found a more unhomely and harassing place of residence.Many such aspire angrily after that Somewhere-else of the imagination, where all troubles are supposed to end.They lean over the great bridge which joins the New Town with the Old—that windiest spot, or high altar, in this northern temple of the winds—and watch the trains smoking out from under them and vanishing into the tunnel on a voyage to brighter skies.Happy the passengers who shake off the dust of Edinburgh, and have heard for the last time the cry of the east wind among her chimney-tops!And yet the place establishes an interest in people's hearts; go where they will, they find no city of the same distinction; go where they will, they take a pride in their old home...
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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Marcel Schwob, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins." -wikipedia
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment.Edinburgh by Robert Louis Stevenson.is a non-fiction travel book written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It was first published in December 1878, as "a hymn to his birthplace" and was his second book published after An Inland Voyage.The book began as a series of articles that appeared in Portfolio magazine. Provides Stevenson's personal introduction to each part of the city and some history behind the various sections of the city and its most famous buildings: It was then published as a book divided into ten chapters and consisting of a series of essays describing different areas of Edinburgh: the Old Town, Parliament Close, Greyfriar's Kirkyard, the New Town, the villas at Morningside, Calton Hill and Pentland Hills. . .Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (Edinburgh, Scotland, November 13, 1850-Vailima, near Apia, Samoa, December 3, 1894) was a British novelist, poet and essayist
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes is the 1878 book by the famous author Robert Louis Stevenson. The book is a series of essays describing different areas of the town of Edinburgh Scotland. The areas are, Calton Hill, Greyfriar's Kirkyard, Morningside, New Town, Old Town, Parliament, and Pentlands. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes is the 1878 book by the famous author Robert Louis Stevenson. The book is a series of essays describing different areas of the town of Edinburgh Scotland. The areas are, Calton Hill, Greyfriar's Kirkyard, Morningside, New Town, Old Town, Parliament, and Pentlands. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.
This volume contains Stevenson's distinctive and revealing writings on ethics and morality, collected from various original publications, and a series of descriptions of his native Edinburgh written for magazine publication.