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Original poster

Do you know the answer to this without googling?

125 replies

TibetanTerrah · 14/02/2022 11:14

Because I was absolutely convinced the answer was completely different Confused

What is Robert Louis Stevenson famous for?

OP posts:
Doubleraspberry · 14/02/2022 11:15

Yes!

Phos · 14/02/2022 11:15

I think he was an author. Wrote Treasure Island.

BillyBarryBoo · 14/02/2022 11:15

I think so. Off to Google if I'm right!

cherryonthecakes · 14/02/2022 11:15

I agree with Phos

SweetFelicityArkright · 14/02/2022 11:16

Yes I think so!

AnonyMum21 · 14/02/2022 11:16

Yep, wrote Treasure Island

Changemaname1 · 14/02/2022 11:17

Yea and then googled and was correct :) why what did you think OP? 😂

dancemom · 14/02/2022 11:17

Scottish author and poet, is this a trick question?

AnonyMum21 · 14/02/2022 11:17

What did you think?

BethDutton · 14/02/2022 11:17

Yes! Bookworm as a child.

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TibetanTerrah · 14/02/2022 11:17

Fucksake Grin

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SportsMother · 14/02/2022 11:17

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Costacoffeeplease · 14/02/2022 11:17

Yes

Wigeon · 14/02/2022 11:18

He wrote Treasure Island. Are you thinking of George Stevenson who invented the locomotive?

dancemom · 14/02/2022 11:18

What did you think OP?

ICouldHaveCheckedFirst · 14/02/2022 11:18

Yes.
What did you think, OP?

Herja · 14/02/2022 11:18

Treasure Island.

Did you get it mixed up with Robinson Crusoe? I did in a seminar once - bloody embarrassing.

nutellingyou · 14/02/2022 11:18

He was the author of Treasure Island...
Hope this isn't a trick question

Purplecatshopaholic · 14/02/2022 11:18

Yes, I read his books as a child. What did you think he did op?

Louisianagumbo · 14/02/2022 11:18

Robert Louis Stephenson was an author
Robert Stephenson was involved with railways.
...I think!

CaptainMyCaptain · 14/02/2022 11:19

Yes.

BasiliskFace · 14/02/2022 11:20

I would also say Treasure Island but I understand if you got him mixed up with the steam engine man, I have done that before - they are different spellings of Stevenson/ Stephenson though (and different first names of course!)

Purplecatshopaholic · 14/02/2022 11:20

But I’m Scottish and he’s quite popular up here, lol

Milkmilkmilk42 · 14/02/2022 11:20

There was also Robert Stevenson who was a famous railway engineer.

But Robert Louis Stevenson was an author.

MrsSkylerWhite · 14/02/2022 11:20

Author of Kidnapped, Treasure Island, Jekyll and Hyde and various poems, short stories?

What else? Curious now.