Sailing Alone Around the World · Character

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson

Wife of the writer, met by the narrator in Samoa.

minor

Also known as Mrs. Stevenson, Stevenson

First appearance: xx

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson's tie to Spray is one of the pressures that moves Sailing Alone Around the World—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

An individual encountered during the journey, representing the cultural connections made along the way.

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Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson first appears in 0021 xx.

With Spray (social): Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson has a social connection to the Spray, possibly as a host or admirer of the voyage.

In Sailing Alone Around the World: An individual encountered during the journey, representing the cultural connections made along the way.

Later, in Seventy-two Days Without a Port: She visits the Spray and invites Captain Slocum to Vailima. She gifts him with four volumes of sailing directories, writing a personal inscription in the first one.

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Sailing Alone Around the World
An individual encountered during the journey, representing the cultural connections made along the way.
Seventy-two Days Without a Port
She visits the Spray and invites Captain Slocum to Vailima. She gifts him with four volumes of sailing directories, writing a personal inscription in the first one.
Chapter XV: The Arafura Sea and the Voyage to Keeling Cocos
Her gift of bamboo from Samoa is used as a spinnaker pole on the Spray.
XVIII
Not directly mentioned, but Stevenson's book 'An Inland Voyage' is referenced.

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