Novel in Scotland of Anthony Trollope. In the late nineteenth century, a number of Scottish-born authors achieved international reputations. Robert Louis Stevenson's (1850–94) work included the urban Gothic novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886), which explored the psychological consequences of modernity. Stevenson was also crucial to the further development of the historical novel with historical adventures in books like "Kidnapped" (1886) and "Treasure Island" (1893) and particularly "The Master of Ballantrae" (1888), which used historical backgrounds as a mechanism for exploring modern concerns through allegory. Arthur Conan Doyle's (1859–1930) "Sherlock Holmes" stories produced the archetypal detective figure and helped
Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson and the family profession did not attract him ; but he was deeply interested in all the fine arts, especially the theory and practice. From boyhood he was on terms of affectionate intimacy with his first cousin, Robert Louis Stevenson, his junior by three and a half years, who on the critical side of his mind owed much in youth to the stimulating company and influence of his cousin 'Bob.' For a year or two after taking his degree Stevenson continued to live with his widowed mother and sisters at Edinburgh, studying painting at the Edinburgh School of Art. In