Plagued by childhood illnesses, Robert Louis Stevenson travelled along stony paths, under starry skies, along countless coasts and in the heart of tropical forests. Nature was a necessary refuge for him, enabling him to escape illness, find peace and live intensely before it was too late. Through his stories and novels, he probes this nature, testing it, taking it as witness to reveal the different faces of the human soul. The result is an atmosphere of light and shadow that has left a profound mark on all his literary work. A book from the SPIRIT OF NATURE series. To discover or rediscover texts by great authors of world literature, through a hidden but essential door, that of nature.