Robert Louis Stevenson

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Described as 'the great literary sensation of the 1880s' and 'an incredibly famous novella' published in 1886, discussed in relation to how the public understood the Ripper's dual nature

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Mentioned as upcoming topic for discussion in relation to the cultural hinterland of the Ripper murders and the duality of Victorian society

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Mentioned as one of the top four books read by British children as late as 1940

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Mentioned as published in 1883, described as a tremendous hit that inspired Haggard to write King Solomon's Mines after a bet with his brother

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Churchill compares seeing Cuba for the first time to Captain Silver gazing on Treasure Island, quoted from his writing about arriving in Cuba

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Referenced as a comparison when discussing the Black Dinner - the black bull's head being 'the equivalent of the black spot from Treasure Island' as a symbol of death

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Churchill read this book while hiding in the mine during his escape - 'He's got Stephen's, Robert Louis Stephen's, all things with him. So he reads Kidnapped. He says, he finds it very thrilling.'