The title character of a novel by this author gets lost in Canada when his guide, Chew, dies of a fever, and appears to die in a duel when he impales himself on his opponent's sword. The two main characters of that novel by him are buried under the same stone in the American wilderness when the Indian servant Secundra Dass fails to revive one of them. One of his best known characters is based on his friend William Ernest Henley, and employs his African-born wife as a sort of accountant. The horses of revenue officers trample the evil blind man (*) Pew in a novel by this author in which a page from Dick Johnson's Bible is torn out to make a Black Spot condemning the main villain. This author's most enduring characters include Billy Bones and Long John Silver. For 10 points, name this author
The title character of a novel by this author gets lost in Canada when his guide, Chew, dies of a fever, and appears to die in a duel when he impales himself on his opponent's sword. The two main characters of that novel by him are buried under the same stone in the American wilderness when the Indian servant Secundra Dass fails to revive one of them. One of his best known characters is based on his friend William Ernest Henley, and employs his African-born wife as a sort of accountant. The horses of revenue officers trample the evil blind man (*) Pew in a novel by this author in which a page from Dick Johnson's Bible is torn out to make a Black Spot condemning the main villain. This author's most enduring characters include Billy Bones and Long John Silver. For 10 points, name this author of The Master of Ballantrae and Treasure Island.
The title character of a novel by this author gets lost in Canada when his guide, Chew, dies of a fever, and appears to die in a duel when he impales himself on his opponent's sword.
Robert Louis Stevenson 