Marriage is like life in this-that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Downsides of marriage Relationship challenges Marriage

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Virginibus Puerisque

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1876 1870s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Virginibus Puerisque." The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 34, 1876, p. 176.

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Time
1893 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Letter to S.R. Crockett. 15 Aug. 1893.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Selected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, edited by Ernest Mehew. Yale University Press, 2001, ch. 15.

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