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Robert Louis Stevenson

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.

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Stevenson compares style to a carefully crafted structure that is both appealing to the senses and logically organized, creating a rich and meaningful form. He emphasizes that this intricate balance is what underpins the creation and impact of literary art.

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