Robert Louis Stevenson

As suspeitas começaram quando Mr. Utterson, um circunspecto advogado londrino, leu o testamento de seu velho amigo Henry Jekyll. Qual era a relaçăo entre o respeitável Dr. Jekyll e o diabólico Edward Hyde? Quem matou Sir Danvers, o ilustre membro do parlamento londrino? Assim começa uma das mais célebres histórias de horror da literatura mundial. A história assustadora do infernal alter ego do Dr. Jekyll e da busca através das ruas escuras...

The tale follows a young man who is tasked with delivering a box of cream tarts to a wealthy and respected member of his community. However, along the way, he is waylaid by a group of mischievous children who steal the tarts and run off with them. Determined to fulfill his duty and not disappoint his employer, the young man sets out on a quest to retrieve the stolen tarts. His journey takes him through the bustling streets of the city, where he encounters...

Robert Louis Stevenson hat ein umfangreiches Werk von Romanen, Novellen, Reisebeschreibungen, Theaterstücken, Gedichten, Essays und Briefen hinterlassen, die in neun verschiedenen Gesamtausgaben 10 bis 35 Bände umfassen.

The famous adventure novel, Treasure Island, written by Robert Louis Stevenson in a new beautiful Pook Press edition, with illustrations by N. C. Wyeth A swashbuckling tale of pirates, maps and treasure. The story begins with an old sailor who appears an inn on the west English coast, talking of a sea chest and secret treasure map. When the sailor dies, his charge is left with Jim, the innkeeper's son, who discovers the chest and map. In no time,...

Part 6: Captain Silver from Treasure Island: "For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the novel creates scenes and characters that have fired the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action...

This is the sparkling record of the haphazard six-thousand-mile odyssey that twenty-five-year-old Stevenson made in pursuit of his future wife, Fanny. The two had met and fallen in love during a trip to France, but when Fanny's first husband called her home to California, Stevenson soon followed from Scotland. The sickly Stevenson first made a turbulent Atlantic crossing, like so many nineteenth-century immigrants, as a steerage passenger in a steamer...

Dans les rues sombres du Londres victorien, un homme respectable cache un terrible secret. Le Dr Henry Jekyll, brillant scientifique, croit avoir trouvé le moyen de séparer le bien du mal dans l'âme humaine. Mais son expérience tourne au cauchemar. De ses recherches naît Mr Edward Hyde, incarnation pure de la cruauté et du vice. Petit à petit, Hyde prend le dessus, échappant au contrle de Jekyll. Ce roman haletant de Robert Louis Stevenson...

Two of the greatest novels of the 19th Century are collected together in this double-feature by master storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson! First, the swashbuckling epic tale of high-seas adventure "Treasure Island." When young Jim Hawkins discovers a map to the legendary pirate Captain Flint's buried treasure, he embarks on an ocean voyage to retrieve it with the help of Squire Trelawney, Doctor Livesey and the mischievous sea-cook Long John Silver....

I 1400-talets England rasar rosornas krig, en kamp mellan adelshusen York och Lancaster om rikets tron. Den unge riddaren Dick Shelton vill hämnas sin mördade far. Vid ett besök hos sin förmyndare träffar han på Johanna, en arvtagerska förklädd till pojke. Johanna övertalar honom att ansluta sig till rebelledaren Ellis Duckworth, vars vapen är en svart pil. Kan Ellis hjälpa Dick att avslöja sin fars mördare? Dick finner sig inblandad...

Quando un vecchio capitano di mare muore misteriosamente nella locanda dei genitori di Jim Hawkins, il giovane trova una mappa del tesoro tra gli effetti personali del capitano che darà il via a una selvaggia e avventurosa caccia al tesoro. Insieme a una manciata di pirati inaffidabili, incontra l'antagonista Long John Silver, un personaggio la cui fama trascende il racconto. Con "L'isola del tesoro" (1883), l'autore Robert Louis Stevenson inventò...