Robert Louis Stevenson
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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...
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What if the real danger wasn't the monster in the shadows-but the one inside you?
Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a timeless exploration of the duality within human nature-our inner struggle between virtue and vice, light and darkness. This gripping novella, first published in 1886, continues to captivate readers with its eerie atmosphere, shocking twists, and profound moral questions.
In this modernized...
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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...
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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) foi um poeta, contista e romancista escocês e suas obras refletiram sua personalidade viajante e aventureira atraindo leitores de todas as idades. Autor de obras inesquecíveis como A Ilha do Tesouro e O Médico e o Monstro, Stevenson é um grande contador de histórias. Daquelas que agarram o leitor até o último ponto final. Em O Clube dos Suicidas, (1878) são narradas quatro histórias, três das quais vividas...
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Este livro é uma versão adaptada para novos leitores! - Todo mundo tem um lado bom e um lado mau. "O médico e o monstro" conta como o Dr. Jekyll, um respeitado médico inglês, vai se afastando do convívio com os amigos, ao mesmo tempo em que começa a ficar sob a influência do assustador e misterioso Sr. Hyde. A partir do momento em que alguns crimes brutais passam a assustar os moradores da Londres, um amigo do Dr. Jekyll, o advogado Utterson,...
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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,...
8) Ryöstölapsi
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Vanhempansa menettänyt orpopoika David sijoitetaan setänsä Ebenezerin huomaan Skotlantiin. Sedässä on jotakin todella epämiellyttävää, minkä lisäksi vain vähän ylängölle saapumisensa jälkeen David lähetetään pimeisiin kiviportaisiin, missä hän vain nipin napin onnistuu välttämään kuoleman. Epäilykset sedän yrityksistä varastaa pojalle kuuluva perintö näyttävät käyvän toteen, ja Davidista tuntuu, että vaarat vaanivat...
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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...
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Skottland 1745. De två bröderna Henry och James smider en plan när landet splittras av jakobitupproren. James ska ansluta sig till rebellerna och Henry ska strida på kungens sida – allt för att bevara familjens ställning, vilken sida som än vinner. När rapporter kommer om att James har fallit i strid står Henry som enda arvinge till godset Ballantrae.Men är James verkligen död? Henry kämpar för att få släktens egendom att leva vidare,...
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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...
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Step into a world of enchantment, danger, and mystery in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Isle of Voices.
Keola, a young Hawaiian man, becomes entangled in the sorceries of his father-in-law, Kalamake - a cunning warlock whose wealth flows from sinister and otherworldly sources. Transported across oceans by spells of fire and smoke, Keola discovers an island haunted by invisible presences, flickering fires, and voices that whisper in countless tongues....
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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...
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Ce court roman captivant nous plonge dans l'univers sombre et troublant du docteur Jekyll, un homme respecté qui cache un terrible secret. En expérimentant une potion qu'il a lui-même créée, il libère en lui une seconde personnalité : le sinistre M. Hyde.
À la frontière entre le fantastique et le psychologique, Le Cas étrange du docteur Jekyll explore le dualisme de la nature humaine, entre lumière et obscurité, morale et pulsions.
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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....
16) The Toll House
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The Toll House, standing alone by the wayside under nodding pines, with its streamlet and water-tank; its backwoods, toll-bar, and well trodden croquet ground; the ostler standing by the stable door, chewing a straw; a glimpse of the Chinese cook in the back parts; and Mr. Hoddy in the bar, gravely alert and serviceable, and equally anxious to lend or borrow books; dozed all day in the dusty sunshine, more than half asleep. There were no neighbours,...
17) Den Svarta Pilen
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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...
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In 1887, Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife, Fanny, left England and sailed for the United States. A year later, they moved on again, steaming from San Francisco to the blue waters and lush islands of the South Pacific. As he soaked up the exotic landscapes, Robert Louis Stevenson was fascinated by the mystery and lore of the islands. Seeking to capture the quality of the folk-tales he heard, Stevenson crafted short stories, filling them with the...
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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...
20) Aarresaari
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Vanha, rommia juova merimies kirjautuu sisään Englannin länsirannikolla sijaitsevaan majataloon ja pyytää muutamaa lanttia vastaan majatalon isännän poikaa Jim Hawkinsia, pitämään silmällä erästä puujalkaista miestä. Paikalle ilmestyy kuitenkin toinen, uhkaava mies – jolta puuttuu kaksi sormea – vaatien osaa vanhan merimiehen väitetystä aarrekartasta. Merimiehen vaivuttua juovuksiin Jim todella löytää kartan miehen laivakirstusta....

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