Robert Louis Stevenson

In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.

Stevenson empezó a escribir La Isla del Tesoro en unas vacaciones estivales al norte de Escocia, en 1881, a petición de un jovencito de 13 años llamado Lloyd Osborne. Es bien conocido que escribió la novela al tiempo que la ideaba en su cabeza, casi como si de un juego se tratara y a partir de un mapa imaginario que él mismo dibujó de la isla y a la que fue añadiendo los más diversos paisajes: montes, cabos, bahías, acantilados... A la tarea...

The tale of psychological terror and suspense about a good doctor who is transformed into a vicious, violent and deformed monster.

In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.

"She was patient, elegant in form, the colour of an ideal mouse, and inimitably small." That's Robert Louis Stevenson's loving description of Modestine the Donkey. In 1879, the pair became traveling companions on a hike through France. Along the way, Stevenson describes the beauty of the countryside and the people they encounter, while also reflecting on his own personal history. Lyrical and surprising, this travelogue makes for a hugely enjoyable...

Fettes and his friends meet for a drink in the local inn. Everything goes well, until the famous doctor Wolfe Macfarlane enters to treat a sick patient. Fettes gets very upset when he sees Macfarlane and a conflict arises between the two former medical students. Soon they will remember the bad decisions and crimes they have committed as students. Why is Fettes so worried about seeing his old schoolmate? What do they have in common besides medicine?...

An illustrated version of the poem in which a child describes his relationship with his shadow.

Jim Hawkins ist noch jung, als das Abenteuer seines Lebens beginnt: Durch Zufall gerät er an die Karte einer entlegenen Insel. Genau dort soll der berüchtigte Piratenkapitän Flint seine Schätze vergraben haben. Bald darauf heuert Hawkins auf dem Expeditionsschiff "Hispaniola" an, um die geheimnisvolle Schatzinsel zu finden. Doch an Bord tummeln sich auch ehemalige Mitglieder von Flints Mannschaft, unter ihnen der einbeinige Schiffskoch John Silver....

A masterpiece of farcical comedy by the author of Treasure Island sees two brothers about to inherit a fortune, if only one pesky relative would adhere to the rulesMorris and John Finsbury stand to gain a lot of money if their Uncle Masterman dies, but none if Uncle Joseph dies first. So when Joseph seems to have come to an untimely end in a railway accident, a farcical sequence is set in motion. Determined to conceal the death, Morris hides the body...

"The Body Snatcher and Other Tales" is a collection of three ghoulish tales by Robert Louis Stevenson. In the first story, "The Body Snatcher", we find Fettes and Wolfe Macfarlane engaged in the dubious business of stealing corpses for a famous unnamed professor of anatomy. In the second story, "The Bottle Imp", we learn of a magic bottle that contains a wish-granting imp. The only catch is that the bottle must be sold at a loss or its owner's soul...