Robert Louis Stevenson: 1171 books

Introduced by Roderick Watson. The Master of Ballantrae is Shakespeare’s darkest book, the strange tale of two Durie brothers whose differences symbolize the conflicting calls of romance and reason in 18th-century Scotland. Stevenson called this novel ‘a winter’s tale’, as if he were revisiting...

When you have read, you carry away with you a memory of the man himself; it is as though you had touched a loyal hand, looked into brave eyes, and made a noble friend; there is another bond on you thenceforward, binding you to life and to the love of virtue.

Presentiamo qui, in una nuova traduzione di Luisa Pecchi, l’ultimo romanzo di Stevenson rimasto incompiuto a causa dell’improvvisa morte, considerato da molti il suo migliore: e la versione che ci è arrivata era solo una “prima” stesura. Narra una tragica storia d’amore e di lotte famigliari,...

"La misma temperatura en Inglaterra no hubiera chocado en pleno estío, pero era cruelmente fría para el Mar del Sur... Y aquellos tres hombres la sentían también y tiritaban. Llevaban livianas ropas de algodón, las mismas en que habían sudado por el día, y aguantado los aguaceros tropicales;...

Of the nine essays collected in this volume, seven had appeared in the ' Cornhill Magazine. ' The whole set range in date from 1874 to 1881, and thus belong to the period of Stevenson's life during which the papers in Virginibus Puerisque were written. The ' familiar studies ' are Victor Hugo's Romances,...

Written in 1886, Kidnapped is an adventure novel set in Scotland in the mid-1700s, not long after the Jacobite rebellion in the Highlands which had attempted to set Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne. This rebellion was put down brutally and afterwards the Government imposed strict controls on Highlanders,...

“…one child, who had lost her parents, screamed steadily and with increasing shrillness, as though verging towards a fit; an official kept her by him, but no one else seemed so much as to remark her distress; and I am ashamed to say that I ran among the rest”. Across the plains describes Stevenson's...

Narrador inolvidable, poeta valioso, viajero y acuñador de anécdotas biográficas, para conocer completamente el universo Stevenson es necesario visitar también su faceta ensayística, a la altura del resto de su obra, didáctica y cercana, pero también rigurosa y precisa. Envidiable. Vivir...

Stevenson’s final novel, Weir of Hermiston was left incomplete at his death in 1894.  Published in 1896, the story is set in Edinburgh and the Lothians against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars.  Despite its unfinished status, the story of the young laird Archie Weir and his struggle to break free of his tyrannical father's influence is considered Stevenson's masterpiece.

Dr. Jekyll ve Mr. Hyde ve Diğer Fantastik Öyküler, Stevenson'ın üç öyküsünü bir araya getiriyor. Yazarın gördüğü bir rüyadan esinlenerek kaleme aldığı "Dr. Jekyll ve Mr. Hyde", gotik edebiyatın köşetaşlarından biri. Biri doktor, diğeri psikopat bir katil iki farklı...

Dr. Jekyll ve Mr. Hyde ve Diğer Fantastik Öyküler, Stevenson'ın üç öyküsünü bir araya getiriyor. Yazarın gördüğü bir rüyadan esinlenerek kaleme aldığı "Dr. Jekyll ve Mr. Hyde", gotik edebiyatın köşetaşlarından biri. Biri doktor, diğeri psikopat bir katil iki farklı ruhu aynı...

Very, very interesting and unexpected. Most people know Stevenson only as the writer of 'Treasure Island' and 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', but as the page on this website shows, he was a prolific writer who had many other books to his credit. This collection is much lesser known than his full-length...

Originally published in 1887, this is a moving and perceptive collection of Stevenson’s memories of his youth and portraits of people he had known, sometimes loved, and lost.  Inevitably, these wonderful reminiscences offer a wealth of insight into Stevenson’s own personality, character, and opinions.

This edition of Treasure Island has been specially formatted for today's e-readers. The original story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by Stevenson and his nephew. The tale is told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure...