Robert Stevenson: 1201 books

Robert Louis Stevenson. In the Scottish canon to be placed alongside Burns for your poems is high praise indeed but its a rightful place for one of Scotlands finest novelists. Born in 1850 he managed to cram much into his 44 years travelling widely to France, the United States, Samoa and the South Seas....

A generous and remarkable young prince, together with his loyal and brave servant, find more adventure than they bargained for in The Suicide Club, Robert Louis Stevenson's engrossing trilogy of short stories about a bizarre club for people with a strong desire to end their lives.In these interrelated...

Set in 18th-century Scotland, this brooding historical romance unfolds amid the Jacobite Rebellion. A struggle between good and evil begins in the old Scottish castle of Durrisdeer — the ancestral home of the Durie clan — where James Durie, Master of Ballantrae, persists in his lifelong rivalry...

* Book : Treasure Island * Biography * Bibliography Treasure Island is an adventure novel by author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked...

El extraño caso del doctor Jekyll y el señor Hyde, a veces titulado simplemente El doctor Jekyll y el señor Hyde, es una novela escrita por Robert Louis Stevenson y publicada por primera vez en inglés en 1886, que trata acerca de un abogado, Gabriel John Utterson, que investiga la extraña relación entre su viejo amigo, el Dr. Henry Jekyll, y el misántropo Edward Hyde.

Robert Louis Stevenson: Der seltsame Fall des Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Erstdruck London, Longman, 1886. Hier in der Übersetzung von Grete Rambach, Leipzig, Insel, 1930. Vollständige Neuausgabe. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2015. Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage. Gesetzt aus Minion Pro, 11 pt.

A collection of some of the world's most beloved pirate stories with an active table of contents.Works include:"Black Bartlemy's Treasure" by Jeffery Farnol"The Black Buccaneer" by Stephen W. Meader "Blackbeard" by Benjamin Barker"Blackbeard: Buccaneer" Ralph D. Paine"Captain Blood" by Rafael...

In this sequel to his novel Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson continues the exploits of David Balfour. Once again, Balfour is in allegiance with Alan Breck Stewart, and the two are committed to supporting the Highlander cause. As Balfour travels beyond Scotland to further his education, he falls in love with the beautiful Catriona Drummond.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s third full-length novel—unlike his many others—is a love story. Because of their royal responsibilities and lifestyle, Prince Otto and his wife have grown apart. Caught up in a web of palace conspiracies and strife, Otto and Serafina change, and their facades fall away, revealing the real people underneath.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. "'Catriona' so reeks and hums with genius that there is no refuge for the desperate reader but in straightforward prostration." - Henry JamesRobert Louis Stevenson considered Catriona, the lively sequel to Kidnapped,...

Across the Plains (1892) is the middle section of Robert Louis Stevenson's three-part travel memoir which began with The Amateur Emigrant and ended with The Silverado Squatters.

Inspired by the tall tales left behind by a weathered, old seaman upon his death, young Jim Hawkins sets sail on a swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime to find the treasure—marked with an “X”—on an old map that belonged to an infamous pirate called Captain Flint. First serialized in...

Robert-Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) "Tout le monde aspire depuis longtemps à connaître la vérité vraie sur ces singuliers événements, et la curiosité publique lui fera sans nul doute bon accueil. Il se trouve que je fus intimement mêlé à l’histoire de cette maison, durant ces...

Robert-Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) "Combien le lecteur, – tandis que, commodément assis au coin de son feu, il s’amuse à feuilleter les pages d’un roman, – combien il se rend peu compte des fatigues et des angoisses de l’auteur ! Combien il néglige de se représenter les longues...