Robert Stevenson: 1201 books

In una Londra cupa e piovigginosa può capitare di incontrare un innocente giovane che vi porge gustosissime paste alla crema prima di concedervi il lusso di un suicidio al tavolo da gioco, dove ogni carta ha un valore ugualmente letale. Oppure perdervi terrorizzati fra le peripezie di un giovane,...

QUESTO LIBRO E' A LAYOUT FISSO Londra XIX secolo. Il brillante dottor Jekyll, studioso della psiche umana, ottiene, dalla miscela di molteplici droghe, una pozione in grado di scindere le due nature dell’animo umano, quella buona e quella malvagia: “Progressivamente mi avvicinai a una certezza,...

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 compilation of five masterful long short stories: "A Lodging for the Night" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "A Leaf in the Storm" by Ouida, "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins, "Michael Lorio's Cross" by Hesba Stretton, and "A Perilous Amour" by Stanley J. Weyman.     

"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;...

EXTRAIT: On me demande de raconter tout ce qui se rapporte à mes aventures dans l’île au Trésor, — tout, depuis le commencement jusqu’à la fin, — en ne réservant que la vraie position géographique de l’île, et cela par la raison qu’il...

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,...

Vollständig neu überarbeitete, korrigierte und illustrierte Fassung Stevensons wohl bedeutendste Geschichte, und eine der berühmtesten Horrornovellen überhaupt, wurde 1886 zum ersten großen Publikumserfolg des bis dahin nur wenig bekannten Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll ist es mit Hilfe von...

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,...

The holidays are the best time to enjoy Christmas mysteries and classic ghost tales (for the fans of the genre) in the snuggling comfort of your home. This edition hence brings to you some of the finest literary gems together in one place to satisfy your cravings for some suspense. Enjoy: The Christmas...

When young Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map in a dead sailor’s sea trunk, it marks the start of a thrilling treasure hunt – and a very dangerous adventure. Accompanied by the local doctor and squire, he sets off on the high seas as a cabin-boy, determined to find the buried hoard. But they are...

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde.] It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel...

Die Schatzinsel (Treasure Island) ist ein Roman des schottischen Autors Robert Louis Stevenson. Die Schatzinsel gehört zur Kategorie der klassischen Abenteuerromane. Der Stoff, die Suche nach einem vergrabenen Piratenschatz auf einer Schatzinsel, ist ein beliebtes Thema von Legenden. Der Roman wurde mehrfach verfilmt. (aus wikipedia.de) Beinhaltet Original-Illustrationen von George Roux.

Catriona (also known as David Balfour) is a novel written in 1893 by Robert Louis Stevenson as a sequel to his earlier novel Kidnapped. It tells the further story of the central character David Balfour.