Robert Stevenson: 1201 books

Extrait : "Depuis près de dix ans, ma santé allait déclinant ; et vers l'époque où j'entrepris mon voyage, je me croyais arrivé à l'épilogue de ma vie, sans plus rien à attendre que la garde-malade et le croque-mort. On me suggéra de tenter les Mers du Sud ; et je ne m'opposai pas à...

Conte l'histoire d'un avoué, Charles Utterson, qui enquête sur le lien étrange entre Edward Hyde et le médecin Henry Jekyll. Le Docteur Jekyll, un philanthrope obsédé par sa double personnalité, met au point une drogue pour séparer son bon côté de son mauvais, mais c'est ce côté-là qui, nuit après nuit, finalement prendra le dessus et le transformera en monstrueux Mister Hyde.

On the death of Fleeming Jenkin, his family and friends determined to publish a selection of his various papers; by way of introduction, the following pages were drawn up; and the whole, forming two considerable volumes, has been issued in England.  In the States, it has not been thought advisable...

Vous chercheriez en vain sur la carte d’Europe l’État de Grunewald. Principauté indépendante et membre infinitésimal de l’Empire d’Allemagne, ayant joué pendant quelques siècles son rôle dans les discordes européennes, elle disparut enfin à la maturité des âges et sous la baguette...

Selection of essays on subjects as varied as marriage, illness, age and youth, idlers, English Admirals and the romance of old gas lamps in newly electrified Edinburgh (1878). Contents "Virginibus puerisque" -- Crabbed age and youth -- An apology for idlers -- Ordered South...

This edition includes the most important travel writings by the famous author: The Silverado Squatters Across The Plains The Amateur Emigrant Cockermouth And Keswick - A Fragment An Autumn Effect A Winter's Walk In Carrick And Galloway - A Fragment A Mountain Town In France [175] - A Fragment Random...

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In this journal of his experiences crossing North America by train –written in 1879-80 and first published in 1892—the celebrated master of the adventure novel demonstrates his flair as a travel writer and essayist. Across the Plains is a genuine slice of Americana as seen through a Scotsman’s eyes.

Classic / British English Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give Mr Hyde the key to his house – and decide to leave everything to Mr Hyde in his will?

Everyone has a dark side. Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug. A chemical that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego. It...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll and Hyde is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become...

An uncanny thriller from the acclaimed author of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Medical school students Fettes and Macfarlane are charged with the unenviable task of receiving and paying for the institution’s research cadavers. When Fettes recognizes the dead body of a woman...

À l'automne 1878, le jeune écrivain part avec une ânesse, Modestine, pendant douze jours et traverse les Cévennes depuis Monastier jusqu'à St Jean du Gard. Il nous décrit agréablement cette région de montagnes, et nous relate en même temps l'histoire de ces contrées, en particulier la révolte...