Louis Stevenson - Libros y biografía

Jean-Marie is a young boy, left homeless after the death of his previous protector. Doctor Desprez and his wife, the beautiful Anastasie, live in a French district called Gretz. They decide to adopt the...

The man from the title, Markheim, is at the local antique store to buy a Christmas present for his beloved. The shop's owner offers him to buy a mirror, but Markheim is disgusted by the idea. Instead...

'New Poems, and Variant Readings' represents the adoration for which Stevenson's fans have for his work. This collection of dozens of poems has been painstakingly gathered piece by piece by his fans from...

'Essays of Travel' represents years of travel writing unpublished by Stevenson in is lifetime, and offer and incredible insight in to his globe-trotting adventures. From sultry walks in Suffolk to the...

Virginibus Puerisque represents the legendary author's first collection of personal essays. Far from being a droll affair they are playful and spirited, they are written in defiance of the hardship of...

'An Inland Voyage' is a fascinating account of a canoe trip made by Stevenson and his good friend Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson from Belgium to France. It is a relaxing account of the their voyage, what...

'In The South Seas' is a collection of stories from the Pacific Islands curated by Stevenson as he cruised through the islands. The collection is among some of the most important bodies of literature...

A collection of Stevenson's first published works, "New Arabian Nights" is divided into two volumes of loosely connected short stories. There is no Scheherazade this time, but Stevenson chooses to present...

Likened to Alexandre Dumas' adventures and romances, this novel follows Otto and Serafina's relationship as they navigate a web of political intrigues, murder conspiracies, and deceitful aquaintances....

Joseph and Masterson Finsbury are two brothers, who entered a tontine with 37 other boys, when they were still children. In this tontine, subscribers share a common fund. Shares are being increased as...

If you only know Robert Louis Stevenson as the author of "Treasure Island", "Underwoods" will surprise and delight. It collects over 50 of his poems, written in both English and Scots (one of the native...

The "Vailima Letters" is Robert Louis Stevenson laid bare. It collects his correspondence with his friend and literary critic Sidney Colvin, from the years 1890–1894. This was when Stevenson was living...

Robert Louis Stevenson met the love of his life in France in 1876. She was Fanny Osborne, an American, and four years later the pair married in California. "Silverado Squatters" describes the honeymoon...

'A Christmas Sermon' is an emotional and powerful piece. Written by Stevenson as he recuperated from another lung issue outside New York, he ponders the questions of life, death, morality and man's place...

'Across the Plains' is a vibrant collection of travel and exploration pieces from Stevenson's life. 'Across the Plains' itself recounts Stevenson's journey from Glasgow to New York before his long train...

'A Footnote to History' is an account of Colonial abuse in Samoa, the scramble by the US, Germany and Britain so swallow up land with little regard for the native Samoans. Stevenson became deeply ingrained...

If you're thinking of reconnecting with old friends, this suspenseful tale may make you reconsider.Frank and Northmour haven't seen each other in years. Mainly due to Northmour being a bad-tempered recluse....

This collection of three plays written by two equally creative minds takes the reader on a wild journey. In 'Deacon Brodie' we follow the double life of the character of the same name, a politician by...

'The Sea Fogs' represents a highly personal insight in to the life and health of the world renowned author, Robert Louise Stevenson. It follows his honeymoon in the Napa Valley in California where he...

'A day with Robert Louis Stevenson' is no doubt every 'Stevensonian's' dream, it is a rare look behind the curtain of one of the greatest literary talents mankind has ever seen. This book takes you to...

In 'The Sire de Maletroit's Door' we follow young Denis de Beaulieu, a veteran in the raging 'Hundred Years War' as he creeps through the streets of Burgundy trying to avoid patrolling enemy troops. As...

'Tales and Fantasies' is a short story collection by much-loved Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Published posthumously in 1905, the collection included the farcical 'The Misadventures of John...

"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...

It's the smoggy, gas-lit London of the 1880s. And three young men—Desborough, Challoner and Somerset—are bored stiff. So this trio make a pact. They'll alleviate their listlessness by seeking out adventures...

'Songs of Travel, and Other Verses' is a collection of forty-four poems written in the last years of the life of renowned author Robert L. Stevenson. It is a wonderful collection with a wide range from...

Father Damien was a Belgian, Roman Catholic Missionary who devoted his life to helping at a leper sanctuary in Hawaii. Eventually Father Damien would die of the illness more than twenty years after arriving...

'Edinburgh - Picturesque Notes' is a love letter to home in many ways. In a collection of essays renowned author, Robert Louis Stevenson, recounts historic areas of the city, and the contrasts it contains,...

Off the windswept coast of Iceland, there's a ship with a mysterious passenger on board. Her name is Thorgunna, and soon she'll be dead. But that won't be the end of her story. Inspired by Iceland folk-tales,...

Dr. Jekyll, a "large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty," occasionally feels he is battling between the good and evil within himself, thus leading to the struggle between his dual personalities of...

No library's complete without the classics! This edition collects the greatest works of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose stories of excitement and adventure will never be forgotten.He wrote stories of chance...