Louis Stevenson - Libros y biografía

Robert Louis Stevenson was a great traveler, who spent his last years in the Pacific, far from his native Scotland. His novel Treasure Island is a seafaring adventure story filled with treasure, treachery,...

Originally written as a boys' adventure novel, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped has received praise from a range of writers, including Henry James and Jorge Luis Borges. Set around events in eighteenth...

Richard Shelton is a young knight during the Wars of the Roses. We see him ascend and rescue his lady love. He then seeks revenge against his father's murderer, but when the evidence points towards his...

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a gothic novel by the Scottish Robert Louis Stevenson. The novel tells of a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange events between...

A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poetry for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted...

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,...

MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow...

Collection containing 12 books: Treasure Island; Prince Otto; The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde; Kidnapped; The Black Arrow; The Master Of Ballantrae; The Wrong Box; The Wrecker; Catriona; The...

Ambientato nel turbolento contesto storico dell'Inghilterra del XV° secolo, insanguinata dalla Guerra delle Due Rose tra i Lancaster e gli York, La Freccia Nera è uno dei romanzi più popolari e amati...

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is Robert Louis Stevenson's thriller allegory of a medical experiment gone wrong and dual personalities, one the essence of good, the other the essence of evil,...

Loudon Dodd and his friend Jim Pinkerton buy in San Francisco the Flying Scud, a wrecked ship abandoned on Midway Island. The two will experience an adventurous journey in the attempt to take hold of...

Become heir to a large fortune for the death of his father, the young David Balfour is kidnapped and boarded on a brig sailing overseas on orders of his uncle. After many vicissitudes and with the help...

An unfinished novel. Archie Weir, is a young boy with a Romantic sensibility and sensitivity. The death of his mother exacerbates the contrast with the father who will banish him from his family and send...

An unfinished novel. Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, is a dashing Napoleonic soldier. Captured and jailed by the British , he meets the young and lovely Flora Gilchrist, it's love at first sight.

David is committed to seeking justice for his friends Alan Breck and James Stewart, wrongly accused of the murder of Appin. He will help Alan to escape, but the attempt to testify in favor of James does...

The experiments carried out by Dr. Jekyll, will bring him to meet his alter ego Mr. Hyde, which will gradually take over and destroy him in a vortex of moral and ethical turpitude.

Jim Hawkins, found in an old trunk a map indicating the location where the pirates are supposed to have hidden a fabulous treasure, does not hesitate to embark on his quest.

There is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art. All our arts and occupations lie wholly on the surface; it is on the surface that we perceive their beauty,...

Le héros de cette histoire est Jim Hawkins, fils d'un tenancier d'auberge dans un port anglais, sur la côte ouest de l'Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle. Le principal client de cette auberge se trouve être...

Ellis Duckworth, is a longtime friend and unjustly accused of the murder of Dick's father and leader of a gang of outlaws called Black Arrow. Dick joins the mob with the purpose of avenging his father’s...

Scotland during the years of the Jacobite Rising, is the background to the conflict between two brothers, one good and faithful to King George II, while the other bad and supporter of the rebels.

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...

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...

Una vera e propria caccia all'eredità coinvolge e sconvolge tutti i membri della famiglia Finsbury. Un'eredità anomala e curiosa che ammette tutti i colpi bassi e ogni colpo di scena. Tra cadaveri più...

It 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 work is commonly associated with the...

Als der junge Engländer Jim Hawkins einem alten Seemann begegnet und in den Besitz der Schatzkarte des legendären Piratenkapitäns Flint gelangt, begibt er sich auf das größte Piratenabenteuer aller Zeiten....

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The...

Un vieux Lord vit avec ses deux fils, James l'aîné et Henry le cadet, et Miss Alison, une proche parent destinée à épouser James, au château de Durrisdeer - Écosse - en l'année 1745. La guerre de succession...

An Inland Voyage (1878) is a travelogue by Robert Louis Stevenson about a canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. It is Stevenson's earliest book and a pioneering work of outdoor literature.

La grande forza di questo romanzo sta nel coniugare in maniera perfetta quello che è strano, inatteso e sorprendente con uno svolgimento della narrazione che appare sempre logica e naturale. La caratterizzazione...