Robert Louis Stevenson - Libros y biografía

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of...

L'isola del tesoro (Treasure Island) fu il primo successo di Stevenson, che ne iniziò la stesura a 30 anni. Scrisse i primi capitoli a Braemar, nelle highland scozzesi, nel 1881. Stevenson si trovava...

‘In the South Seas’ is an account of a journey undertaken by Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife Fanny in June 1888. The book, describes their experiences in the Marquesas, the Paumotus, and the Gilbert...

Novelist and essayist, was born at Edinburgh, the son of Thomas Stevenson, a distinguished civil engineer. His health was extremely delicate. He was destined for the engineering profession, in which his...

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...

Pourquoi ce titre? Parce que chaque nouvelle, articulée en épisodes, de ce recueil, apporte quelque chose à l'histoire globale et l'enrichit, et que le narrateur, tel Shéhérazade, incite le lecteur à...

The most popular pirate story ever written in English, featuring one of literature’s most beloved „bad guys,” Treasure Island has been happily devoured by several generations of boys–and girls–and grownups....

Here is a tale which extends over many years and travels into many countries. By a peculiar fitness of circumstance the writer began, continued it, and concluded it among distant and diverse scenes. Above...

The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel co-written by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, first published in 1889. The story is about two brothers who are the last two surviving members of a tontine....

In fifteenth-century England, when his father's murderer is revealed to be his guardian, seventeen-year-old Richard Shelton joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow in avenging the death, rescuing the...

Peg-legged pirates, colorful parrots, and plundered riches—they’re all here in Robert Louis Stevenson’s original seafaring adventure. When young Jim Hawkins decides to follow a map to buried treasure,...

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...

"Treasure Island", classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, serialised in the magazine Young Folks from October 1881 to January 1882 and published in book form in 1883. Although not the first...

There's a sinister man about London town with something of the night about him. Mr Hyde is mad, bad and has a penchant for bumping off MPs and other kindly innocents. Will his friend Dr Jekyll be able...

A series of random nocturnal assaults in the back streets and alleyways of Victorian London are spreading fear and panic. Meanwhile, the friends of a highly respected doctor are beginning to wonder why...

Being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751: how he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck...

This classic pirate adventure is full of swashbuckling pirates, buried loot and danger. Young Jim Hawkins sets out to discover the long-lost treasure of the evil, infamous and now-dead pirate, Captain...

Romanzo che narra l'avventura di Jim Hawkins, il quale trovata in un vecchio baule una mappa indicante il luogo ove si suppone dei pirati abbiano nascosto un favoloso tesoro, non esita ad imbarcarsi alla...

In this classic adventure story, set during the time of the Jacobite rebellion, David Balfour is kidnapped to be carrried away to the Americas after escaping murder by his Uncle Ebenezer. An exciting...

When a mysterious treasure map is revealed by an old buccaneer in an English country inn, an adventure begins that takes us to the high seas in a Caribbean quest and a battle between young Jim Hawkins...

The story concerns Dr Henry Jekyll who feels he is struggling the good and evil within himself, that leads to a struggle between his dual personalities of Jekyll and Edward Hyde.

A superb adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of the unassuming Dr Jekyll and his dark alter-ego Mr Hyde.This version, first performed at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1996, is a...

A masterpiece of farcical comedy by the author of Treasure Island sees two brothers about to inherit a fortune, if only one pesky relative would adhere to the rules… The Wrong Box is a black comedy novel,...

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novels of travel, romance and adventure.The Master of Ballantrae takes a deep, disturbing turn after Kidnapped and Catriona, with its tale of rival brothers caught in...

First published in 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a gothic novella. It tells the story of a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson, who investigates strange occurrences between...

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...

A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer.

Die Schatzinsel ist der bekannteste Roman des schottischen Autors Robert Louis Stevenson. Er erzählt von der hindernisreichen Suche nach einem vergrabenen Piratenschatz – einem beliebten Thema solcher...

De méchants pirates et une île déserte qui recèle un trésor caché. Redécouvrez ce grand classique dans une édition entièrement illustrée.

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...