Robert Louis Stevenson - Libros y biografía

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...

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (* 13. November 1850 in Edinburgh; † 3. Dezember 1894 in Vailima, nahe Apia, Samoa) war ein schottischer Schriftsteller des viktorianischen Zeitalters. Stevenson litt an...

"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Stevenson's famous exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil, has become synonymous with the idea of a split personality. More than a moral tale,...

The piratical coming of age of Jim Hawkins, who discovers a map of Treasure Island among an old sea captain's possessions – and then follows it. Parrots, 'pieces of eight' and the lovable, but morally...

A Footnote to History, Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa is a historical non-fiction work by Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis Stevenson arrived in Samoa in 1889 and built a house at Vailima. He quickly...

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...

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: The Travels of Robert Louis Stevenson The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson started to write "In the South Seas" in 1889, sailing at...

Nella nostra antologia "La filosofia dell'ombrello" troviamo uno Stevenson che smette i panni del romanziere popolare per offrirci una divertente rappresentazione della vita e della società umana, colta...

"The 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...