Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories - formato ePub

La obra maestra de Robert Louis Stevenson sobre la dualidad entre el bien y el mal en la naturaleza del hombre, en una nueva traducción de Alejandro Caja.

Frente a los espacios abiertos del mar y de la aventura, ámbito de "La isla del tesoro", el caso del doctor Jekyll y su doble transcurre de noche, en las calles frías y desapacibles de Londres. El problema...

Dos textos básicos del genial escritor británico.El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, la máxima cointribución de Stevenson a la literatura de intriga y a la indiscutible mitología del terror, aborda...

La isla del tesoro (Treasure Island), es una novela de aventuras escrita por el escocés Robert Louis Stevenson, publicada en libro en Londres en 1883 (publicada originalmente por entregas en la revista...

«El club de los suicidas», colección de tres relatos, apareció por primera vez en 1878 en la «London Magazine», y en 1882 reapareció en el primer tomo de las «Nuevas noches árabes» (New Arabian Nights)....

Con El extraño caso del doctor Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, R.L. Stevenson volvió a ocuparse de un tema que le preocupó durante toda su vida: la dualidad de la naturaleza humana. Localizada en el corazón de un...

En la Inglaterra del siglo XV dos nobles familias se disputan el poder de la corona: los Lancaster y los de York. Era una batalla entre nobles con sus vasallos, que se declinaban por una u otra familia...

La isla del tesoro (Treasure Island) es una novela de aventuras escrita por el escocés Robert Louis Stevenson, publicada en libro en Londres en 1883 (publicada originalmente por entregas en la revista...

Con esta novela, Stevenson llegó a la imaginación de todos los lectores, no solo a la de los más jóvenes. El abanico de personajes que desfilan por esas páginas y poseen al tiempo cualidades loables y...

Me convertí en jacobita de por vida el día en que leí esta novela. […] Aún hoy mi corazón se exalta solo de oír su primera frase. Seamus Heaney A la muerte en 1751 de su padre, maestro rural, el joven...

Agudas reflexiones sobre la escritura y la lectura, escritas entre 1881 y 1894, publicadas de forma aislada y reunidas póstumamente por sus editores: el arte literario y sus condicionantes, por qué un...

Este ebook presenta "El diablo en la botella", con un sumario dinámico y detallado. El diablo en la botella es un cuento de Robert Louis Stevenson, escrito en 1891 y publicado por primera vez en 1894....

Este ebook presenta "El diablo en la botella", con un sumario dinámico y detallado. El diablo en la botella es un cuento de Robert Louis Stevenson, escrito en 1891 y publicado por primera vez en 1894....

El bien y el mal siempre han representado un conflicto para los seres humanos. Lo que algunos condenan como malo, para otros representa el resto, el gusto culposo, como le sucede al Dr. Jekyll, quien...

Además de ser un prolífico autor de ensayos, novelas y poesía, y el creador de éxitos literarios como La isla del tesoro y El extraño caso de Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, Robert L. Stevenson también escribió...

Este ebook presenta "La isla del tesoro", con un sumario dinámico y detallado. La isla del tesoro es una novela de aventuras escrita por Robert Louis Stevenson, publicada en 1883. Un misterioso marino...

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For fans of B. K. Borison and Sarah Adams comes a cheeky, small-town romantic comedy about finding yourself in the weeds . . . only to find love, too. It took exactly twenty-four hours for Atlanta publicist...

 Twelve-year-old Toulouse “Tull” Trotter lives with his grandfather on a vast Bel-Air parkland estate and spends most of his time with young cousins Lucy, “the girl detective,” and Edward, a prodigy who...

Force Majeure was called a “smashing debut novel” by the Kirkus Reviews upon its original publication in 1991. A sardonic and absurdly dark, yet hilarious take on the “business as usual” of Hollywood’s...

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La luz es peligrosa y temible; la oscuridad significa calma, paz, tranquilidad…, Shiro lo sabe mejor que nadie. La luz es sinónimo de hikaris. Los demonios del pasado campan a sus anchas bajo ella y,...

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