Robert Louis Stevenson
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"What a study in contrasts is the friendship between Henry Jekyll and his boon companion, Edward Hyde. Where Jekyll is a handsome and respected man of science, Hyde is a surly and brutish misanthrope. Nevertheless, Jekyll has allowed Hyde free access to his home and laboratory and, surprisingly, made him the sole beneficiary of his will. Given the closeness of their bond, it seems peculiar that no one has ever seen the two men together in public....
3) Kidnapped
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In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
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Audiolibro narrado en castellano. Tres historias interconectadas que detallan las investigaciones del príncipe Florizel de Bohemia y su fiel jefe de caballerías el coronel Geraldine; escritas por el brillante escritor Robert Louis Stevenson, respecto a una potente sociedad secreta y cruel que aprovecha las más bajas ruinas de las personas en situaciones de extrema vulnerabilidad, donde cada noche una siniestra partida de naipes decidirá el fatídico...
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"Die Schatzinsel", der große Abenteuerroman der frühen Moderne, hat die Leser vom ersten Augenblick an gefesselt und Generationen von Schriftstellern inspiriert - von Mark Twain bis Marcel Proust, von Bertolt Brecht bis Alex Capus. Liebevoll zeichnet Stevenson in seinem frühen Werk die Figuren: den mutigen Jung en Jim Hawkins und den gerissenen Seeräuber Silver, und all die dubiosen und skurrilen Gestalten. Und er lässt sie in einer herrlich...
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Jim Hawkins discovers an old treasure map and sets out on a harrowing voyage to a faraway island, and runs into the violent sea along with many dangerous men seeking the same treasure. Written in graphic-novel format. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and dynamic new...
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Il diavolo nella bottiglia è un racconto di Robert Louis Stevenson pubblicato per la prima volta su New York Herald (Febbraio-Marzo 1891) e su Black and White a Londra (Marzo-Aprile 1891). Fu inserito poi, nel 1893, nella raccolta Island Nights' Entertainments (Gli intrattenimenti delle notti sull'isola), edito a Londra da Cassell, con illustrazioni di Gordon Browne e William Hatherell. © 2022 Edizioni dell'asino
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Un homme respecté, une porte close… et un secret trop sombre pour rester enfoui.
Avec Le cas étrange du docteur Jekyll, Robert Louis Stevenson signe l'un des récits les plus troublants de la littérature mondiale. Écrivain fasciné par les zones d'ombre de l'âme humaine, Stevenson explore ici la fracture intime entre morale sociale et pulsions cachées, dans une Angleterre victorienne obsédée par les apparences.
L'histoire s'ouvre sur une...
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"Aprendí a reconocer la completa y primitiva dualidad del hombre; Me di cuenta de que, de las dos naturalezas que luchaban en el campo de batalla de mi conciencia, aun cuando podía decirse con razón que yo era cualquiera de las dos, ello se debía únicamente a que era radicalmente ambas."
Con el objetivo de desvelar un misterio, la novela presenta una sucesión de testimonios provenientes de diferentes testigos situados en el corazón de un Londres...
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Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.
El cuento narra la oscura historia de un estudiante de medicina de Reino Unido, que se ve involucrado en el negocio ilegal de profanación de cuerpos para su posterior estudio. Esta situación inicial culmina con la rápida huida del Doctor, y la posterior salida de Fettes de la escena, dejando la intriga en el lector y en el resto de los personajes.
14) Olalla
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"Olalla" is a short story by the Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson. It was first published in the Christmas 1885 issue of The Court and Society Review, then re-published in 1887 as part of the collection The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. It is set in Spain during the Peninsular War.
The story is based on a dream that Stevenson had and in his 1888 essay "A Chapter on Dreams" he describes the difficulties...
15) Markheim
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Eigentlich hatte Markheim an jenem dunklen Dezembertag des Jahres 1888 nur ein Weihnachtsgeschenk für seine Verlobte kaufen wollen, zumindest sagt er das, doch der unerwartete Blick in einen Spiegel im Laden des alten Antiquitätenhändlers Miller ließ ihn mit ungeahnten Folgen seine dunkle Seite erkennen..
17) My shadow
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An illustrated version of the poem in which a child describes his relationship with his shadow.
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A vida de Jim Hawkins não será a mesma depois de conhecer Billy Bones, que possui um mapa do tesouro. Depois da morte de Billy, Jim encontra o mapa e o mostra aos influentes dr. Livesey e lorde Trelawney, que sai em busca de um navio e de uma tripulação. Assim, partem para uma expedição cheia de aventuras, traições, descobertas e reviravoltas: elementos que mantêm os leitores curiosos para saber o desfecho da narrativa.
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Jekyll Hyde, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde.It is about a London legal practitioner named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll,and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with...