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 and the wily old pirate Long John Silver. Who will the first to find the dead mans chest?
Com personagens inesquecíveis e cheio de reviravoltas, traições e golpes de sorte, A Ilha do Tesouro é, há mais de cem anos, um dos maiores e mais queridos clássicos de aventura — e a grande referênc
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 texto literario es bueno, que se esconde tras la musica de las palabras, la honestidad en el escritor y el amor a la verdad, etc. Se recoge aqui una seleccion de esos ensayos.
Gabriel John Utterson ha comenzado a investigar al nuevo amigo del Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, un personaje sombrío y misterioso.
Todo se complica cuando Hyde asesina a un parlamentario británico ante un
Los colonos de Silverado describe las andanzas y peripecias acaecidas durante la nada convencional luna de miel de Stevenson y su mujer -Fanny Osbourne- por las montañas de California, donde se alojaron en una mina de plata abandonada de la legendaria Silverado, rodeada de escoria y herrumbre, aunque en un marco natural de belleza incomparable, contando como unica compañia con un extravagante grupo de vecinos -entre los cuales destacan los Hanson, pertenecientes a la Escoria Blanca Pobre-, las agazapadas serpientes de cascabel y el fantasma melancolico de algun viejo minero. La edicion va precedida por un relato biografico de Stevenson realizado por su hijastro Lloyd Osbourne, que fue su compañero inseparable y colaborador -escribieron varias obras juntos, entre ellas Bajamar y El Muerto Vivo- hasta el momento de su muerte. Particularmente emotiva es la narracion de la muerte de Stevenson en Vailima -la casa de los cinco rios-, que le ataco por sorpresa el 3 de diciembre de 1894 mientras redactaba Weir of Hermiston. Lloyd Osbourne describe como todos los habitantes de Samoa lloraron la muerte de Tusitala -el que cuenta historias-, y como abrieron una senda en lo mas inhospito de la naturaleza para enterrarle en lo alto del monte Vaea, frente al mar, donde quiso yacer.
«Pasear es un entretenimiento distinguido, burgués, ocioso, elegante ; caminar es más bien algo instintivo, natural, salvaje. Pasear es un rito civil, y caminar es un acto animal. Pasear es algo soci
One of the most well-known gothic stories of all time, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a harrowing tale of good and evil and the duality of man set against dark, Victorian London. A new edition of one of the most famous stories of English literature: inspired by a feverish dream, Stevensons renowned horror fantasy is a glimpse into the darker side of all human beings. Dr Henry Jekyll has been obsessed since early manhood by the uneasy duality of good and evil he senses in himself and others, and is driven - to his peers dismay - to tamper with the mysterious and transcendental side of science. The respected doctor becomes inexplicably silent and reclusive, while at the same time the terrifying Mr Edward Hyde begins to stalk the streets of London At heart a chilling tale of the perils of ambition and hubris, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde reflects many of the preoccupations of Stevensons own Victorian milieu - the dangers of a morbidly repressive society, and the post-Darwinian fear of mans beast nature.
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 lovable...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 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll&Hyde. 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 rare mental condition often called"split personality", referred to in psychiatry as dissociative identity disorder, where within the same body there exists more than one distinct personality. In this case, there are two personalities within Dr. Jekyll, one apparently good and the other evil.
ne of the best-loved adventure stories ever written, Treasure Island's timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derring-do has appealed to generations of readers ever since Robert Louis Stevenson penned it in 1881 with the claim: "If this don't fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day." But more than just a children's classic, the novel is considered to be one of the greatest feats of storytelling in the English language, with characters such as the unforgettable Long John Silver becoming part of the cultural consciousness. Treasure Island is a coming-of-age story that will captivate both adults and children for as long as stories are told.
Dr Jekyll has been experimenting with his identity.He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature and allows him occasionally to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr Hyde.But gradually he begins to find that the journey back to goodness becomes more and more difficult, and the risk that Mr Hyde will break free entirely from Dr Jekyll''s control puts all of London in grave peril.
De las muchas cosas que este relato de Stevenson nos enseña, quizá la más importante es nuestra -en muchas ocasiones- increíble y loca necesidad de sólo oír lo que queremos escuchar. Por eso, el título elegido por el gran autor escoces muestra que la historia de una mentira solo es posible si se cuenta con la disposicion plena de quien ha de ser "mentido". El quid, por otra parte, es poder aceptar la participacion en el juego sin sentirse comodamente una "victima".
