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Classic / British English Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give Mr Hyde the key to his house and decide to leave everything to Mr Hyde in his will?

Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll? Who is the evil little man? And why does he seem to have power over the doctor? After a terrible murder, everyone is looking for Mr Hyde. But he has disappeared. Or has he?

"Una mañana, un viejo marinero que tenía la cara marcada con la cicatriz de un sable, llegó hasta nuestra casa arrastrando un gastado baúl. Era alto y fuerte y llevaba el pelo recogido en una trenza negra. Sus manos, con las uñas sucias y recomidas sujetaban un baston. Dentro de la posada, el viejo marinero pidio un vaso de ron y, apurandolo de un solo trago, comenzo a hablar con mi madre." El joven Jim Hawkins, hijo de la mesonera de un pequeño

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally serialized in the childrens magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Islan

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 the ship with his treasure. A mysterious collection of stamps will be the key to solve the enigmatic disappearance of the entire crew...

Menos conocido que La isla del tesoro o que Dr. Jeckylly Mr. Hyde, el cuento Will el del molino era considerado por Henry James como la obra maestra de Stevenson, que por su pureza y simplicidad alcanza la perfeccion de una historia zen.Estas no son fabulas para niños, aunque en ellas aparezcan caballos que hablan y monos que discuten. Tampoco son cuentos de hadas, a pesar de los duendes, las princesas, los castillos y los seres invisibles. Son pequeñas lecciones morales desprovistas de moralina y certeras satiras de la estupidez y la crueldad del hombre en cualquier tiempo y lugar. Tambien excelentes manifestaciones del cuento fantastico, un genero que Robert Louis Stevenson trato como pocos en obras como Los ladrones de cadaveres o El extraño caso del Dr. Jeckyll y Mr. Hyde. Dotadas de una atmosfera onirica que en algun caso prefigura, con decadas de anticipacion, la estetica surrealista, las Fabulas del genial autor escoces aciertan a desentrañar las peculiaridades del alma humana y las paradojas de la existencia, siempre desde una ironia y una comicidad radicalmente contemporaneas. Junto a las fabulas, que Borges califico como "secreta obra maestra", la presente edicion se completa con dos relatos de muy distinto signo: "La Isla de las Voces", perteneciente a la etapa samoana de Stevenson, en la que se trata el viejo tema del periplo en pos del conocimiento; y "Will el del molino", una historia sobre las decisiones equivocadas y el libre albedrio.

Ellis Duckworth, is a longtime friend and unjustly accused of the murder of Dicks father and leader of a gang of outlaws called Black Arrow. Dick joins the mob with the purpose of avenging his fathers death, saving the woman he loves and freeing Tunstall Forest from the oppression.

Gabriel John Utterson comienza 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 testigo y Jekyll se vuelve cada vez mas solitario y melancolico. Gabriel se da cuenta de que hay una siniestra relacion entre Jekyll y Hyde: parece que la maldad del segundo consume al primero, anulandolo progresivamente

Romanzo che narra lavventura 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 sua ricerca. Libro in lingua originale inglese con traduzione in italiano.

Durante sus últimos años de vida en Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson rezaba todas las noches en el amplio vestíbulo de su casa de Vailima, al pie del monte Vaea donde actualmente yace para siempre. Acompañado por su familia y los nativos que tanto admiraban su capacidad para contar historias, el rito diario se abría con la lectura de un capítulo de la Biblia samoana. Después, el propio Stevenson decía una oración que solía extraer de un librito donde apuntaba fórmulas para pedir por los amigos o para agradecer la proximidad de la lluvia. Era su modo de manifestar su gratitud y alegría por el simple hecho de vivir, porque como había escrito en Sermón de Navidad antes de partir hacia los mares del sur, «la cordialidad y la alegría deben preceder a cualquier norma ética: son obligaciones incondicionales».

Stevenson concebeu A ilha do tesouro para o divertimento de seu enteado, Lloyd Osbourne, que tinha doze anos em 1881. Escrevendo a seu amigo W. H. Henley a respeito do novo livro, ele declarou que "se isto no encantar os garotos, ora, ento eles mudaram muito desde que eu era criança". Uma historia de piratas, com um mapa, um tesouro, um motim e um cozinheiro de bordo com uma perna so, A ilha do tesouro permanece uma das historias de aventuras mais amadas da literatura. - L&PM

Coleção Marginália: as bordas do universo literárioNas cartas e ensaios reunidos neste livro por Marina Bedran, o leitor encontrará o fascinante registro da amizade de dois gênios da literatura moder

In the South Seas, as here available to the reader, is the result of a journey on the Casco together with Stevensons mother, wife and stepson. The earlier parts, those on the Marquesas and Paumotos, or low or atoll islands, most definitely mark Stevensons original intention ; those on the Gilberts, with their picture of the king Tembinok, are more in the personal strain of R. L. S., and are thus accepted as the most successful part of these writings. But the things most to be regretted about them is their omissions ; nothing of Stevensons long stay at Tautira as the guest of the chief Ori a Ori, nor of his visit to the leper settlement of Molokai. His letters to friends in England, and the extracts from his journal in the Life do something to fill in these gaps, but not in proportion to the interest of the subjects.

Eine historische Abenteuernovelle um den jungen David Balfour, der für die Unschuld eines anderen kämpft und sich dabei in die schöne Catriona verliebt.

The title of the volume which includes The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, and The Isle of Voices. The Beach turns on the native dread of the spirit-devils in the woods, interwoven with which is the island life of natives and whites viewed through the eyes of a commonplace trade. It is a picture of the South Seas, very different from the idylls of Hermann Melville. In The Bottle Imp, the protagonist buys a bottle with an imp inside that grants wishes. However, the bottle is cursed; if the holder dies bearing it, their soul is forfeit to hell. The Isle of Voices is a fairytale of magic treasure.

Feia prop de deu anys que la meva salut havia començat a declinar i, poc abans d'emprendre el viatge, em semblava que havia arribat a l'últim acte de la meva vida i que no em quedava res més que esperar la infermera i la funerària. Em van suggerir que anés als mars del Sud, i no em va semblar malament la idea de viatjar com un fantasma, arrossegat com un paquet, per escenaris que m'havien atret quan gaudia de salut i de joventut. Vaig llogar doncs la goleta del doctor Merrit, el Casco, de setanta quatre tones, i vaig salpar de San Francisco a la darreria de juny del 1888 rumb a les illes orientals i, a la primeria de l'any següent, ja era a Honolulu.

Fleeming Jenkin, noted for his work in engineering and applied electricity, was one of R. L. S.s closest friends in his early days. When Jenkin, then thirty-five, became Professor of Engineering in Edinburgh University, Stevenson, much against all his inclinations, was professedly studying to qualify himself for his fathers calling. The Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin, which Stevenson wrote on his friends death in 1885, was undertaken at Bournemouth with the assistance of Mrs. Jenkin. It is the only biographical work which Stevenson completed, and rather curiously is said to be the book which his wife thought the most successful of his writings.

This edition comprises the four dramatical plays that the well known author wrote in his lifetime:Deacon BrodieBeau AustinAdmiral GuineaMacaire