Robert Louis: 1244 books

Numa pequena comunidade pantanosa no vale do Dule, na Escócia, vivia o jovem reverendo Murdoch Soulis. Quando lhe recomendaram uma velha prostituta, Janet M'Clour, para que limpasse a casa paroquial e cuidasse de sua comida, não imaginou que os boatos de que ela estava possuída pelo demônio fossem...

The following tale was taken down from Mr. Stevenson's dictation by his step-daughter and amanuensis, Mrs. Strong, at intervals between January, 1893, and October, 1894 (see Vailima Letters, Vol. II, pp. 98-104, 179, 217, 230, 253). About six weeks before his death he laid the story aside to take...

Dr Jekyll faces awful consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that changes him into the disgustingly evil Mr Hyde.

Extrait : M. Utterson, l’avocat, était un homme de rude apparence ; son visage ne s’éclairait jamais d’un sourire ; il était froid, sobre et embarrassé dans ses discours, très réservé, maigre, long, poussiéreux, morne,...

Narrador inolvidable, poeta valioso, viajero y acuñador de anécdotas biográficas, para conocer completamente el universo Stevenson es necesario visitar también su faceta ensayística, a la altura del resto de su obra, didáctica y cercana, pero también rigurosa y precisa. Envidiable. Vivir...

“El extraño clásico del Dr. Jekyll y Mr Hyde” es todo un clásico de los géneros de misterio, terror gótico, e incluso ciencia-ficción de finales del siglo XIX. Stevenson, afamado autor escocés de novelas y relatos de aventuras, plasma en esta obra su obsesión por la naturaleza dual del...

Treasure Island is traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is also noted as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality--as seen in Long John Silver--unusual for children's literature. It is one of the most frequently dramatized...

Vous chercheriez en vain sur la carte d’Europe l’État de Grunewald. Principauté indépendante et membre infinitésimal de l’Empire d’Allemagne, ayant joué pendant quelques siècles son rôle dans les discordes européennes, elle disparut enfin...

Aventuras de un cadáver es una novela de acción en la que Stevenson utiliza sus grandes dotes de narrador de aventuras en un tema detectivesco que maneja con los habituales efectos de claridad y suspenso. Hablamos de un tema detectivesco porque no llega a ser una novela policiaca, ya que carece...

On ne saurait imaginer plus belle matinée que celle qui, vers la fin de juillet, me vit partir une dernière fois pour Aros. Un bateau m’avait fait aborder la veille au soir à Grisapol  ; j’eus le déjeuner que peut fournir la petite auberge et, laissant mon bagage,...

* Book : The Silverado Squatters * Biography * Bibliography The scene of this little book is on a high mountain. There are, indeed, many higher; there are many of a nobler outline. It is no place of pilgrimage for the summary globe-trotter; but to one who lives upon its sides, Mount Saint Helena...

CONTENIDO: Cuentos de horror [Ambrose Bierce] El monte de las ánimas [Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer] El Horror de Dunwich [Howard Phillips Lovecraft] La Llamada de Cthulhu [Howard Phillips Lovecraft] El Horla [Guy de Maupassant] Relatos escogidos II [Edgar Allan Poe] Berenice [Edgar Allan Poe] Relatos...

A monograph on the science-based art exhibit presented on the campus of Southern Oregon University as a cooperative project between the Schneider Museum of Art and the 91st Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science June 12 – September 6, 2010.

This 1893 sequel to Stevenson’s classic novel Kidnapped continues the adventures of David Balfour. The story begins with Balfour attempting to clear the name of his friend James Stewart of murder charges, when he is kidnapped yet again. Brimming with action, intrigue, adventure, and romance, Catriona is a classic novel in its own right.