While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between ...
In fifteenth-century England, when his father's murderer is revealed to be his guardian, seventeen-year-old Richard Shelton joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow in avenging the death, rescuing the woman h...
Being memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751: how he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild highlands; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Ste...
Le héros de cette histoire est Jim Hawkins, fils d'un tenancier d'auberge dans un port anglais, sur la côte ouest de l'Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle. Le principal client de cette auberge se trouve être un vieu...
Conte l'histoire d'un avoué, Charles Utterson, qui enquête sur le lien étrange entre Edward Hyde et le médecin Henry Jekyll.
Le Docteur Jekyll, un philanthrope obsédé par sa double personnalité, met au poin...
El Extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde (a veces abreviado simplemente a El Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde) es una novela escrita por Robert Louis Stevenson, publicada por primera vez en inglés en 1886, cuyo título...
A collection of essays about writing: "On some technical elements of style in literature", "The morality of the profession of letters", "Books which have influenced me", "A note on realism", "My first book:...
New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1882, is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880. The collection contains Stevenson's first publ...
Pourquoi ce titre? Parce que chaque nouvelle, articulée en épisodes, de ce recueil, apporte quelque chose à l'histoire globale et l'enrichit, et que le narrateur, tel Shéhérazade, incite le lecteur à lire la...
Stevenson’s brooding historical romance demonstrates his most abiding theme—the elemental struggle between good and evil—as it unfolds against a hauntingly beautiful Scottish landscape, amid the fierce loyal...
Keawe, el protagonista, es oriundo de Hawai. Un día siente la necesidad de conocer otras tierras, así que se dirige a San Francisco. Allí ve una casa preciosa, pero el dueño es un viejo que parece triste. Ke...
By the time this paper appears, I shall have been talking for twelve months; and it is thought I should take my leave in a formal and seasonable manner. Valedictory eloquence is rare, and death-bed sayings h...
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 ...
Un vieux Lord vit avec ses deux fils, James l'aîné et Henry le cadet, et Miss Alison, une proche parent destinée à épouser James, au château de Durrisdeer - Écosse - en l'année 1745. La guerre de succession ...
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