Robert Louis Stevenson

Justifying his rejection of an established profession, in 1877 Stevenson offered An Apology for Idlers. "A happy man or woman", he reasoned, "is a better thing to find than a five-pound note. He or she is a radiating focus of goodwill" and a practical demonstration of "the great Theorem of the Liveableness of Life". So that if they cannot be happy in the "handicap race for sixpenny pieces", let them take their own "by-road". A beautiful, charming...

David Balfour: ein Juwel der Abenteuerhörspielen Nach dem Tod seines Vaters wird der junge David Balfour zu seinem absonderlichen Onkel Ebenezer geschickt. Dieser hat sich auf dem alten Landsitz der Familie breit gemacht und wittert Gefahr - denn nicht er, sonder David ist der rechtmäßige Erbe. Kurzerhand lässt Ebenezer den Jungen mit einem Schiff entführen, und für David Balfour beginnt ein spannender Kampf um sein Recht. Mit eindrucksvoller...

In der phantastischen Erzählung "Der Flaschenteufel" verkauft der junge Auswanderer Keawe seine Seele dem Teufel.

Der junge Medizinstudent Fettes macht sich zum skrupellosen Helfer seines Doktorvaters und verdingt sich als Leichenräuber. Doch das Grauen der Nacht verändert das Wesen des Studenten ... Die berühmte Erzählung des Autors von "Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde

Una noche el príncipe Florizel de Bohemia y su asistente el coronel Geraldine, de incógnito en una taberna de Londres, conocen a un curioso joven que les introduce en un extraño y exclusivo club: el de los Suicidas, en el que cada noche el azar decide quién debe morir y quien debe ser el ejecutor de esta muerte... A partir de aquí, se desarrollan una serie de aventuras, entre Londres y parís, hasta llegar al desenlace de la historia.

La acción comienza en el Barrio Latino de París, donde se aloja Silas Q. Scuddamore, un joven ingenuo que, atraído por una hermosa damisela, consigue concertar una cita secreta a la que no se presentará ella. Decepcionado, Silas vuelve al hotel y halla el cadáver de un hombre en la cama de su habitación. Otro hospedado, el Dr. Noel, lleva a cabo las gestiones para que Silas y el cadáver, metido éste en un baúl de Saratoga (o baúl mundo),...

The literary world was shocked when in 1890, at the height of his career, Robert Louis Stevenson announced his intention to settle permanently in Samoa. His readers were equally shocked when he began to use the subject material offered by his new environment, not to promote a romance of empire, but to produce some of the most ironic and critical treatments of imperialism in nineteenth-century fiction. In stories such as 'The Beach of Falesa', 'The...

"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...

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold Its influence has been popular on its perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders. Produced by Macc Kay Production executive Avalon Giuliano ICON Intern Eden Garret Giuliano ©2021...

The 15th-century Wars of the Roses serve as backdrop for this swashbuckling historical novel from the author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island. In a time of shifting loyalties and treacherous alliances, young Dick Shelton is betrayed by his brutal guardian. Intent on rescuing the woman he loves, Dick joins forces with a mysterious fellowship intent on dispensing their own brand of justice. Through one trap after another, each choice Dick makes begins...