Robert Louis Stevenson

Bill, pirate en cavale, meurt en disant au jeune Jim Hawkins de se méfier du « marin à la jambe de bois ». La vie de Jim bascule quand il trouve dans les affaires de Bill une carte au trésor. Il est embarqué dans une expédition sur les mers, où il fait la rencontre de Long John Silver...

Londres, 1883. La police est impuissante face à la vague de violence qui s'est installée dans les bas-fonds de la ville. Une ombre plane sur ces sordides affaires, une ombre dont on ose à peine murmurer le nom : Edward Hyde... D'après le roman de Robert Louis Stevenson Libre adaptation...

Dr Jekyll et Mr Hyde est une nouvelle écrite par Robert Louis Stevenson et publiée en janvier 1886. Ce récit est devenu un modèle du genre d'épouvante à ressort psychanalytique. Le Dr Jekyll, gentleman londonien respectable, est envahi par l'idée d'avoir deux personnalités opposées en...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Olivier Award winner Rory Kinnear, star of Penny Dreadful. Kinnear is also known for his portrayal of Bill Tanner in Spectre and for his role in The Imitation Game. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Robert...

Charles Utterson, un avoué de justice, mène l'enquête sur Mister Hyde, un étrange personnage, violent et sans scrupules, peut-être même un meurtrier. Il découvre que ce M. Hyde est très lié avec le docteur Henry Jekyll, un philanthrope sympathique et passionné par son métier. Il...

Frankenstein; Dracula; Jekyll and Hyde; Carmilla; The Fall of the House of Usher; The Call of Cthulhu; The Turn of the Screw; The Mezzotint; and More The Ultimate Horror Collection contains unabridged recordings of some of the greatest classic horror stories of all time, including 6 full-length...

Swindled out of his inheritance, recently orphaned David Balfour finds himself kidnapped and aboard a slave ship bound for the Carolinas shortly after the Jacobite rising of 1745. A shipwreck leads to a chance encounter and an unlikely rescuer - Highland rebel and suspected assassin Alan Breck...

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 trecherous alliances, young Dick Shelton is betrayed by his brutal guardian. Intent on rescuing the woman he loves...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A lawyer named Utterson hears a story about a man who trampled a small girl in the street, and paid her family a hundred pounds to make it go away. The cheque bears the name of a man he knows: his own friend, the respected physician Henry Jekyll. So...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When an old sea captain dies at the Admiral Benbow inn, young Jim Hawkins finds a map that every cutthroat on the coast would kill for: the chart to Captain Flint's buried treasure. With the honest squire Trelawney and the steady Dr. Livesey, Jim sails...

A classic children's book for young adverturers. When an old sea Captain named Billy Bones leaves behind a mysterious chest at Jim Hawkins' parents inn, Jim discovers a map to the legendary Treasure Island! Jim sets sail to Treasure Island with Long John Silver and his ragtag crew but can they...

This set includes five tales of extraordinary heroism, marvelous intrigue, and exceptional courage that have inspired and amazed people for generations. Gulliver’s Travels is Jonathan Swift’s comic tale of an Englishman who journeys to four fantastical and exotic lands filled with...

When a brute of a man tramples an innocent girl, apparently out of spite, two bystanders catch the fellow and force him to pay reparations to the girl's family. The brute's name is Edward Hyde. A respected lawyer, Utterson, hears this story and begins to unravel the seemingly manic behavior of...

Seltsame Dinge gehen vor im Leben des Dr. Jekyll - so zumindest scheint es dessen Freund, dem Anwalt Utterson. Eine undurchsichtige, gefährliche Person namens Mr. Hyde scheint sich in dessen Leben zu drängen. Widerwillig beginnt Utterson Nachforschungen - und findet sich bald inmitten einer...

Dr. Henry Jekyll, fascinated by the dichotomy of good and evil, no longer wants to inhibit his dark side. He concocts a potion to create the alter ego of Mr. Edward Hyde. With the burden of evil placed on Hyde, Jekyll can now take pleasure in his immoral, nefarious fantasies - free of conscience...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a terrifying glimpse into both a horrific gothic scenario and a psychological phenomenon. One of the first literary works to fully tackle the concept of a 'split' or 'dual' personality, the novel was streets ahead of its time in 1886 and continues...

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...

Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.

"Kidnapped" by Robert Louis Stevenson is a thrilling adventure novel set in the tumultuous period of 18th-century Scotland. The story follows young David Balfour, whose life takes a dramatic turn after the death of his father.

Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection A Child's Garden of Verses of 64 poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the lamplighter, to sailing off to...