Robert Louis Stevenson

Stevenson published this collection of his early fiction in 1882, after the pieces had appeared in various magazines. The first half features two popular detective-story cycles, The Suicide Club and The Rajah’s Diamonds, which deal with a macabre secret society and the intrigues and escapades involving exotic jewels. The second half brings together unrelated pieces, including the seminal ‘The Pavilion on the Links’ – described by Conan Doyle as the first short story in the world – which is set in a cottage surrounded by quicksand and tells the story of two old friends who become rivals for the affection of a woman. An eclectic, entertaining compilation, New Arabian Nights represented a milestone in Stevenson’s creative development and confirmed his reputation as one of the finest storytellers in the English language.

First published in 1886 as a "shilling shocker," Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde takes the basic struggle between good and evil and adds to the mix bourgeois respectability, urban violence, and class conflict. The result is a tale that has taken on the force of myth in the popular imagination. This Broadview edition provides a fascinating selection of contextual material, including contemporary reviews of the novel, Stevenson's essay "A Chapter on Dreams," and excerpts from the 1887 stage version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Also included are historical documents on criminality and degeneracy, the "Jack the Ripper" murders, the "double brain," and London in the 1880s. New to this third edition are an appendix on the figure of the Victorian gentleman and an expanded selection of letters related to the novel; the introduction and bibliography have also been updated to reflect recent criticism.

Dans les ann es 1870, Joseph et Masterman Finsbury se retrouvent les deux seuls survivants d'une tontine. Un accident de chemin de fer, la mort pr sum e du vieux Joseph, un neveu rapace...et la m canique de l'humour britannique se met en place.

Le Prince Florizel de Boh me et son Grand cuyer, le colonel Geraldine, se trouvent incognito dans un bar lorsqu'ils rencontrent un jeune homme au comportement intrigant. Apr s avoir fait plus ample connaissance, ce dernier les introduit au sein du Club du Suicide, dont les membres ont en commun la volont de mettre fin leurs jours mais s'av rent incapables de mettre leur geste ex cution. L'adh sion au club permet au hasard, chaque r union de ses membres, de d signer parmi eux, un suicid et son suicideur . Scandalis par l'existence d'un tel club criminel, le Prince Florizel le fait d manteler et charge le fr re du colonel Geraldine de l'ex cution du pr sident du Club du Suicide.

Stevensons meisterhafte Kriminalgeschichte zweisprachig im engischen Original und in der deutschen Fassung