Robert Louis Stevenson

"Man is not truly one, but truly two," -Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeA book so iconic that its title is synonymous with split personalities, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, was first released in 1886. The story of a virtuous Dr. Jekyll who mistakenly creates an alter ego of unadulterated evil serves as an examination of the duality of human nature and the battle between good and evil. Full of mystery and fright, this story has remained popular for more than a century and has been adapted countless times-over 132 in film alone. An instant success and popular with students of morality, this thrilling tale is now available as part of the Word Cloud Classics series, making it a chic and affordable addition to every library.

"Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum." -Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure IslandPerhaps the most iconic pirate story of all time, Treasure Island was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1881. The book follows young Jim Hawkins who finds himself in possession of a treasure map and embarks on a journey to unearth the pirate booty. His adventure takes him through the turbulent waters of morality, and his subsequent coming of age has captivated generations of readers. Rousing and full of adventure, Stevenson's Treasure Island is a classic to be enjoyed by readers of all ages. Now available as part of the Word Cloud Classics series, it makes a chic and affordable addition to any library.

This short novel, published in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94), may well be more familiar in its many stage, film and television adaptations than in its original form, while 'Jekyll and Hyde' has become the shorthand for a character who seems to have a 'split personality'. Stevenson claimed that the main features of the story came to him in a dream, and he wrote it very rapidly, though ill and bedridden at the time. Priced at one shilling (the genre of macabre and horror stories was known as the 'shilling shocker'), it was an immediate success. Though not the first of Stevenson's works to explore the notion of the divided self, in a period where increasing concern was felt about the possible negative sides of discoveries in both the physical and biological sciences, the story clearly struck a chord, and it has remained popular ever since.

Jim, el joven aventurero, protagonista de esta novela, realiza un descubrimiento excepcional: Un extra o mapa que identifica d nde se encuentra al m tico tesoro del capit n Flint. La Isla del Tesoro, que Robert L. Stevenson public a finales del siglo XIX, es un relato de iniciaci n donde no falta la intriga y menos a n la sorpresa. Es una historia de fascinantes aventuras, consagrada un cl sico en su g nero...

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson ( 1850 - 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In 1883, while bedridden with tuberculosis, he wrote what would become one of the best known and most beloved collections of children's poetry in the English language, A Child's Garden of Verses.

"Una ma ana, un viejo marinero que ten a la cara marcada con la cicatriz de un sable, lleg hasta nuestra casa arrastrando un gastado ba l. Era alto y fuerte y llevaba el pelo recogido en una trenza negra. Sus manos, con las u as sucias y recomidas sujetaban un bast n. Dentro de la posada, el viejo marinero pidi un vaso de ron y, apur ndolo de un solo trago, comenz a hablar con mi madre." El joven Jim Hawkins, hijo de la mesonera de un peque o pueblo de la costa de Inglaterra, conoce a un viejo marinero borracho y malhumorado, que al morir deja el mapa de un tesoro: un codiciado alijo de oro y plata enterrado por el legendario pirata Flint en una lejana isla tropical. Jim consigue abordar un barco para ir a la isla, pero, mezclada con la tripulaci n, una banda de piratas capitaneados por John Silver tambi n perseguir el bot n. Empieza la aventura. Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is a tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality - as seen in Long John Silver - unusual for children's literature every now and again. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen carrying parrots on their shoulders.

The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The work is commonly associated with the rare mental condition often spuriously called "split personality", referred to in psychiatry as dissociative identity disorder, where within the same body there exists more than one distinct personality. In this case, there are two personalities within Dr Jekyll, one apparently good and the other evil. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next.

Adem s de ser un prol fico autor de ensayos, novelas y poes a, y el creador de xitos literarios como La isla del tesoro y El extra o caso de Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, Robert L. Stevenson tambi n escribi f bulas. Al respecto, Jorge Luis Borges y Roberto Alifano afirman: "En la vasta obra de Stevenson, este libro es un libro lateral, una breve y secreta obra maestra. Aqu tambi n est n su imaginaci n, su coraje y gracia. Todas revelan una misma tica. El hombre tiene que ser justo, aunque Dios no lo sea o aunque no exista Dios".

One of Stevenson’s most famous and enduringly popular works, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde describes the mysterious relationship between a respectable and affable doctor and his brutal associate. Set in the grimy streets of Victorian London, this tale of murder, split personality and obscure science, with its chilling final revelation, became an instant horror classic when it was first published in 1886, and has enthralled and terrified generations of readers ever since. This volume also contains seven other Gothic stories by Stevenson – such as ‘The Body Snatchers’, ‘Markheim’ and ‘Olalla’ – showcasing the author’s mastery of the horror genre and his interest in both the otherworldly and the strange ways the human brain can distort reality.