Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped was published in 1886 amid one of the most productive periods of Robert Louis Stevenson’s career. Although it was immediately met with popular success and critical acclaim, the novel was derided for decades as a story for children before being recognized as a major work of English literature. Set in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising of 1745, and full of a rich blend of English and Scots, Kidnapped is a powerful work with strong Scottish ties. The narrative follows David Balfour, a 17-year-old orphan whose uncle, the wretched and disturbed Ebenezer, conspires to steal the family estate, David’s rightful inheritance. When David discovers his uncle’s plan, Ebenezer tricks the boy and sells him to Captain Hoseason, a slaver embarking for the Carolinas. Blindsided by a blow to the head, David awakes in the hold of the Covenant, bound with rope and helpless as the ship bears him toward the terrors of slavery. By a stroke of faith, however, the ship gets lost in fog and strikes a smaller boat near the west coast of Scotland. In the ensuing chaos, David and one of the wreck’s survivors, Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart, gain control of the ship and force Captain Hoseason to turn the Covenant toward the mainland. When the ship runs up against rocks, David finds himself alone on shore, and bravely begins his landward journey to regain his inheritance. Swept up in political circumstances far beyond his control, and faced with the danger awaiting him at home, David must do all he can to survive. To read Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped is to enter a world fully formed by the mind of one of history’s greatest storytellers. David Balfour’s story is gripping not just because it is a tale of survival, but because his struggle to overcome the merciless turns of fate is, to its core, unbearably and beautifully human. Kidnapped is a historical adventure novel adored by readers, critics, and writers alike. It is a story for children and adults who refuse to accept that hope is a thing to outgrow. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this new edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

Uncovering a governmental conspiracy to frame a friend for murder puts David Balfour on the run and striving to protect the woman he’s come to love. Released with the title David Balfour when originally released in the United States, Catriona is Robert Louis Stevenson’s follow-up to Kidnapped. David Balfour, hero of both books, is made a target by his willingness to testify in favor of a friend falsely accused of murder. His stubborn sense of justice will get him challenged to a duel in which he is clearly overmatched, plotted against, pursued and kidnapped once again. In the midst of the action a fledgling romance appears, as David meets the endearing Catriona, a woman more than a few readers have also been smitten with. Misunderstandings, conniving family members and outright villains combine to keep them from one another and their romance seems doomed before it begins. The story rolls along against a richly depicted historical backdrop of the 18th century, with the author stirring many historical characters, places, and even ships into his tale of adventure and long-suffering love rewarded at last. First published in 1893, Catriona was the last novel the author completed on his own before his untimely death at 44 years of age. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Catriona is both modern and readable.

Uncovering a governmental conspiracy to frame a friend for murder puts David Balfour on the run and striving to protect the woman he’s come to love. Released with the title David Balfour when originally released in the United States, Catriona is Robert Louis Stevenson’s follow-up to Kidnapped. David Balfour, hero of both books, is made a target by his willingness to testify in favor of a friend falsely accused of murder. His stubborn sense of justice will get him challenged to a duel in which he is clearly overmatched, plotted against, pursued and kidnapped once again. In the midst of the action a fledgling romance appears, as David meets the endearing Catriona, a woman more than a few readers have also been smitten with. Misunderstandings, conniving family members and outright villains combine to keep them from one another and their romance seems doomed before it begins. The story rolls along against a richly depicted historical backdrop of the 18th century, with the author stirring many historical characters, places, and even ships into his tale of adventure and long-suffering love rewarded at last. First published in 1893, Catriona was the last novel the author completed on his own before his untimely death at 44 years of age. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Catriona is both modern and readable.

The Wrong Box is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Robert Lujis Stivenson (1850, Edinburg - 1894, Samoa) - vidomij anglijskij pismennik i poet, klasik neoromantizmu j avtor prigodnitskikh romaniv i povistej - uvijshov v istoriju svitovoji literaturi jak tonkij stilist i majster psikhologichnogo portreta." Khimerna prigoda z doktorom Dzhekilom ta misterom Gajdom" (1886) - gotichna povist Stivensona, traditsijne pereosmislennja temi dvijnitstva v ljudini. Varto lishe bulo dobroporjadnomu doktoru Dzhekilu piddatisja svojim potajemnim bazhannjam, vigotoviti i viprobuvati svij divo-eliksir, jak tut zhe na svit bozhij virvavsja mister Gajd - vtilennja zla i poroku, bilsh agresivna j amoralna chastina naturi doktora Dzhekila." Klub samogubtsiv" ta "Diamant Radzhi" - tsikli novel pro prigodi printsa Florizelja, vintsenosnogo avantjurista, ljudini velmi artistichnoji ta ekstsentrichnoji, uljublena sprava jakoji - rozsliduvannja zaplutanikh zlochiniv ta intrig. Takozh do vidannja uvijshli literaturni eseji ta virshi R. L. Stivensona.

"Ostrov sokrovisch " - odin iz samyj izvestnykh piratskikh romanov. Ne odnu sotnju let malchishki vo vsem mire zachityvajut svoi knigi do dyr. Otpravljajtes i vy v zakhvatyvajuschee puteshestvie k tainstvennomu ostrovu vmeste s Dzhimom Khokinsom i ego druzjami doktorom Livsi, skvajrom Treloni i kapitanom Smollettom. Vas zhdut opasnye vstrechi, pogoni i strelba, predatelstvo i chernye metki, i konechno zhe sokrovischa kapitana Flinta. Dlja srednego i starshego shkolnogo vozrasta. Proizvedenie L. Stivensona "Ostrov Sokrovisch" vkhodit v programmu po literature dlja 6 klassa. Izdanie, vypolnennoe v podarochnom variante s krasochnymi illjustratsijami izvestnogo ispanskogo khudozhnika Zhordi Vila Delklos, pomozhet osobym obrazom pogruzitsja v mir prikljuchenij. Roman pereveden na mnozhestvo jazykov. Na russkom jazyke on vpervye byl opublikovan v 1886 g. Luchshij perevod sdelan N. K. Chukovskim. Znamenityj ostrov sokrovisch v dejstvitelnosti suschestvuet. Eto ostrov Pinos, kotoryj nakhoditsja v 70 kilometrakh juzhnee Kuby. Na protjazhenii primerno 300 let on sluzhil pristanischem piratov. Velikolepno oformlennoe izdanie takzhe mozhet stat otlichnym podarkom. Perevodchik: Chukovskij Nikolaj KorneevichKhudozhnik: Vila Delklos Zhordi

Povesti i rasskazy, voshedshie v etot sbornik, predstavljajut Stivensona v samom rastsvete ego nezaurjadnogo talanta pisatelja-romantika. Zanimatelnye, zachastuju ne lishennye mistiki prikljuchencheskie sjuzhety i tonko propisannaja atmosfera, jarkie personazhi, prjanyj aromat bylykh epokh, mjagkij jumor i prevoskhodnyj jazyk - vse eto i sejchas sposobno zastavit bitsja bystree serdtse chitatelja. Takzhe v sbornik voshel poslednij roman Stivensona "Uir Germiston", uvy, tak i ostavshijsja nezakonchennym, no, po mneniju mnogikh issledovatelej tvorchestva pisatelja, obeschavshij stat luchshim iz ego krupnykh proizvedenij.

Stivensovskij Florizel, prints Bogemii i ego vernyj shtalmejster, polkovnik Dzheraldin. Arsen Ljupen, proslyvshij blistatelnym syschikom, sposobnym razgadat ljubuju zagadku, najti zlodeja i spasti nevinnogo. Genii deduktsii iz rasskazov Po, kotorye berutsja rasputyvat misticheskie ubijstva i nakhodjat uliki tam, gde strazhi porjadka lish razvodjat rukami. V etom sbornike sobrany rasskazy o syschikakh-professionalakh i ljubiteljakh, neunyvajuschikh avantjuristakh, gotovykh bratsja za rassledovanija dazhe samykh beznadezhnykh del. Ikh ne ispugajut temnye ulitsy, tishinu kotorykh razryvaet chej-to predsmertnyj krik. Eti zagadochnye ubijstva pod silu rasputat tolko nastojaschim talantam... Zagadochnye ubijstva, golovokruzhitelnye intrigi, opasnye rassledovanija i nepredskazuemye povoroty sjuzheta. Perevodchik: Mikhajlov Ak., Mikhaljuk Vitalij, Brilova L.

Istorija pro doktora Dzhekila i mistera Khajda byla napisana Stivensonom v 1886 g.; ona stala jarkim primerom zhanra zarozhdajuschejsja nauchnoj fantastiki. Narjadu s "Frankenshtejnom" M. Shelli i " Draku -loj" B. Stokera eto proizvedenie ostaetsja klassikoj literatury uzhasov. Istoriju razdvoenija lichnosti uchenogo-issledovatelja illjustrirujut risunki Charlza Makoli i Edmunda Sallivana. V kontse izdanija privodjatsja dvadtsat filosofskikh skazok-pritch Stivensona, vpervye publikujuschikhsja v perevode na russkij jazyk s illjustratsijami E. R. Germana, vypolnennymi v stile modern dlja izdanija 1914 goda, vypuschennogo tirazhom 105 ekzempljarov.

Prikljuchenija izvestnykh i vsemi ljubimykh geroev Roberta Stivensona. V knige prisutstvuet vse, chto delaet sjuzhet zakhvatyvajuschim: piraty, neobitaemyj ostrov i neobjatnye prostory otkrytogo morja.

Treasure Island follows the adventures of a cabin boy named Jim Hawkins on board the Hispaniola. Hawkins is in for the adventure of a lifetime, as he braves dangerous waters, lives through a mutiny, and searches for buried treasure. Treasure Island is traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is also noted as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality - as seen in Long John Silver - unusual for children's literature. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. Its influence is enormous on popular 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. This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Jekyll Hyde, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or simply Jekyll &amp Hyde. It is about a London legal practitioner named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" entering the vernacular to refer to people with an unpredictably dual nature: usually very good, but sometimes shockingly evil. Stevenson had long been intrigued by the idea of how human personalities can affect how to incorporate the interplay of good and evil into a story. While still a teenager, he developed a script for a play about Deacon Brodie, which he later reworked with the help of W. E. Henley and which was produced for the first time in 1882. In early 1884, he wrote the short story "Markheim", which he revised in 1884 for publication in a Christmas annual. According to his essay, "A Chapter on Dreams" (Scribner's, Jan. 1888), he racked his brains for an idea for a story and had a dream, and upon wakening had the intuition for two or three scenes that would appear in the story Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Biographer Graham Balfour quoted Stevenson's wife Fanny Stevenson: In the small hours of one morning, ...] I was awakened by cries of horror from Louis. Thinking he had a nightmare, I awakened him. He said angrily: "Why did you wake me? I was dreaming a fine bogey tale." I had awakened him at the first transformation sceneLloyd Osbourne, Stevenson's stepson, wrote: "I don't believe that there was ever such a literary feat before as the writing of Dr Jekyll. I remember the first reading as though it were yesterday. Louis came downstairs in a fever read nearly half the book aloud and then, while we were still gasping, he was away again, and busy writing. I doubt if the first draft took so long as three days." Inspiration may also have come from the writer's friendship with Edinburgh-based French teacher Eugene Chantrelle, who was convicted and executed for the murder of his wife in May 1878. Chantrelle, who had appeared to lead a normal life in the city, poisoned his wife with opium. According to author Jeremy Hodges, Stevenson was present throughout the trial and as "the evidence unfolded he found himself, like Dr Jekyll, 'aghast before the acts of Edward Hyde'." Moreover, it was believed that the teacher had committed other murders both in France and Britain by poisoning his victims at supper parties with a "favourite dish of toasted cheese and opium".