Robert Louis Stevenson

Los cuentos de El diamante del raj fueron publicados en The London Magazine desde junio hasta octubre de 1878. Comprenden un ciclo de cuatro historias, y forma parte de la colecci n conocida en espa ol como Las ltimas noches rabes. Estas historias han sido adaptadas al cine y a la pera. El enlace de las historias es una joya que atrae la desgracia y el infortunio a todo aquel que se deja llevar por la ambici n de poseerla. Una obra maestra de la literatura de misterio.

La Flecha Negra es una novela hist rica escrita por Robert Louis Stevenson en 1888. Su t tulo original en ingl s es The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses (La flecha negra: un relato de las dos rosas). Su primera publicaci n fue en formato de folleto y con el pseud nimo de Capit n George North. La historia transcurre durante la Guerra de las Dos Rosas, guerra civil en la que se enfrentaron la Casa de Lancaster contra la Casa de York por el trono de Inglaterra. Richard Dick Shelton es el protagonista; la novela cuenta como llega a convertirse en caballero, rescata a Joanna Sedley y obtiene justicia de la muerte de su padre. Unos forajidos del bosque de Tunstall organizados por Ellis Duckworth, causan sospechas a Richard sobre la participaci n de su tutor Sir Daniel Brackley en el asesinato de su padre. Esta desconfianza hacia su tutor lo lleva a ponerse contra l.

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". 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. Treasure Island is traditionally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. It was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co.

SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17__ and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof. I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards: "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum "

Whereupon John went forth, and pawned his gold watch under the assumed name of John Froggs, 85 Pleasance. But the nervousness that assailed him at the door of that inglorious haunt-a pawnshop-and the effort necessary to invent the pseudonym (which, somehow, seemed to him a necessary part of the procedure), had taken more time than he imagined: and when he returned to the billiard-room with the spoils, the bank had already closed its doors. This was a shrewd knock. 'A piece of business had been neglected.' He heard these words in his father's trenchant voice, and trembled, and then dodged the thought.

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". 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.

The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses both an historical adventure novel and a romance novel, set during the Wars of the Roses (1453-1487), a series of civil wars between the houses of Lancaster and York fighting for the English throne. Richard Shelton (Dick) lives as Sir Daniel Brackley's ward at Tunstall Moat House. A group of outlaws known as "The Black Arrow", strike, killing Nicholas Appleyard. They leave a message warning that they will also kill Brackley, and his men and implying that Dick's father, Harry Shelton, died under suspicious circumstances. Dick, who doesn't know how his father died, wonders if Brackley was responsible.

El diablo y la botella (t tulo original: The Bottle Imp) es un cuento corto del escritor escoc s Robert Louis Stevenson. Fue publicado en 1891 por el diario New York Herald. Keawe es un hawaiano que siente la necesidad de conocer otras tierras, por lo que se dirige a San Francisco (Estados Unidos). All descubre una casa preciosa cuyo due o parece algo triste y demacrado. Al entablar conversaci n con l y preguntarle el motivo de su tristeza, el viejo le ense a una botella de vidrio blanco en cuyo interior est n todos los colores del arco iris. Asombrado por su belleza, el viejo le cuenta que en esa botella habita un demonio capaz de conceder cualquier deseo, excepto uno: alargar la vida a una persona. Para eso, el due o de la botella debe cumplir una serie de requisitos: debe vender la botella a otra persona antes de morir o ir al infierno, solo se puede vender la botella si el precio es inferior al que el due o pago.

El club de los suicidas (The Suicide Club) es una historia detectivesca de Robert Louis Stevenson, compuesta por 3 cuentos. Se presenta en ellos a los personajes del Pr ncipe Florizel de Bohemia y su amigo el Coronel Geraldine. Ambos se infiltran en una sociedad secreta cuyos miembros quieren irse de este mundo. La historia constituye uno de los dos ciclos del primer volumen de la colecci n de cuentos Las nuevas mil y una noches (New Arabian Nights). El Pr ncipe Florizel es personaje que tiene el mismo nombre que otro de la obra Cuento de invierno, de William Shakespeare. Se han llevado a cabo numerosas adaptaciones de la historia; entre ellas y tal vez la primera en el mundo del cine, el cortometraje de 4' del director David Wark Griffith, en 1909. El nombre y las historias de este ciclo de cuentos dieron pie a la fundaci n en San Francisco de una sociedad del mismo nombre cuyos miembros, lejos de pretender suicidarse, se dedicaban a las bromas festivas. La sociedad fue activa desde 1977 hasta 1983.

A collection of essays about writing: "On some technical elements of style in literature", "The morality of the profession of letters", "Books which have influenced me", "A note on realism", "My first book: 'Treasure Island'", "The genesis of 'the master of Ballantrae'" & "Preface to 'the master of Ballantrae'".

"They cannot better die than for their natural lord," said Dick. "No natural lord of mine," said the man in the smock. "I followed the Walsinghams; so we all did down Brierly way, till two years ago, come Candlemas. And now I must side with Brackley It was the law that did it; call ye that natural? But now, what with Sir Daniel and what with Sir Oliver-that knows more of law than honesty-I have no natural lord but poor King Harry the Sixt, God bless him -the poor innocent that cannot tell his right hand from his left." "Ye speak with an ill tongue, friend," answered Dick, "to miscall your good master and my lord the king in the same libel.

Kidnapped is an historical ction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a "boys' novel" and rst published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. Kidnapped is set around 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder", which occurred near Ballachulish in 1752 in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Many of the characters were real people, including one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart. The political situation of the time is portrayed from multiple viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically. This classic title has been published by RADLEY BOOKS. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book; produced with elegant text layout, clarity of presentation, and stylistic features that make reading a true pleasure. Special attention is given to legible fonts and adequate letter sizing, correct line length for readability, generous margins and triple lead (lavish line separation); plus we do not allow any mistakes/changes/additions to creep into the author's words. Visit RADLEY BOOKS at www.radleybooks.com (or search RADLEY CLASSIC on Amazon) to see more classic book titles in this series.

"What did he die of?" I inquired. "Some kind of sickness," says the captain. "It appears it took him sudden. Seems he got up in the night, and filled up on Pain-Killer and Kennedy's Discovery. No go: he was booked beyond Kennedy. Then he had tried to open a case of gin. No go again: not strong enough. Then he must have turned to and run out on the verandah, and capsized over the rail. When they found him, the next day, he was clean crazy-carried on all the time about somebody watering his copra. Poor John " "Was it thought to be the island?" I asked. "Well, it was thought to be the island, or the trouble, or something," he replied. "I never could hear but what it was a healthy place. Our last man, Vigours, never turned a hair. He left because of the beach-said he was afraid of Black Jack and Case and Whistling

Catriona es una novela de aventuras escrita por Robert Louis Stevenson como continuaci n de Secuestrado. Prepublicada en Atalanta, fue editada en formato de libro en 1893. La primera edici n en espa ol es de 1944. El t tulo completo es: Catriona. Continuaci n de Secuestrado o memorias de las ltimas aventuras de David Balfour en su patria y en el extranjero, donde trata los infortunios causados por el asesinato de Appin; sus problemas con el abogado Lord Grant; su cautiverio en el pe n del Bass; el viaje por Holanda y Francia y las singulares relaciones con James More Drummond o Macgregor, un hijo del notable Rob Roy, y su hija Catriona, escrita por l mismo y ahora presentada por R. L. S.

Therefore Peter Stevenson knew that winter was over, and that the weather would probably "settle." There would be the spring fogs, of course-and fog did not agree with Helen May since that last spell of grippe. Peter decided that he would stop and see the doctor again, and ask him what he thought of a bungalow out against the hills behind Hollywood; something cheap, of course-and within the five-cent limit on the street cars; something with a sleeping porch that opened upon a pleasanter outlook than your neighbor's back yard. If Helen May would then form the habit of riding to and from town on the open end of the cars, that would help considerably; in fact, the longer the ride the better it would be for Helen May. The air was sweet and clean out there toward the hills. It would be better for Vic, too. It would break up that daily habit of going out to see "the boys" as soon as he had swallowed his dinner. Peter finished refilling the prescription on which he was working, and went out to see if he were needed in front. He sold a lip-stick to a pert miss who from sheer instinct made eyes at him, and he wished that Helen May had such plump cheeks-though he thanked God she had not the girl's sophisticated eyes. (Yes, a bungalow out there against the hills ought to do a lot for Helen May.