Robert Louis Stevenson

El Extra o Caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson, Editorial Oneness (Edited by)

Esta obra de Stevenson, nos muestra a un abogado, Gabriel John Utterson, que investiga la extra a relaci n entre su viejo amigo, el Dr. Henry Jekyll, y el mis ntropo Edward Hyde. El libro es conocido por ser una representaci n v vida de un trastorno psiqui trico que hace que una misma persona tenga dos o m s identidades o personalidades con caracter sticas opuestas entre s . Esta novela se ha convertido en una pieza fundamental y centrada en el concepto de la cultura occidental del conflicto interior del ser humano entre el bien y el mal. Tambi n ha sido considerada como "Una de las mejores descripciones del per odo victoriano por su perforante descripci n de la dicotom a fundamental del siglo XIX: Respetabilidad externa y lujuria interna." Y su tendencia a la hipocres a social.

Combien le lecteur, - tandis que, commod ment assis au coin de son feu, il s'amuse feuilleter les pages d'un roman, - combien il se rend peu compte des fatigues et des angoisses de l'auteur Combien il n glige de se repr senter les longues nuits de luttes contre des phrases r tives, les s ances de recherches dans les biblioth ques, les correspondances avec d' rudits et illisibles professeurs allemands, en un mot tout l' norme chafaudage que l'auteur a difi et puis d moli, simplement pour lui procurer, lui, lecteur, quelques instants de distraction au coin de son feu, ou encore pour lui temp rer l'ennui d'une heure en wagon

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

Robert Louis Stevenson, (Edimburgo, Escocia, 13 de noviembre de 1850-Vailima, cerca de Apia, Samoa, 3 de diciembre de 1894) fue un novelista, poeta y ensayista escoc s. Su legado es una vasta obra que incluye cr nicas de viaje, novelas de aventuras e hist ricas, as como l rica y ensayos. Se lo conoce principalmente por ser el autor de algunas de las historias fant sticas y de aventuras m s cl sicas de la literatura juvenil, como La isla del tesoro, la novela hist rica La flecha negra y la popular novela de horror El extra o caso del doctor Jekyll y el se or Hyde. 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.1 La sociedad fue activa desde 1977 hasta 1983.

Kidnapped is an historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a "boys' novel" and first published in July 1886. The novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. A sequel, Catriona, was published in 1893. 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.

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton. Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organized by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card is a black arrow, cause Dick to suspect that his guardian Sir Daniel Brackley and his retainers are responsible for his father's murder. Dick's suspicions are enough to turn Sir Daniel against him, so he has no recourse but to escape from Sir Daniel and join the outlaws of the Black Arrow against him. This struggle sweeps him up into the greater conflict surrounding them all. The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses is an 1888 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is both a historical adventure novel and a romance novel. The Black Arrow has been adapted for film and television several times, often very loosely. Adaptations include a 1911 film short starring Charles Ogle, a 1948 film starring Louis Hayward, a 1985 film starring Oliver Reed and Benedict Taylor, a Soviet film Chyornaya strela 1985, a 1951 two-part British TV serial starring Denis Quilley, a 1968 seven-part Italian TV production entitled La freccia nera, a British TV series running from 1972-1975 starring successively Robin Langford and Simon Cuff as Richard Shelton during its run, and a 1988 animated adaptation by Burbank Films Australia. The Robert Louis Stevenson website maintains a complete list of derivative works. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Timeless Classics for Your Bookshelf Classic Books for Your Inspiration and Entertainment Visit Us at: goo.gl/0oisZU

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." 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. 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. Plot summary Stevenson's map of Treasure Island Jim Hawkins hiding in the apple-barrel, listening to the pirates PART I-"THE OLD BUCCANEER" An old sailor, calling himself "the captain"-real name "Billy" Bones-comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the west English coast during the mid-1700s, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for a one-legged "seafaring man." A seaman with intact legs shows up, frightening Billy-who drinks far too much rum-into a stroke, and Billy tells Jim that his former shipmates covet the contents of his sea chest. After a visit from yet another man, Billy has another stroke and dies; Jim and his mother (his father has also died just a few days before) unlock the sea chest, finding some money, a journal, and a map. The local physician, Dr. Livesey, deduces that the map is of an island where a deceased pirate-Captain Flint-buried a vast treasure. The district squire, Trelawney, proposes buying a ship and going after the treasure, taking Livesey as ship's doctor and Jim as cabin boy. Robert Louis Stevenson, n le 13 novembre 1850 dimbourg et mort le 3 d cembre 1894 Vailima (Samoa), est un crivain cossais et un grand voyageur, c l bre pour son roman L' le au tr sor (1883), pour sa nouvelle L' trange Cas du docteur Jekyll et de M. Hyde (1886) et pour son r cit Voyage avec un ne dans les C vennes (1879). Stevenson est parfois consid r comme un auteur de romans d'aventure ou de r cits fantastiques pour adolescents, mais son oeuvre a une tout autre dimension: il a d'ailleurs t salu avec enthousiasme par les plus grands de ses contemporains et de ses successeurs. Ses nouvelles et romans manifestent en effet une profonde intelligence de la narration, de ses moyens et de ses effets. Il exploite tous les ressorts du r cit comme la multiplication des narrateurs et des points de vue, et pratique en m me temps une criture tr s visuelle, propice aux sc nes particuli rement frappantes.

Extract: 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 2) "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way." In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men. And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour. Robert Louis Stevenson, n le 13 novembre 1850 dimbourg et mort le 3 d cembre 1894 Vailima (Samoa), est un crivain cossais et un grand voyageur, c l bre pour son roman L' le au tr sor (1883), pour sa nouvelle L' trange Cas du docteur Jekyll et de M. Hyde (1886) et pour son r cit Voyage avec un ne dans les C vennes (1879). Stevenson est parfois consid r comme un auteur de romans d'aventure ou de r cits fantastiques pour adolescents, mais son oeuvre a une tout autre dimension: il a d'ailleurs t salu avec enthousiasme par les plus grands de ses contemporains et de ses successeurs. Ses nouvelles et romans manifestent en effet une profonde intelligence de la narration, de ses moyens et de ses effets. Il exploite tous les ressorts du r cit comme la multiplication des narrateurs et des points de vue, et pratique en m me temps une criture tr s visuelle, propice aux sc nes particuli rement frappantes. Mariage En 1879, malgr l'opposition de sa famille, il part rejoindre Fanny Osbourne en Californie. Partant de Glasgow le 7 ao t, il atteint New York le 18 et retrouve Fanny Monterey, apr s un voyage en chemin de fer. En mars 1880, il manque de mourir d'une pneumonie et ne doit son salut qu' l'attention de Fanny, qui se d voue six semaines son chevet. peine r tabli, il l' pouse le 19 mai San Francisco et ils partent en lune de miel, accompagn s du fils de Fanny, Lloyd. Cette lune de miel, qu'ils passent Calistoga en Californie dans une mine d'argent d saffect e, est relat e dans Les Squatters de Silverado et publi e en 1883. Entre 1880 et 1887, Stevenson voyagea beaucoup en cosse, en Angleterre, s journa Davos, cherchant un climat b n fique sa sant et o il b n ficie des soins du docteur Karl R edi. Il passa deux ans en 1883 et 1884 Hy res dans un chalet appel Solitude. Il crivit alors: Ce coin, notre jardin et notre vue sont subc lestes. Je chante tous les jours avec Bunian le grand barde. Je r side pr s du Paradis. Plus tard, il crivit Heureux, je le fus une fois et ce fut Hy res En 1887, apr s le d c s de son p re, il partit aux tats-Unis, o il fut accueilli par la presse new-yorkaise comme une vedette, la suite du succ s de L' trange Cas du docteur Jekyll et de M. Hyde (1886). Il passa l'hiver dans les monts Adirondacks pour soigner sa tuberculose, et d cida au printemps d'effectuer une croisi re en Oc anie o il visita les les Marquises, les les Gilbert et les Samoas.