Stevenson: 1819 books

Book cover of Il signore di Ballantrae
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 18, 2015

Questo romanzo di Stevenson risale al 1888 e mette in risalto le crude e a volte spietate pieghe emotive, sociali e storiche di un conflitto tra fratelli nel periodo dell'insurrezione giacobita. A metà tra l'opera storica e la narrativa pura, è la storia di due nobili scozzesi, fratelli, la cui...
Book cover of La cassa sbagliata
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 18, 2015

Una vera e propria caccia all'eredità coinvolge e sconvolge tutti i membri della famiglia Finsbury. Un'eredità anomala e curiosa che ammette tutti i colpi bassi e ogni colpo di scena. Tra cadaveri più o meno eccellenti che spariscono, finte morti e vere resurrezioni, il sangue freddo dei protagonisti...
Book cover of Edimburgo. Tre passeggiate a piedi
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 16, 2017

Una serie di saggi che descrivono angoli diversi della città scozzese di Edimburgo, e tre itinerari da intraprendere a piedi per le campagne inglesi. Nel raccontare la sua città natale, Stevenson la descrive come una città di polvere e pioggia, foriera di malumore, ma anche un luogo ricco di memorie,...
Book cover of Conversazione e conversatori
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 26, 2018

In questi due piccoli saggi pubblicati sul «Cornhill Magazine» nel 1882, R.L. Stevenson si interroga sulla natura e sul valore della conversazione e offre preziosi consigli su come praticare al meglio quest’arte; lo fa con il suo stile sobrio e acuto e l’abilità di osservare il mondo da una...
Book cover of Across The Plains

Across The Plains

“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.” 

by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2013

Robert Louis Stevenson. In the Scottish canon to be placed alongside Burns for your poems is high praise indeed but its a rightful place for one of Scotlands finest novelists. Born in 1850 he managed to cram much into his 44 years travelling widely to France, the United States, Samoa and the South Seas....
Book cover of The Life of John Wesley Hardin
by John Wesley Hardin, Damian Stevenson
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018

John Wesley Hardin was the only Wild West outlaw to write his autobiography. This new 2018 edition of his prison-penned memoirs includes an introduction and footnotes by author and translator Damian Stevenson (‘On the Shortness of Life’) which help shed light on this most enigmatic of Old West legends.
Book cover of A Lodging for the Night and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by Ouida, Wilkie Collins, Hesba Stretton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011

A compilation of five masterful long short stories: "A Lodging for the Night" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "A Leaf in the Storm" by Ouida, "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins, "Michael Lorio's Cross" by Hesba Stretton, and "A Perilous Amour" by Stanley J. Weyman.     
Book cover of Markheim
by R.L. Stevenson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 31, 2017

Se trata de un cuento sobre la lucha por el alma de un hombre, sobre la pelea del bien contra el mal que transcurre en una fria casa londinense.
Book cover of El señor de Balantry
by R.L. Stevenson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 24, 2016

Durante el siglo XVIII, dos hermanos se enfrentan al haber tomado distintas posturas respecto a la monarquía. Mientras uno defiende al rey actual, el rey Jorge, el otro ayudará a las tropas rebeldes, para que sea el príncipe Carlos el verdadero heredero del trono de Inglaterra.
Book cover of La resaca
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 4, 2019

"La misma temperatura en Inglaterra no hubiera chocado en pleno estío, pero era cruelmente fría para el Mar del Sur... Y aquellos tres hombres la sentían también y tiritaban. Llevaban livianas ropas de algodón, las mismas en que habían sudado por el día, y aguantado los aguaceros tropicales;...
Book cover of L'Ile au tresor
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Language: French
Release Date: July 26, 2014

EXTRAIT: On me demande de raconter tout ce qui se rapporte à mes aventures dans l’île au Trésor, — tout, depuis le commencement jusqu’à la fin, — en ne réservant que la vraie position géographique de l’île, et cela par la raison qu’il...
Book cover of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( Feathers Classics)
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Feathers Classics
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2018

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,...
Book cover of Le roman du prince Othon

Le roman du prince Othon

( Edition intégrale )

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Egerton Castle
Language: French
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Quand un prince voyage incognito, il s expose à entendre des choses bien désagréables. Othon, séduisant jeune homme, règne dans l’insouciance sur une petite principauté allemande, quand par hasard il apprend qu il lui reste quarante-huit heures pour éviter une déclaration de guerre, se débarrasser...
Book cover of Der seltsame Fall des Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde

Der seltsame Fall des Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde

Illustrierte und überarbeitete Fassung

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jürgen Schulze
Language: German
Release Date: May 23, 2019

Vollständig neu überarbeitete, korrigierte und illustrierte Fassung Stevensons wohl bedeutendste Geschichte, und eine der berühmtesten Horrornovellen überhaupt, wurde 1886 zum ersten großen Publikumserfolg des bis dahin nur wenig bekannten Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll ist es mit Hilfe von...
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