Robert Louis Stevenson: 1171 books

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Otto is a prince of a small German court of the eighteenth century, his indolent character leads him to delegate all power to his wife Amélie-Séraphine, which in turn is influenced by the Prime Minister Baron Gondremark. The war of invasion to the near duchy of Gerolstein, will be the beginning of the end for the three.

Across the Plains is the novel that will definitely keep you involved with the journey of the emigrant, as presented by the author. The minute details of the contemporary American towns and country has the power to nostalgically amuse and hanker for more of it. The movement of the emigrant train,...

The ancient and famous metropolis of the North sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope and summit of three hills.No situation could be more commanding for the head city of a kingdom; none better chosen for noble prospects.From her tall precipice and terraced gardens she looks far and wide...

Extrait : "Comme j'attendais ainsi, je vis s'avancer vers moi un homme qui sortait d'une pièce voisine et dans lequel je reconnus à l'instant John Silver. Sa jambe gauche avait été coupée au niveau de la hanche. Il y suppléait par une béquille dont il se servait avec une habileté surprenante, sautant de côté et d'autre comme un oiseau."

The sun is not a-bed, when I At night upon my pillow lie; Still round the earth his way he takes, And morning after morning makes. While here at home, in shining day, We round the sunny garden play, Each little Indian sleepy-head Is being kissed and put to bed. And when at eve I rise...

No one but myself knows what I have suffered, nor what my books have gained, by your unsleeping watchfulness and admirable pertinacity. And now here is a volume that goes into the world and lacks your imprimatur: a strange thing in our joint lives; and the reason of it stranger still! I have watched...

In every Samoan household the day is closed with prayer and the singing of hymns. The omission of this sacred duty would indicate, not only a lack of religious training in the house chief, but a shameless disregard of all that is reputable in Samoan social life. No doubt, to many, the evening service...

Charming descriptive book about the city of Edinburgh in the 1870s. It sounds like it was a tough, though romantic, place to live.

Al día siguiente de la muerte de su padre, Jim Hawkins descubre casualmente un extraño mapa en el baúl de un viejo pirata que ha muerto en su posada. El mapa será el responsable de una emocionante expedición a una isla desconocida en busca del mítico tesoro del capitán Flint. Pero la aventura...

The Wrong Box is a comedy about the ending of a tontine (a tontine is an arrangement whereby a number of young people subscribe to a fund which is then closed and invested until all but one of the subscribers have died. That last subscriber then receives the whole of the proceeds). The story involves...