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Stevenson es uno de los autores más famosos de novelas fantásticas y de aventuras como La isla del tesoro, La flecha negra y El extraño caso del doctor Jekyll y Mr Hyde.

Todas las noches cuatro amigos se reúnen en una posada de Debenham. Fettes es el más reservado, poco saben de su vida pasada de la que nunca quiere hablar. Una noche, llega a la posada un reputado médico venido de Londres, el Dr. Macfarlane. El médico y Fettes parecen conocerse, pero éste se muestra arisco con el doctor y rechaza sus amables ofrecimientos.

En Molokai, perteneciente a las islas Hawai, el joven Keloa y el hechicero Kalamake emprenden un viaje a una misteriosa isla en busca de riquezas. Se trata de la isla de las voces, un lugar oculto y habitado por caníbales donde tendrán que enfrentarse a numerosos peligros.

This volume starts with the famous M. R. James story of occult revenge, "Casting the Runes", about a slighted occultist out for murderous revenge using his diabolical black arts to achieve it. It was adapted into the equally chilling movie Night of the Demon in 1957. Next up is another famous classic, W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkeys Paw", a brilliantly written tale of greed and getting what you wish for. The third story is "Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe - a classic yarn about the grisly revenge conjured up by a mistreated court jester.

As Jim Hawkins tells his extraordinary tale, and later that of his companion Dr. Livesey, we are plunged into a world of pirates, buried treasure, mutiny, and deceit.

Es Navidad, pero el dueño del negocio de antigüedades igual le abre la puerta a un joven cliente; el comerciante no desaprovecha ninguna oportunidad de ganar dinero. El cliente se llama Markheim y es un viejo conocido: ya lo ha visitado siempre con objetos notables, provenientes del gabinete de su tío, un importante coleccionista. Markheim tiene problemas económicos y con frecuencia debe empeñar piezas de valor que, en ocasiones, roba. Esta vez, sin embargo, Markheim no quiere vender.

Robert Louis Stevenson reconstruyó en el relato El ladrón de cadáverescon su elegante pluma una de las realidades más sórdidas del siglo XIX: la práctica del resurreccionismo, de los salteadores de tumbas que aprovisionaban a doctores para sus experimentos anatómicos. Basado en siniestros hechos reales, Stevenson imprime a su cuento un viraje terrorífico.

La acción comienza en el Barrio Latino de París, donde se aloja Silas Q. Scuddamore, un joven ingenuo que, atraído por una hermosa damisela, consigue concertar una cita secreta a la que no se presentará ella. Decepcionado, Silas vuelve al hotel y halla el cadáver de un hombre en la cama de su habitación. Otro hospedado, el Dr. Noel, lleva a cabo las gestiones para que Silas y el cadáver, metido éste en un baúl de Saratoga (o baúl mundo), salgan en secreto para Londres en compañía del príncipe Florizel.

"La Historia del Joven de las Tartas de Crema" de Robert Louis Stevenson es un cuento caprichoso de la aventura culinaria de un joven, que combina el humor y la alegría del capricho, con un toque de reflexión moral.

Mergulhe nessa incrível história de Jim Hawkins e sua aventura pelo mar!

"Aprendí a reconocer la completa y primitiva dualidad del hombre; Me di cuenta de que, de las dos naturalezas que luchaban en el campo de batalla de mi conciencia, aun cuando podía decirse con razón que yo era cualquiera de las dos, ello se debía únicamente a que era radicalmente ambas." Con el objetivo de desvelar un misterio, la novela presenta una sucesión de testimonios provenientes de diferentes testigos situados en el corazón de un Londres victoriano.

Kidnapped is one of Stevenson's most enduringly popular novels. At its center is a historical event: the murder of Colin Campbell, the "Red Fox" of Glenure in Scotland. David Balfour, whose father dies leaving him with nothing to live on, goes to live with a cruel and miserly uncle. The uncle attempts to have the boy killed and then has him kidnapped and taken to sea. The ship is wrecked, and the novel follows David and and his friend Alan as they journey across the Highlands through numerous dangers including witnessing and becoming suspects in the murder of the Red Fox.

Since its publication in 1883, Treasure Island has remained one of the great tales of the sea. The story is told through the eyes of young Jim Hawkins, who first hears the tales of buried pirate treasure while working in his father's tavern. Once he actually meets some of those pirates, the action moves from the tavern, to the the high seas, and then to a secret island. A true adventure classic.

Robert Louis Stevenson was best known for novels like Treasure Island and Kidnapped, but he also wrote a number of fascinating short stories, many dealing with the supernatural.

J. Utterson es un notario intrigado por un testamento que le ha entregado un amigo, el Dr. Jekyll, por el que hace heredero de todas sus posesiones a un tal Sr. Hyde. Por casualidad, Utterson se entera de que Hyde es un hombre de dudosa moralidad y desagradable aspecto, capaz de helar la sangre con una mirada. Empujado por la voluntad de ayudar a su amigo, el notario empieza a investigar la extraña relación que une al Dr. Jekyll con el oscuro Sr. Hyde.

Set amidst the islands of Hawaii, "The Bottle Imp" tells the tale of Keawe, a young man who comes into possession of a bottle containing a shadowy creature that grants his every wish. Of course, nothing is free, as Keawe soon discovers. He learns that he must get rid of the bottle or suffer a terrible fate. But getting rid of the bottle is not as easy at it would seem.

Emma, I have scratched out the beginning to my father, for I think I can write more easily to you. This is my last farewell to all, the last you will ever hear or see of an unworthy friend and son. I have failed in life; I am quite broken down and disgraced. I pass under a false name; you will have to tell my father that with all your kindness. It is my own fault. -- with Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson.

While Robert Louis Stevenson is most famous for novels like Treasure Island and Kidnapped, he also wrote a number of excellent stories of the supernatural. "Markheim" is one of his best.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is about a London lawyer 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 very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next.

In a fog-wreathed London, the respected Dr Jekyll’s experiments on the dual nature of man unleash a brute that feels no moral restraint or remorse. Although excited by this freedom, Jekyll discovers that he is unable to control the power of his vicious alter ego and is faced with shameful discovery or ignominious death.