Books by Robert Louis Stevenson

Book SynopsisUna novela que aborda un problema atemporal: la identidad del ser humano, la dualidad que todos llevamos en nuestro interior.Permanecí unos momentos ante el espejo..., dice Henry Jekyll en su confesión. Quién hay al otro lado del espejo?, parece querer averiguar. Soy yo el que se refleja en él o es el otro que está dentro de mí? Cómo soy realmente? Cómo quiero ser? Cómo creen los demás que soy?Todas estas preguntas se las planteó también Robert L. Stevenson cuando decidió escribir esta novela, que aborda un problema atemporal: la identidad del ser humano, la dualidad que todos llevamos en nuestro interior; en suma, el bien y el mal, tema tan viejo como la humanidad misma.Pero además, el autor no dejó de echar una mirada a la sociedad en la que le tocó vivir, para analizar si el hombre es libre de actuar como quiere o es su entorno el que condiciona su forma de vida. Obra, por tanto, que ni un segundo deja impasible al lector y cuyo interés mantiene en vilo hasta su últi

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Book Synopsis?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...?Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It 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 work is commonly associated with the rare mental condition often called "split personality", referred to in psychiatry as dissociative identity disorder, where within the same body there exists more than one distinct personality. In this case, there are two personalities within Dr. Jekyll, one apparently good and the other evil.

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Book Synopsis?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,...?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 and 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 1883 by Cassell & Co.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, parrots on their shoulders...

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Book SynopsisLos mejores libros jamás escritos.Hay muchas razones por las que no debería contarles mi historia. Tal vez por eso mismo vaya a hacerlo.Los relatos del gran Stevenson conforman uno de los universos literarios más ricos y mágicos jamás escritos. Aquí habitan historias tan populares como El extraño caso del doctor Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, además de otras obras maestras igualmente inolvidables. Ya sean de temática fantástica, romántica o de ambientación marina, los cuentos de Stevenson constituyen una lectura a todas luces imprescindible.El presente volumen reúne la totalidad de la narrativa breve del autor escocés, vertida a la lengua castellana por Miguel Temprano García. A modo de presentación, la precede la formidable introducción de Barry Menikoff, investigador y docente de renombre internacional.

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