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Rediscover the delight and innocence of childhood in these classic poems from celebrated author, Robert Louis Stevenson. From make-believe to climbing trees, bedtime stories to morning play and favourite cousins to beloved mothers.Here is a very special collection to be treasured for ever.

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When he attends a dying patron of his family's boarding house, young Jim Hawkins has no idea that the man was once a pirate, or that the man's possessions include a map that will lead whoever has it to the island where the notorious buccaneer, Captain Flint, buried his treasure. Jim and his guardians hire a boat to sail to the island, unaware that crew they have hired includes many members of Flint's pirate band, among them former quartermaster Long John Silver, and that they hope to claim the treasure for their own. The ensuing action-packed adventure established the classic pirate story as it was written for more than a century afterward, and it made the literary reputation of its young author, Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Encuadernación: CartonéColección: Clásicos ilustradosEl pirata y el boticario es una historia en la que cabe la ironía, la crítica y el humor, entrelazados de forma magistral por Robert. L. Stevenson. Un relato en el que la moral ?o la falta de ella- juega a disfrazarse y desafía continuamente a quien se enfrenta a su lectura. El lado oscuro de los personajes brota con claridad en cada uno de los versos, cuya narración rimada acentúa aún más el el ácido encanto que deja cada página.Esta historia en verso formaba parte una serie más amplia, conocida como los "Cuadernos de Davos", inspirados en los emblemas literarios del siglo XVIII. Tan solo un año más tarde, Robert L. Stevenson publicaría La Isla del Tesoro.El pirata y el boticario hoy revive como sabio manual para quien ejerce la piratería y como un mordaz álbum ilustrado para los seguidores de Stevenson. Está nominado a los premios de Literatura Juvenil Alemana 2013 y se ha consagrado en la Hotlist 2012, como uno de los

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Narrador inolvidable, poeta valioso, viajero y acuñador de anécdotas biográficas, para conocer completamente el universo Stevenson es necesario visitar también su faceta ensayística, a la altura del resto de su obra, didáctica y cercana, pero también rigurosa y precisa. Envidiable.Escribir reúne sus Ensayos sobre literatura, donde los textos sobre sus libros de cabecera dan paso a los retratos de sus autores favoritos, se mezclan con variados consejos de escritura, confesiones literarias y recuerdos sobre su propio trabajo y la creación de títulos tan maravillosos como El señor de Ballantrae o La isla del tesoro.Primera entrega de los ensayos reunidos del autor de La isla del tesoro. Empezamos con su universo literario. La arquitectura de un escritor.

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Escrita inicialmente por Stevenson para complacer y entretener a su joven hijastro Lloyd Osbourne, y publicada por entregas en la revista Young Folks, entre 1881 y 1882, bajo el seudónimo de Capitán George North, La isla del tesoro se ha convertido en su ya largo siglo de existencia en el clásico de la literatura de aventuras por excelencia, que ha cautivado a millones de lectores en todo el mundo a lo largo de cinco generaciones.Jim Hawkins, hijo adolescente del dueño de la posada Almiral Benbow, frente a la solitaria bahía del Cerro Negro, va a experimentar un cambio radical en su rutinaria existencia cuando un viejo y extraño marino que se hospeda en la posada le confiesa, al borde del delirium tremens provocado por el ron, que formó parte de la tripulación del mítico capitán pirata Flint, y que esconde en su baúl algo que codician sus antiguos camaradas. Muerto el viejo bucanero, Jim descubre el misterioso mapa de una isla entre sus pertenencias... Más no de

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L' estranya història del doctor Jekyll i míster Hyde (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 1886) va ser escrita al llit, el 1885, mentre el seu autor, Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), es curava d'unes hemorràgies pulmonars.Un dels màxims-novellistes moderns ?i a més incomparable crític literari, a jutjar per les seves classes sobre literatura europea i russa? recomana, en parlar d'aquesta petita obra mestra, que esborrem de la memòria qualsevol idea que en tinguem com a novella o pellícula detectivesca. Per la senzilla raó que, si bé se la pot considerar com un dels precedents del gènere detectivesc, la novella d'Stevenson, a diferència de la majoria d'aquestes obres, excelleix sobretot pel seu estil. Tradicionalment, la crítica ha considerat L' estranya història del doctor Jekyll i míster Hyde com una paràbola i com una allegoria. Però, en realitat, aquesta obra és molt més que això. Es bàsicament, com diu Vladimir Nabòkov, un excellentrelat de fantasmes, i alhora una faula que es toba més a

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La apacible vida del abogado Utterson se verá sacudida brutalmente al implicarse en un extraordinario y escalofriante caso. Su deseo de ayudar a un buen amigo, el Dr. Jekyll, le impulsa a llevar a cabo una serie de investigaciones. Por desgracia, el resultado de sus averiguaciones resultará espeluznante. Asesinatos y experimentos científicos se dan la mano en esta apasionante novela de Stevenson, que sigue gozando de plena actualidad.

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A humane scientist attempts to explore the most loathsome forces of evil behind the doors of his London laboratory.

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How thin is the line between good and evil?Dr Jekyll has been experimenting with his identity. He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature and allows him occasionally to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr Hyde. But gradually he begins to find that the journey back to goodness becomes more and more difficult, and the risk that Mr Hyde will break free entirely from Dr Jekyll's control puts all of London in grave peril.

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Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this thrilling edition of Kidnapped. When young David Balfour''s father dies and leaves him in poverty, he tracks down his Uncle Ebenezer to seek his inheritance. But his uncle is a mean, nasty man with a dark family secret. David finds himself in terrible danger when he is kidnapped and taken prisoner on board a ship bound for slavery - he must escape. With the help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David faces a wild adventure as he is hunted across the desolate Scottish moors.Robert Louis Stevenson''s action adventure novel is brilliantly introduced by Alexander McCall Smith.

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Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this epic edition of Treasure Island complete with a bold new cover.When an old sea Captain named Billy Bones leaves behind a mysterious chest at Jim Hawkins'' parents inn, Jim discovers a map to the legendary Treasure Island! Jim sets sail to Treasure Island with Long John Silver and his ragtag crew but can they be trusted?

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Weir of Hermiston (1896) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is markedly different from his previous works in style and has often been praised as a potential masterpiece. It was cut short by Stevenson's sudden death in 1894 from a cerebral hemorrhage. The novel is set at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.The novel tells the story of Archie Weir, a youth born into an upper-class Edinburgh family. Because of his Romantic sensibilities and sensitivity, Archie is estranged from his father, who is depicted as the coarse and cruel judge of a criminal court. By mutual consent, Archie is banished from his family of origin and sent to live as the local laird on a family property in the vicinity of the Borders hamlet Hermiston.While serving as the laird, Archie meets and falls in love with Kirstie (Christina). As the two are deepening their relationship, the book breaks off. Confusingly, there are two characters in the novel called Christina, the younger of wh

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A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa is an 1892 historical non-fiction work by Robert Louis Stevenson describing the contemporary Samoan Civil War.Robert Louis Stevenson arrived in Samoa in 1889 and built a house at Vailima. He quickly became passionately interested, and involved, in the attendant political machinations. These involved the three colonial powers battling for control of Samoa – America, Germany and Britain – and the indigenous factions struggling to preserve their ancient political system. The book covers the period from 1882 to 1892.The novel is presented as the memoir of one Ephraim Mackellar, steward of the Durrisdeer estate in Scotland. The novel opens in 1745, the year of the Jacobite rising. When Bonnie Prince Charlie raises the banner of the Stuarts, the Durie family—the Laird of Durrisdeer, his older son James Durie (the Master of Ballantrae) and his younger son Henry Durie—decide on a common strategy: on

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No library''s complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects the greatest works of Robert Louis Stevenson, whose stories of excitement and adventure will never be forgotten.He wrote stories of chance and peril, pirates and buried gold. He told tales of good and evil, of men struggling with the darkest parts of their souls. Acclaimed Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson was a master whose works offer compelling insight into our hearts and minds. His novels should be studied and treasured, kept in every home library. Featuring the full texts of Treasure Island, Prince Otto, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped, The Black Arrow, The Master of Ballantrae, and David Balfour, this Canterbury Classics edition of Robert Louis Stevenson collects his greatest yarns in an elegant, leather-bound book. With gilded edges, a ribbon bookmark, and other exciting enhance

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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. The story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by Stevenson and his nephew. The tale is told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself. Stevenson's first full-length work of fiction brought him immediate fame and continues to captivate readers of all ages.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.’ Orphaned as a young teenager, Lowlander David Balfour’s only relative is his guardian and uncle, Ebenezer. Ill-thought of and disliked by many, it’s not long before Ebenezer betrays his nephew and David finds himself trapped aboard a ship. He soon strikes up a friendship with fugitive stranger and Scottish Highlander Alan Breck and becomes embroiled in the fierce Jacobite struggle against English rule. A tale of high-seas adventure, loyalty and fighting, the complex relationship between Alan and David stops Stevenson’s novel from becoming ‘just’ a boys adventure novel.

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Perhaps one of the most popular of Stevenson's works, A Child's Garden Of Verses, first published in 1885, is regarded universally as one of the greatest recollections of childhood in verse.

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An irresistible invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life's simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), Robert Louis Stevenson's witty and seminal essay on the joys of idleness is accompanied here by his writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleasant places and the overwhelming experience of falling in love. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are

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The quintessential adventure story that first established pirates in the popular imagination, Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is edited with an introduction by John Seelye in Penguin Classics.When a mysterious sailor dies in sinister circumstances at the Admiral Benbow inn, young Jim Hawkins stumbles across a treasure map among the dead man's possessions. But Jim soon becomes only too aware that he is not the only one who knows of the map's existence, and his bravery and cunning are tested to the full when, with his friends Squire Trelawney and Dr Livesey, he sets sail in the Hispaniola to track down the treasure. With its swift-moving plot and memorably drawn characters - Blind Pew and Black Dog, the castaway Ben Gunn and the charming but dangerous Long John Silver - Stevenson's tale of pirates, treachery and heroism was an immediate success when it was first published in 1883 and has retained its place as one of the greatest of all adventure stories.In his introduction John Seelye examines Stevenson's life and influences and the novel's place within adventure fiction. This edition also includes Stevenson's essay on the composition of Treasure Island.Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, the son of a prosperous civil engineer. Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer, the success of Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure. Stevenson's Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil, themes he explored in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1893).If you enjoyed Treasure Island, you might like Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, also available in Penguin Classics.

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Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. The story is told in the first person by young Jim Hawkins, whose mother keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old seadog, a resident at the inn, hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors whom he fears but, despite all precautions, the old man is served with the black spot which means death. Among the dead man's belongings Jim discovers a map showing the location of the buried treasure of the notorious pirate Captain Flint. It is not long before he, along with Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney, sets sail to find the treasure. However, amongst the hired hands is the one-legged Long John Silver who has designs on the treasure for himself. The continuing fascination with this tale of high drama, buried treasure and treachery bears out what Stevenson wrote about the book to his friend W. E. Henley: 'if this don't fetch the kids, why, they have gone rotten since my day.' The book not only continues to 'fetch the kids' but the grown-ups too – in fact all those with the spirit of adventure in their hearts.

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L'illa del tresor explica les experiències d'un grup d'aventurers que van a la recerca d'un tresor enterrat en una illa per un vell pirata. Aquesta novella, narrada en primera persona per Jim Hawkins, el més jove dels mariners, ha entusiasmat milions de lectors des que es va publicar l'any 1883. És una obra que conté tots els ingredients d'un llibre d'aventures: una expedició a terres llunyanes i desconegudes, perills, pirates, baralles..

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Nuestros sentidos se agudizan, percibimos lo que nos rodea de una manera especial, distinta a la de nuestras experiencias cotidianas, es el terror, el pánico, el miedo. Estos seis relatos consiguen que se nos pongan los pelos de punta y que nos atemorice la oscuridad.Edgar Allan Poe describe en El corazón delator uno de esos espeluznantes procesos que revelan la fragilidad de la mente y nos muestran el límite sutil que puede existir entre razón y locura. La cabellera, de Guy de Maupassant, nos envuelve con una onírica mescolanza de malsano refinamiento y necrofilia, que surgen de una romántica nostalgia de tiempos pasados. El relato de Robert Louis Stevenson, El ladrón de cadáveres, resulta ser una pesadilla en la que lo natural y lo sobrenatural se vinculan en una atmósfera siniestra, pero real. La Casa del Juez, de Bram Stoker, es uno de los relatos más sobrecogedores y horripilantes que se hayan escrito jamas, ideal para ser leído en una noche tormentosa... si hacemos acopio del

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Los escritos más personales de Stevenson, aquellos que recogen parte de sus recuerdos familiares y de infancia, junto a los recuerdos de personas que con las que convivió o de quienes le sirvieron para configurar su propia biografía, además de diferentes ensayos de carácter más personal, sobre diferentes edades y comportamientos de los hombres con el análisis lúcido pero cercano que es habitual en Stevenson.

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Narrador inolvidable, poeta valioso, viajero y acuñador de anécdotas biográficas, para conocer completamente el universo Stevenson es necesario visitar también su faceta ensayística, a la altura del resto de su obra, didáctica y cercana, pero también rigurosa y precisa. Envidiable.Viajar reúne sus Ensayos sobre viajes, aquellos maravillosos textos en los volcó la que fuera ?junto a la literatura? su gran pasión. Una mirada personalísima y un estilo insuperable para dar cuenta de su Edimburgo natal, de sus excursiones por el paisaje inglés, de los viajes al continente europeo y, por fin, cruzando el océano, América. Un aspecto del autor de La flecha negra o El extraño caso del doctor Jekyll y el señor Hide que ningún lector debería pasar por alto.

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Entusiasmado al terminar la tercera relectura de El barco fantasma, del capitán Frederick Marryat, Stevenson se propuso escribir un cuento, una historia que abarque muchos años y muchos países ... una historia que siga las grandes líneas del libro que había estado leyendo... Sirviéndose de la rivalidad entre los dos hermanos de una noble familia escocesa, Stevenson plantea en El barón de Ballantrae la imposible lucha entre el hermano vivo (esencialmente bueno) y la sombra heroica del primogénito desaparecido (un ser que ha perdido toda noción de la moral y que actúa más allá de todo escrúpulo).Pese a que la idea de un hombre que vuelve a la vida ?dice Stevenson? quedaba totalmente fuera del ámbito de la aceptación general, ... encajó de inmediato en mi proyecto... Tenía que crear una especie de genio malvado para sus amigos y para su familia, someterle a varias desapariciones y hacer de su reaparición final desde el foso de la muerte, en el bosque helado

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Jim Hawkins es un chico que lleva una vida normal trabajando en la posada de sus padres hasta que un viejo lobo de mar se hospeda en ella. Tras la inesperada muerte del marino, Jim encuentra entre sus pertenencias un mapa que todos los piratas lo desean, el del tesoro que enterró el famoso capitán Flint, y no le queda otra opción más que partir en su busca.

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Durante toda su vida, Robert Louis Stevenson estuvo obsesionado con la dualidad de la naturaleza humana, entendida como una lucha entre la razón y el instinto, entre el bien y el mal que habitan en cada uno de nosotros. Los personajes de su ?extraño caso?, el desafortunado doctor Jekyll y su malvado alter ego Hyde, personifican esa dualidad humana en un extraordinario relato de terror, intriga y ciencia ficción.

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Para Jim Hawkins todo empezó a cambiar cuando un viejo lobo de mar, gran aficionado al ron, decidió instalarse en la posada de su padre. Aunque la aventura realmente comienza cuando Jim descubre el mapa del tesoro y conoce a John Silver. Robert Louis Stevenson publicó La Isla del Tesoro en 1883 y, desde entonces, se ha convertido en la novela de piratas por excelencia, y en la que se han inspirado todos los autores que han cultivado este género literario.

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Encuadernación: RústicaStevenson empezó a escribir La Isla del Tesoro en unas vacaciones estivales al norte de Escocia, en 1881, a petición de un jovencito de 13 años llamado Lloyd Osborne. Es bien conocido que escribió la novela al tiempo que la ideaba en su cabeza, casi como si de un juego se tratara y a partir de un mapa imaginario que él mismo dibujó de la isla y a la que fue añadiendo los más diversos paisajes: montes, cabos, bahías, acantilados... A la tarea de confeccionar esta novela tan itinerante, pronto se unieron los padres, además de otros familiares y amigos: la novela se había convertido en el pasatiempo familiar de las vacaciones.Sin duda esta particular y espontánea planificación de la obra contribuyó a darle ese ritmo frenético y esa frescura que han hecho de la isla del tesoro un auténtico canto a la libertad, convirtiéndola en lectura universal obligada de la que ningún lector, que quiera presumir de serlo, ha de renunciar al menos media docena de veces a lo

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