The Silverado Squatters (1883) is Robert Louis Stevenson's travel memoir of his two-month honeymoon trip with Fanny Vandegrift (and her son Lloyd Osbourne) to Napa Valley, California, in 1880. In July 1879, Stevenson received word that his future American wife's divorce was almost complete, but that she was seriously ill. He left Scotland right away and travelled to meet her in Monterey, California, (his trip detailed in The Amateur Emigrant (1894) and Across the Plains (1892)).
The Silverado Squatters (1883) is Robert Louis Stevenson's travel memoir of his two-month honeymoon trip with Fanny Vandegrift (and her son Lloyd Osbo...
New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1882, is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877 and 1880. The collection contains Stevenson's first published fiction, and a few of the stories are considered by some critics to be his best work, as well as pioneering works in the English short story tradition.
New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1882, is a collection of short stories previously published in magazines between 1877...
Le jeune Jim Hawkins est le fils du gerant de l'auberge L'Amiral-Benbow . Un jour, un vieux loup de mer nomme Billy Bones debarque a l'auberge et s'y installe. Jim est tout a la fois fascine et terrifie par ce marin colerique, violent et ivrogne, d'autant qu'une obscure menace semble planer sur ce dernier. La menace se precise lorsque Pew, un pirate aveugle, donne a Billy Bones la tache noire, annonciatrice de mort dans le monde des pirates.
Le jeune Jim Hawkins est le fils du gerant de l'auberge L'Amiral-Benbow . Un jour, un vieux loup de mer nomme Billy Bones debarque a l'auberge et s'y ...
The novel is set in the reign of "old King Henry VI" (1422-1461, 1470-1471) and during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). The story begins with the Tunstall Moat House alarm bell, rung to summon recruits for its absent lord Sir Daniel Brackley, to join the Battle of Risingham; at which the outlaw "fellowship" known as "the Black Arrow" begins to strike with its "four black arrows" for the "four black hearts" of Brackley and three of his retainers: Nicholas Appleyard, Bennet Hatch, and Sir Oliver Oates, the parson.
The novel is set in the reign of "old King Henry VI" (1422-1461, 1470-1471) and during the Wars of the Roses (1455-1487). The story begins with the Tu...
The central character and narrator is 17-year-old David Balfour. (Balfour is Stevenson's mother's maiden name.) His parents have recently died, and he is out to make his way in the world. He is given a letter by the minister of Essendean, Mr. Campbell, to be delivered to the House of Shaws in Cramond, where David's uncle, Ebenezer Balfour, lives. On his journey, David asks many people where the House of Shaws is, and all of them speak of it darkly as a place of fear and evil.
The central character and narrator is 17-year-old David Balfour. (Balfour is Stevenson's mother's maiden name.) His parents have recently died, and he...
L'histoire se deroule a Londres, en Angleterre, au XIXe siecle. M. Utterson est un notaire londonien. Pendant l'une de ses promenades dominicales avec son cousin eloigne, Richard Enfield, ils passent devant une etrange demeure, sans fenetres aux etages et dotee d'une seule porte au rez-de-chaussee. Apercevant cette maison, ce dernier lui raconte cette troublante histoire: une nuit, qui etait deja bien avancee, Enfield rentrait a son domicile lorsqu'il apercut une petite fille qui courait dans une rue, ainsi qu'un petit homme d'aspect repugnant.
L'histoire se deroule a Londres, en Angleterre, au XIXe siecle. M. Utterson est un notaire londonien. Pendant l'une de ses promenades dominicales avec...
El senor Utterson, un prestigioso abogado londinense, ha escuchado una historia de su amigo, el senor Enfield, que despierta su curiosidad. Asi, Utterson comienza una investigacion para averiguar la verdadera identidad de Mr. Hyde, un hombre que se presenta muy unido a un viejo amigo conocido como el doctor Jekyll. Sus investigaciones llevan a Utterson, en primer lugar, a un testamento escrito por Jekyll, en el que hace propietario, en el caso de su muerte o desaparicion, de todos sus bienes a Hyde.
El senor Utterson, un prestigioso abogado londinense, ha escuchado una historia de su amigo, el senor Enfield, que despierta su curiosidad. Asi, Utter...
Gabriel John Utterson and his cousin Richard Enfield reach the door of a large house on their weekly walk. Enfield tells Utterson that months ago he saw a sinister-looking man named Edward Hyde trample a young girl after accidentally bumping into her. Enfield forced Hyde to pay 100 to avoid a scandal. Hyde brought them to this door and provided a cheque signed by a reputable gentleman (later revealed to be Dr. Henry Jekyll, a friend and client of Utterson). Utterson is disturbed because Jekyll recently changed his will to make Hyde the sole beneficiary. Utterson fears that Hyde is...
Gabriel John Utterson and his cousin Richard Enfield reach the door of a large house on their weekly walk. Enfield tells Utterson that months ago he s...
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 through 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 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co.
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold." It was originally s...