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...
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...
Many of the gothic romance and horror stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the gothic romance and horror stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expen...
Robert Louis Stevenson explores the very nature of man in this classic horror novel."Why did you wake me? I was dreaming a fine bogey tale." Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece of the duality of good and evil in man's nature sprang from the darkest recesses of his own unconscious--during a nightmare from which his wife awakened him, alerted by his screams. More than a hundred years later, this tale of the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll and the drug that unleashes his evil, inner persona--the loathsome, twisted Mr. Hyde--has lost none of its ability to shock. Its realistic...
Robert Louis Stevenson explores the very nature of man in this classic horror novel."Why did you wake me? I was dreaming a fine bogey t...
A new definitive edition of Stevenson's famous exploration of evil and greed. One of literature's most famous island stories, Treasure Islandhas inspired sequels, adaptations, illustrated editions and motion pictures. This edition offers a clean and corrected text and scholarly annotations where required, all wrapped up in a beautifully produced collector's volume.
A new definitive edition of Stevenson's famous exploration of evil and greed. One of literature's most famous island stories, Treasure Islandhas inspi...
Robert Louis Stevenson, Klaus-Dieter Sedlacek, Vito Von Eichborn
Stevenson wurde lange Zeit unter Wert gehandelt; jedoch etwa seit der Jahrtausendwende gehort er anerkanntermassen zum Fundus der Weltliteratur. Und dieser Prinz Otto in seiner Widerspruchlichkeit ist ausgesprochen modern fur die heutige Spannungsliteratur, in der die eindimensionalen, starken Helden ja langst weitgehend abgedankt haben." Der leichtfertige Prinz Otto und seine junge Frau, die ehrgeizige Prinzessin Seraphina, sind in ihren Rollen als Staatsoberhaupter des Furstentums Grunewald dabei, sich gefuhlsmassig zu verwirren und auseinanderzuleben. Sie werden in ein Gespinst aus...
Stevenson wurde lange Zeit unter Wert gehandelt; jedoch etwa seit der Jahrtausendwende gehort er anerkanntermassen zum Fundus der Weltliteratur. Und d...
Winner 2009 AATE Distinguished Play Award, Best Adaptation Based on the masterful adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, "Treasure Island" is a stunning yarn of piracy on the tropical seas. It begins at an inn on the Devon coast of England in 1775 and quickly becomes an unforgettable tale of treachery and mayhem featuring a host of legendary swashbucklers including the dangerous Billy Bones (played unforgettably in the movies by Lionel Barrymore), the sinister two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the hideous form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the...
Winner 2009 AATE Distinguished Play Award, Best Adaptation Based on the masterful adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, "Treasure Island" is...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
'All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil.'
After taking an elixir created in his laboratory, mild mannered Dr Jekyll is transformed into the cruel and despicable Mr Hyde. Although seemingly harmless at first, things soon descend into chaos and Jekyll quickly realises there is only one way to stop Hyde. Stevenson's quintessential novella of the Victorian era epitomizes the conflict between psychology, science and religious morality, but is fundamentally a triumphant...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
'All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of ...
When Jim Hawkins discovers a dead man's map it's not long before he's off to sea in search of distant treasure. But it seems trouble boarded the ship with him, in the shape of the ship's cook, Long John Silver, who is leading a mutinous band of pirates who want the treasure for themselves and will do anything to get it.
When Jim Hawkins discovers a dead man's map it's not long before he's off to sea in search of distant treasure. But it seems trouble boarded the ship ...
Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel. David Balfour sets off to find his last remaining relatives, but is tricked into boarding a ship, and finds himself bound for slavery in Carolina.
Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure novel. David Balfour sets off to find his last remaining relatives, but is tricked into boardi...
"It is all as frightening and exciting when read for the umpteenth time in middle age as when first discovered in childhood."-A.N. Wilson When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirate's chest in his parents' inn, he is drawn into a world of danger and adventure. He joins the crew setting sail to the Caribbean to seek out the booty and over the course of the voyage confronts mutiny, murder and the charismatic and devious Long John Silver.
"It is all as frightening and exciting when read for the umpteenth time in middle age as when first discovered in childhood."-A.N. Wilson When...
