Robert Louis Stevenson

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of an inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.

"Die Schatzinsel", der große Abenteuerroman der frühen Moderne, hat die Leser vom ersten Augenblick an gefesselt und Generationen von Schriftstellern inspiriert - von Mark Twain bis Marcel Proust, von Bertolt Brecht bis Alex Capus. Liebevoll zeichnet Stevenson in seinem frühen Werk die Figuren: den mutigen Jung en Jim Hawkins und den gerissenen Seeräuber Silver, und all die dubiosen und skurrilen Gestalten. Und er lässt sie in einer herrlich...

In Catriona , Robert Louis Stevenson weaves a tale of loyalty, justice, and identity set against the backdrop of 18th-century Scotland. David Balfour, seeking to clear his name after being wrongfully accused of murder, becomes entangled in political intrigue and personal vendettas. His growing affection for Catriona Drummond, daughter of a Jacobite rebel, complicates his quest for truth and redemption. As David navigates a world of deceit and betrayal,...

Scientist Dr. Henry Jekyll believes every human has two minds: one good and one evil. He develops a potion to separate them from each other. Soon, his evil mind takes over, and Dr. Jekyll becomes a hideous fiend known as Mr. Hyde.

In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.

Keawe buys a magic bottle which brings him all that he desires but which he must sell before he dies in order to avoid spending eternity in hell.

Will von der Mühle ist eine allegorische Kurzgeschichte des schottischen Schriftstellers Robert Louis Stevenson, die 1887 in der Sammlung Die tollen Männer und andere Geschichten bei Chatto & Windus erschien. Die Liebe des Naturphilosophen Will zu der Pfarrerstochter Marjory (in einigen Übersetzungen: Margreet) ist unglücklich. Die Mühle, in der der kleine Will mit seinen Pflegeeltern in einem Hochlandtal lebt, ist nur über einen holprigen,...

"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.

In David Balfour , Robert Louis Stevenson crafts a gripping coming-of-age tale set in 18th-century Scotland. After his father's death, young David inherits little but a mysterious letter directing him to the House of Shaws. There, he encounters his miserly uncle Ebenezer, who plots against him. Betrayed and kidnapped, David finds himself aboard the ship Covenant , where he befriends the outlaw Alan Breck Stewart. Together, they face danger, adventure,...

This story deals with the obvious fact that we humans are split, dual. We have urges to do the 'right' thing, to be honorable and wise, but we also frequently fail to follow these better instincts and follow instead urges to do dishonorable, evil things. We seem to battle within ourselves. Are we really composed of two different personalities housed within the same brain, within the same person? Dr Jeckyll in this story is so convinced and manages...