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Ambientato nel turbolento contesto storico dell'Inghilterra del XV° secolo, insanguinata dalla Guerra delle Due Rose...

Der Klassiker der modernen Horrorliteratur: Der zurück gezogen lebende Wissenschaftlers Dr. Henry Jekyll stößt bei seinen Forschungen auf einen Trank, mit dessen Hilfe er die böse Seite seiner Seele befreien und sich in Mr. Hyde verwandeln kann.

Alle Menschen müssen am rechten Bein Fesseln tragen. Jack will das nicht und zieht los, die Menschheit zu befreien...

Ein vergilbtes Stück Papier ist der Schlüssel zur Schatzinsel irgendwo mitten im Ozean. Eine abenteuerliche Fahrt für den Kajütenjungen Jim und die Männer der "Hispaniola". Doch Piraten haben sich an Bord geschmuggelt! Wer wird den Schatz finden und mit ungeahnten Reichtümern den heimatlichen Hafen ansteuern?

London, 1880. Dr. Henry Jekyll ist ein bei allen beliebter Arzt und Forscher. Aber in letzter Zeit verhält er sich merkwürdig. Seine guten Freunde, der Anwalt Charles Utterson und der Arzt Dr. Arthur Lanyon vermuten einen Zusammenhang mit dem plötzlichen Auftauchen des zwielichtigen Mr. Hyde. Wird Dr. Jekyll erpresst oder verbirgt sich hinter allem ein noch viel schlimmeres Geheimnis?

Dans les bagages d'un vieux marin balafré, le jeune et courageux Jim Hawkins trouve une carte mystérieuse qui révèle la position d'une île lointaine et fabuleuse : l'Ile au trésor... C'est le début d'une incroyable aventure !

Izdanie soderzhit velikolepnyj istoricheskij, prikljuchencheskij roman velikogo anglijskogo pisatelja shotlandskogo proishozhdenija Roberta Luisa Stivensona (1850-1894 gg.) "Chernaja strela". Roman "Chernaja strela" perenosit nas v obstanovku toj jepohi, kogda posle neudavshejsja popytki anglichan priobresti pervenstvo na kontinente nachalas' zhestokaja mezhdousobnaja rasprja, nosjashhaja v istorii pojeticheskoe nazvanie "vojny Aloj i Beloj rozy".

Six fascinating tales of the mysterious doings of secret societies and gentlemen's clubs. A Foggy Evening by A. J. Alan The Giraffe Problem by Barry Pain The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson The Dream by A. J. Alan The Inconsiderate Waiter by J. M. Barrie The 19 Club by A. J. Alan.

"Ich habe schon eine Reihe anderer Bücher angefangen, aber an keines habe ich mich je mit mehr Behagen gesetzt. Das ist nicht verwunderlich, denn verbotene Früchte schmecken bekanntlich besonders süß. Hier berühre ich einen schmerzlichen Punkt. Ohne Zweifel gehörte der Papagei einst Robinson Crusoe, ohne Zweifel wurde das Skelett von Poe überliefert. Das stört mich aber wenig..."

Skillfully narrated by storyteller Darla Middlebrook, this Robert Louis Stevenson tale of Keawe, a poor Hawaiian man, who buys a strange bottle from a sad, elderly gentleman who credits the bottle with his fortune. The elderly gentleman promises that an imp residing in the bottle will also grant Keawe his every desire. Of course, there is a catch - the bottle must be sold at a loss, i.e. for less than its owner originally paid, or else it will simply return to him. The currency used in the transaction must also be in coin (not paper money or a bank check).

El miedo es una de las sensaciones más intensas que puede sentir el hombre. Desde las épocas más remotas, las historias de terror le permitieron poner bajo control sus emociones más profundas. Situaciones que sobrepasan las leyes naturales, fenómenos desconocidos, fuerzas ocultas, seres imaginarios o reales, pero siempre enigmáticos, siempre monstruosos. Porque la incertidumbre es atractiva, el relato de horror genera nuevos sentimientos, y devela luces allí donde sólo habitan las sombras.

Este imperdible relato de Robert Louis Stevenson es una alegoria moral, un magistral relato de misterio que sucesivas generaciones de lectores han convertido en un clásico de la literatura universal. Relata la historia de un hombre en que conviven y se debaten los extremos de la pureza y de la maldad. A partir del descubrimiento de una droga, un científico consigue un desdoblamiento de su personalidad, pudiendo separar su mitad buena de su mitad mala.

An absorbing set of stories set in Victorian and Edwardian London. Old Fags by Stacy Aumonier, The One Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain, The Omnibus by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, A Circular Tour by W. W. Jacobs, The Hired Baby by Marie Corelli, Juxtapositions by Stacy Aumonier, Mixed Relations by W. W. Jacobs, The Inconsiderate Waiter by J. M. Barrie, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Talking Horse by F. Anstey Guthrie, London Street Markets by Henry Mayhew,

Pohishhennyj, ili Prikljuchenija Djevida Bjelfura, v kotoryh rasskazyvaetsja o tom, kak on byl pohishhen i popal v korablekrushenie, kak tomilsja na neobitaemom ostrove i skitalsja v dikih gorah, kak sud'ba svela ego s Alanom Brekom Stjuartom i drugimi jarymi shotlandskimi jakobitami, a takzhe obo vsem, chto on preterpel ot ruk svoego djadi Jebenezera Bjelfura, imenuemogo vladel'cem zamka Shos bez vsjakogo na to prava, opisannye im samim i predlagaemye nyne vashemu vnimaniju Robertom Luisom Stivensonom.

Fascinating science fiction tales from some of the greatest writers in the world. •The Unparalleled Adventures of one Hans Pfaal by Edgar Allan Poe•The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson•The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle•The Three Drugs by Edith Nesbit•The Lifted Veil by George Eliot•When the World Screamed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle•The Finest Story in the World by Rudyard Kipling

A vintage collection of some of the greatest short stories ever written: "The Purloined Letter", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Nose", by Nikolai Gogol; "The Story of an Hour", by Kate Chopin; "The Gift of the Magi", by O. Henry; "The Apparition of Mrs. Veal", by Daniel Defoe; "The Lifted Veil", by George Eliot; "Life of Ma Parker", by Katherine Mansfield; "The Baron", by Katherine Mansfield; "The Cask of Amontillado", by Edgar Allan Poe; "The Seventh Pullet", by Saki; and more.

A wonderful collection of short stories selected for children including "Hansel and Gretel", "Treasure Island", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi".

The classic story, told in the first person by Jim Hawkins, whose mother kept the Admiral Benbow Inn, and who shared in the adventures from start to finish. An old sea dog comes to this peaceful inn one day, apparently intending to finish his life there. He hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors, but despite all precautions, he is hunted out and served with the black spot that means death. Jim and his mother barely escape death when Blind Pew, Black Dog, and other pirates descend on the inn in search of the sea dog’s papers. Jim snatches up a packet of papers to square the sailor’s debt, when they were forced to retreat from the inn.

Pubblicato nel 1886, questo famosissimo romanzo di Stevenson è un grande classico della letteratura mistery e della fantascienza. Ciò non toglie che sia anche un grande opera letteraria che approfondisce la psicologia della scissione della personalità e il rapporto del uomo col suo lato ombra. Descrive inoltre mirabilmente lo stato di dipendenza provocato dalle droghe e l’illusione di potersene liberare facilmente si trova tutta nella frase del protagonista: “Posso liberarmi di Mr. Hyde quando voglio”.

At the turn of the century, the short story form gained enormous popularity. Against the frozen Alaskan landscape of "To Build a Fire", a miner struggles to survive the splintering whiteness of sub-zero temperatures. "Isle of Voices" captures the Hawaii of old, where magic transports a young man to an island of powerful spirits. "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" pits a mongoose against a cobra in the steamy beauty of an Indian garden. Recorded Books’ award-winning narrators turn these stories into absorbing productions.