Robert Louis Stevenson
2) Kidnapped
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Classic fiction. Readers will love reading their favourite classics in this new Oxford world's classics series.
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"[This] records Stevenson's travels with his wife Fanny and their family in the Marquesas, the Paumotus and the Gilbert Islands during 1888-1889. Originally drafted in journal form while Stevenson travelled, it was then ambitiously rewritten to describe the islands and islanders as well as Stevenson's own personal experiences. These revisions continued when Stevenson settled on the Samoan island where he died in 1894, and In the South Seas was published...
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In December 1887 Stevenson wrote that he had 'fallen head over heels into a new tale ... a most seizing tale; there are some fantastic elements; the most is a dead genuine human problem - human tragedy, I should say rather.'. The Master of Ballantrae opens in the old Scottish house of Durrisdeer, ancestral home of the Duries, a family divided by the Jacobite rising of 1745. Its adventure draws in sea voyages, piracy, buried treasure, magic and nightmare,...
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Cuando Stevenson publicó, en 1883 su célebre novela La isla del tesoro, ella le trajo la fama inmediata. Toda la colección de tramas alrededor de los piratas que esconden un tesoro en una isla, como tratan de recuperar el mapa que los va a llevar a él y como triunfan los buenos sobre los malos cuando ya la derrota parece inminente, es parte de este brillante libro que se ha convertido en un clásico de la novela de aventuras y que muestra como...
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Tribeca
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[20__]
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English
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Lawyer Gabriel Utterson has heard of an ambiguous, solitary, and violent man called Edward Hyde who is said to have trampled a young girl in the streets of London. Utterson becomes concerned when a friend of his, Dr. Henry Jekyll, makes a will declaring that in the event of his death or disappearance, Hyde should inherit all his property. When Hyde is seen murdering a respected political figure, Jekyll becomes increasingly reclusive, which leads Utterson...
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Flying Eye Books
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2016.
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English
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Ever wondered about the mysterious place we all visit when we fall asleep? Robert Louis Stevenson's classic children's poem about dreamland is given new life in this wonderfully illustrated book. Accompanied by Robert Hunter's bold and beautiful illustrations, this picture book will bring the beloved Scottish author's work to a whole new generation of young readers.
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Remixed classics volume 1
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2021.
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English
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Xiang and Anh--ages sixteen and seventeen--hunt the South China Sea for the lost treasure of the fabled pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao.
1826. The legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. Xiang has grown up with stories about the Dragon Fleet and its ruthless leader, a woman known only as the Dragon Queen. Desperate to set sail and explore, Xiang mainly wishes to find her father, a crew member of the Dragon Fleet. Her only...
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Skyhorse Publishing
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2018.
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English
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In this dark, atmospheric sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless classic, the strange case continues with the return of Dr. Jekyll . . . Seven years after the death of Edward Hyde, a stylish gentleman shows up in foggy London claiming to be Dr. Henry Jekyll. Only Mr. Utterson, Jekyll's faithful lawyer and confidant, knows that he must be an impostor-because Jekyll was Hyde. But as the man goes about charming Jekyll's friends and reclaiming the...
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Tundra Books
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2007.
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English
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In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidmapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Belfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of hte Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he atempts to clear his name and regain his property.
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