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Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.

This timeless classic by Robert Louis Stevenson of man's struggle with his dual nature is brought to life in this audiobook edition.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson tells a mysterious and thrilling tale through the eyes of the honest and good-natured lawyer, Mr. Utterson. In the will entrusted to Mr. Utterson, Dr. Jekyll states that when he dies, all of his money and possessions shall be left to Mr. Hyde. At first Mr. Utterson and his close friend, Mr. Enfield, suspect that the brutish and child-trampling Mr. Hyde is somehow blackmailing the well-known and well liked Dr. Jekyll.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson tells the tale of the crew of the Hispaniola as they travel across the sea in search of the long-lost treasure of the infamous Captain Flint. When Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map in the sea chest of an old sailor who had been staying at his parents' inn, he sets off on an adventure in search of the captain's hidden fortune.

The wild adventure that David Balfour takes in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped starts with the newly orphaned boy travelling to his uncle's terrifying House of Shaws. Having failed in an attempt to murder young David, the miserly Ebeneezer Balfour, who would rather keep the fortune to which the child is now entitled, arranges for a kidnapping aboard a ship bound for the new world.

Set in England during the War of the Roses, this swashbuckling historical epic tells of a young man betrayed by his brutal guardian and forced to seek the help of a mysterious society. Brimming with action, adventure, suspense, and romance, it is a classic portrait of England during one of its most tumultuous eras.

A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 30 most translated authors in the world, just below Charles Dickens. He has been greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Marcel Schwob, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie, and G. K. Chesterton, who said of him that he, "seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins."

Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850 - 1894), was born in Edinburgh. His life has always held a fascinating romantic attraction, especially for his contemporaries. His mercurial temperament, expressed so eloquently with his flashing pen, was best revealed when he took up a cause in defense of justice. Although known primarily for the novels Kidnapped and Treasure Island, his works are by no means reserved for the youth market.

Piracy, mutiny and buried treasure are the ingredients of this seafaring adventure. You'll meet unforgettable characters such as Jim Hawkins, Old Blind Pew and one of Stevenson's greatest creations - Long John Silver.

A once-unique story that has spawned hundreds of imitations, it's characters' names have become part of the English language. This novel was a breakthrough in literature for its time, combining horror, science fiction, and psychology, in exploring the dual nature of its hero and anti-hero and by implication, the potential in all of us to experience both good and evil in our personalities.

Diese Kurzgeschichte von Robert Louis Stevenson berichtet über Frank, einen Vagabund, der die Tochter eines bankrotten Bankiers liebt. Als die Gläubiger des Bankiers auftauchen, helfen Frank und dessen ehemaliger Kommilitone den beiden zu entkommen. Ist das die Rettung? Regie: Friedrich Otto Scholz

Eine Erzählung, die in den 1880er Jahren geschrieben, auf überraschend neuartige Weise die Frage nach der Identität stellt. Es geht um einen Mörder und dessen Gewissen. Regie: Nestor Xaidis

Diese märchenhaft-exotische Geschichte erzählt von einem armen Matrosen, der einen Pakt mit dem Teufel schließt, um zu Reichtum und Unabhängigkeit zu kommen. Opferbereitschaft und selbstlose Liebe erweisen sich jedoch stärker als die dämonische Macht.

Stevensons (1850-1894) Meistererzählung spielt auf Samoa. Der Matrose Keawe erwirbt eine Flasche, die von einem teuflischen Dämon bewohnt wird.

Als der ein wenig steif, trocken und dennoch irgendwie liebenswürdig wirkende Anwalt Utterson das Testament seines alten Freundes Dr. Jekyll sorgfältig prüft, kommt ihm ein fürchterlicher Verdacht...

It was a nightmare from which he was furious to have been woken which triggered Robert Louis Stevenson's most successful and famous work. Having been stirred from what he termed 'a fine bogey tale', Stevenson set about putting his nightmare onto paper. It reputedly took him only three days to write, but the story of a split personality warring with itself between righteousness and immorality is as much a part of modern thought as it became in 1885.

Fünf Hörbücher mit mehr als 33 Stunden Spieldauer: Oliver Twist, Moby Dick, Lederstrumpf, Onkel Toms Hütte, Die Schatzinsel...

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.

A fascinating collection of tales from some of Great Britain's finest classic authors.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next.