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Æs Triplex is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson: The changes wrought by death are in themselves so sharp and final, and so terrible and melancholy in their consequences, that the thing stands alone in man's experience, and has no parallel upon earth. It outdoes all other accidents because it is the last of them. Sometimes it leaps suddenly upon its victims, like a Thug; sometimes it lays a regular siege and creeps upon their citadel during a score of years.

"Walking Tours" written by Robert Louis Stevenson: It must not be imagined that a walking tour, as some would have us fancy, is merely a better or worse way of seeing the country. There are many ways of seeing landscape quite as good; and none more vivid, in spite of canting dilettantes, than from a railway train. But landscape on a walking tour is quite accessory.

BY a curious irony of fate, the places to which we are sent when health deserts us are often singularly beautiful. Often, too, they are places we have visited in former years, or seen briefly in passing by, and kept ever afterwards in pious memory; and we please ourselves with the fancy that we shall repeat many vivid and pleasurable sensations, and take up again the thread of our enjoyment in the same spirit as we let it fall.

"The English Admirals" is a story by Robert Louis Stevenson: There is one story of the wars of Rome which I have always very much envied for England. Germanicus was going down at the head of the legions into a dangerous river - on the opposite bank the woods were full of Germans - when there flew out seven great eagles which seemed to marshal the Romans on their way; they did not pause or waver, but disappeared into the forest where the enemy lay concealed.

Some Portraits by Raeburn is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson: Through the initiative of a prominent citizen, Edinburgh has been in possession, for some autumn weeks, of a gallery of paintings of singular merit and interest. They were exposed in the apartments of the Scotch Academy; and filled those who are accustomed to visit the annual spring exhibition, with astonishment and a sense of incongruity.

Crabbed Age ad Youth is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson: There is a strong feeling in favour of cowardly and prudential proverbs. The sentiments of a man while he is full of ardour and hope are to be received, it is supposed, with some qualification. But when the same person has ignominiously failed and begins to eat up his words, he should be listened to like an oracle. Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

El Dorado is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson: It seems as if a great deal were attainable in a world where there are so many marriages and decisive battles, and where we all, at certain hours of the day, and with great gusto and despatch, stow a portion of victuals finally and irretrievably into the bag which contains us. And it would seem also, on a hasty view, that the attainment of as much as possible was the one goal of man's contentious life.

Der Notar Gabriel Utterson spürt einer Geschichte nach, die ihm Grauen bereitet, jedoch ebenso sein Interesse weckt: das Auftauchen eines kleinwüchsigen Mannes mit erschreckend bösartigen Gesichtszügen, der ein ausgesprochen schlechtes Benehmen an den Tag legt und auch vor Gewalt nicht zurück schreckt, scheint mit der Person des respektablen Dr. Henry Jekyll verknüpft zu sein. Durch hinterlassene Aufzeichnungen bestätigt sich ein schauriger Verdacht: bei Mr. Hyde und Dr. Jekyll handelt es sich um ein und dieselbe Person.

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, gefährlichen Gebirgspfad erreichbar.

An unmatched tale of adventure, greed, and heart-pounding suspense, Treasure Island follows young Jim as he encounters one piratical character after another, eventually embarking on a search for buried treasure that will take him halfway round the world as he and his companions hunt for the elusive pile of gold secreted away by the infamous and cruel pirate Captain Flint.

Bruna acredita que não vale nada. João se sente vazio. Os dois se conhecem numa situação inesperada, mas já sentem um magnetismo inegável. Eles estão claramente ligados de alguma forma, seja pela imensa tristeza que os invade ou pelos desejos de morte que pairam no ar... Bruna sente que seus anseios são abraçados pelas aflições de João e aos poucos percebe que não está sozinha. Depois de receber uma ligação atormentada de João, Bruna decide fundar um clube. Essa união seria a chave para salvar um ao outro? Ou deveriam aceitar que a vida será sempre um mero fracasso?

Um velho marinheiro se instala na estalagem dos pais de Jim Hawkins. Ele parece estar escondendo alguma coisa... Quando os piratas atacam a pousada, Jim foge e leva consigo o que o capitão estava escondendo: um mapa do tesouro! É assim que a aventura do jovem Jim começa em uma jornada cheia de surpresas.

Extraño Caso Del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde en Español. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Robert Louis Stevenson wurde am 13.11.1850 in Edinburgh geboren, er starb am 3.12.1894 in Apia/Samoa. "Die Schatzinsel" gehört zu den unvergänglichen Schätzen der Abenteuerliteratur. Der Junge Jim Hawkins erlebt die geheimnisvolle, von Gefahren umwitterte Weite der Südsee auf der Suche nach einem Seeräuberschatz. Hier trifft er mit echten Piraten und edlen Landsleuten zusammen und muss einige Gefahren überstehen.

Robert Louis Stevensons Romane und Erzählungen sind weltbekannt geworden. Von 1890 bis zu seinem Tod 1894 lebte er auf der Samoa - Insel Upolu. Dort entstand auch die Novelle "Der Flaschenteufel", in der Keawe, der Held der Erzählung, in den Besitz einer Flasche gelang, in der ein Teufel wohnt, der alle Wünsche erfüllen kann. Diese Flasche muss man aber stets billiger verkaufen als man sie gekauft hat, denn es liegt ein Fluch auf der Flasche: wer noch im Besitz der Flasche ist, wenn er stirbt, der muss im ewigen Höllenfeuer schmoren. Wie es Keawe gelingt dem Fluch zu entkommen und wie ihm Kokua, seine Frau, dabei hilft, erzählt dieses Hörbuch.

Zeitlos, spannend, poetisch - Hövergnügen für die ganze Familie. England 1758. Im alten Seemannsgasthaus "Admiral Benbow" wohnt ein Junge mit Namen Jim. Eines Tages taucht Bill Bones, ein unheimlicher Säufer, auf. Er hat eine Kiste dabei, erzählt gruselige Geschichten und beauftragt Jim, nach einem Mann mit Holzbein Ausschau zu halten. Zwei merkwürdige Gestalten tauchen auf. Sie suchen Bones und die Karte einer Insel, auf der ein kostbarer Piratenschatz versteckt sein soll.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a Gothic novella by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is about a London legal practitioner who investigates strange occurrences between his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the evil Edward Hyde. The phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" has entered the vernacular to refer to people with a dual nature.

David Balfour, der Held dieser Erzählung, verliert noch vor seinem achtzehnten Lebensjahr beide Eltern und empfängt als einziges Erbe einen an seinen Oheim gerichteten, versiegelten Brief. Dieser wird ihm von dem Pfarrer in Essendean ausgehändigt. Als David ihn abliefern will, entdeckt er, dass sein Oheim als kinderloser Geizhals auf dem Gut Shaw haust. Er wird von ihm unfreundlich aufgenommen und nach einem vergeblichen Anschlag auf sein Leben an Bord der Brigg Convenant gelockt. Er soll zur Zwangsarbeit auf die Plantagen in Carolinen verkauft werden.

Two of the greatest novels of the 19th century - Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by master storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson are collected together in this audiobook! Enjoy these two novels of adventure and horror by legendary storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson.

For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, "Treasure Island" has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the novel creates scenes and characters that have fired the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by a superb prose stylist, a master of both action and atmosphere, the story centers upon the conflict between good and evil - but in this case a particularly engaging form of evil.