Bøger af Robert Louis Stevenson

As you stroll along the streets of London in the company of lawyer Utterson and his distant relative Enfield, the latter narrates a gruesome tale of assault he had witnessed some months ago. The tale describes a dreadful looking sinister man, Mr. Hyde, who ruthlessly tramples a young girl and disappears behind a door. A moment later he reemerges to pay off her relatives with a cheque drawn from the account of a reputable gentleman, later identified to be Utterson's client and old friend, Dr. Jekyll.Who is Mr. Hyde ?Who is Dr. Jekyll ?Is there a mysterious connection between the two ?Read Stevensons thrilling and titillating masterpiece, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, to knit up the jigsaw puzzle and unveil the suspense.A harrowing tale of good and evil, this classic novella describes the fundamental dichotomy of the 19th century - outward respectability and inward lust, a duality for which it has been noted as one of the best guidebooks of the Victorian era and remains one of the most famous stories of English literature.

Venture into a transformative journey through this fresh rendition of Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless classic, 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.' This unique edition transposes the narrative from the narrow alleys of Victorian London to the complex labyrinth of contemporary American politics. The enduring struggle between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is recast as the ideological tension between Democrats and Republicans. Witness the power of transformative forces, not only on individuals but on an entire nation. Each character in the narrative symbolizes a significant facet of America's political landscape. 'Democracy,' 'The President,' 'Congress,' and 'The Americans' are but a few of the personas that play out in this intricate allegorical drama. Each offers a unique vantage point, giving readers a multi-dimensional understanding of the political climate.This version goes beyond the simplicity of good versus evil. It delves into the heart of our societal structures, revealing the inherent dualities that shape our world. It urges readers to confront their own Jekylls and Hydes, challenge the divisive forces within the political system, and champion the unifying powers that promote unity, justice, and progress.The narrative aims to serve as a stark reminder that the power to shape our political landscape lies not just in the halls of power, but also in the hands of the citizenry. It invites readers to reflect on their role in this democratic narrative, encouraging active engagement in the democratic process.An insightful blend of literary classic and contemporary politics, this rendition of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' challenges readers to re-evaluate their understanding of the political landscape and their role within it. It's a tale of transformation, struggle, and the enduring power of unity. Ultimately, it emphasizes that the future of democracy depends on each one of us.

Venture into a transformative journey through this fresh rendition of Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless classic, 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.' This unique edition transposes the narrative from the narrow alleys of Victorian London to the complex labyrinth of contemporary American politics. The enduring struggle between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is recast as the ideological tension between Democrats and Republicans. Witness the power of transformative forces, not only on individuals but on an entire nation. Each character in the narrative symbolizes a significant facet of America's political landscape. 'Democracy,' 'The President,' 'Congress,' and 'The Americans' are but a few of the personas that play out in this intricate allegorical drama. Each offers a unique vantage point, giving readers a multi-dimensional understanding of the political climate.This version goes beyond the simplicity of good versus evil. It delves into the heart of our societal structures, revealing the inherent dualities that shape our world. It urges readers to confront their own Jekylls and Hydes, challenge the divisive forces within the political system, and champion the unifying powers that promote unity, justice, and progress.The narrative aims to serve as a stark reminder that the power to shape our political landscape lies not just in the halls of power, but also in the hands of the citizenry. It invites readers to reflect on their role in this democratic narrative, encouraging active engagement in the democratic process.An insightful blend of literary classic and contemporary politics, this rendition of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' challenges readers to re-evaluate their understanding of the political landscape and their role within it. It's a tale of transformation, struggle, and the enduring power of unity. Ultimately, it emphasizes that the future of democracy depends on each one of us.

Robert Louis Stevenson¿s fascination with the mid-18th Century Jacobite rebellion in Scotland led to the production of his classic Kidnapped, along with its later sequel, Catriona. The Master of Ballantrae¿written only a couple years after Kidnapped¿shares the same evocative historical setting.The story revolves around the fractious relationship of the two sons of the Lord of Durrisdeer: the elder and duplicitous James, and Henry, the stolid younger brother. Split apart on opposing sides in the Jacobite rising of 1745, it appears that James has met his death on the battlefield of Culloden, while Henry not only wins as a bride the love of James¿s life but looks set to inherit the title and the estate. James, however, proves both more hardy and more sinister than he appears, and the stage is set for anguish and tragedy.The narrator of the story is the loyal steward to the estate, Ephraim Mackellar, who employs the documentary evidence of other characters to relate events. Along with Stevenson¿s preface offering an account of how he (putatively) came across the tale, the narration becomes pleasingly complex: who is telling the story, and how far can their account be trusted? Meanwhile, this tale of adventure, passion, and revenge carries its own timeless appeal, giving rise to several adaptations for radio, screen, and stage.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the classic novella of split personality. Stevenson wrote it in just a few days while sick and bedridden, and famously burned the first draft after his wife suggested it should be written as an allegory and not as a story. He re-wrote it in three to six days, and after a few weeks of editing and revision he published what would become one of his most famous and best-selling works.The story follows a London lawyer as he investigates the relationship between a brilliant scientist and a misshapen misanthrope. As the link between the two becomes clearer, Jekyll and Hyde develops into an allegory on the nature of good and evil.

What a study in contrasts is the friendship between Henry Jekyll and his boon companion, Edward Hyde. Where Jekyll is a handsome and respected man of science, Hyde is a surly and brutish misanthrope. Nevertheless, Jekyll has allowed Hyde free access to his home and laboratory and, surprisingly, made him the sole beneficiary of his will. Given the closeness of their bond, it seems peculiar that no one has ever seen the two men together in public. And yet they share a remarkable chemistry . . . First published in 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of the duality of human nature and his iconic presentation of what would come to be referred to as the "split personality."

Robert Lewis Stevenson continues the story of David Balfour, starting directly where Kidnapped left off. Compared to Kidnapped, Catriona is much more of a comedy of manners, politics, and romance than a simple action-adventure story, but it still has several of Stevenson¿s trademark escapades, imprisonments, and daring escapes.The title character David Balfour attempts to navigate, to his own peril, his apparent role in the Appin murder, the subsequent trial of James of the Glens, life among high society, and the machinations of James Macgregor Drummond, the father of David¿s great love, Catriona.

A gorgeous new edition. Admired for its pace and storytelling, Kidnapped is an enthralling read. A dramatic tale set in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising, it tells of the kidnap of David Balfour and his desperate journey across Scotland, chased by redcoats, barely surviving until he reclaims his rightful place in society.

"The Wrong Box" is a comic novel co-written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, known for classics such as "Treasure Island" and "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. This uproarious tale of a misguided inheritance offers a refreshing contrast to Stevenson's more famous adventure and horror tales.Set in Victorian England, the story unfolds around a long-standing investment scheme known as a 'tontine', where the last surviving member of a group is entitled to the entire fund. Two estranged brothers find themselves as the last remaining survivors, leading to a flurry of deception, mistaken identity, and a farcical pursuit of a misplaced fortune.Stevenson and Osbourne ingeniously weave a web of eccentric characters and unlikely circumstances, resulting in numerous comic misadventures. The novel offers wry observations of human nature and social conventions, all presented through the authors' characteristic wit and narrative flair."The Wrong Box" is an entertaining romp of confusion and comedy, showcasing a lesser-known side of Stevenson's literary talent. It promises laughter and amusement at every turn, making it a must-read for fans of classic literature with a humorous twist.Keywords: Robert Louis Stevenson, The Wrong Box, Lloyd Osbourne, comic novel, Victorian England, tontine, mistaken identity, farcical pursuit, fortune, eccentric characters, human nature, social conventions, wit, narrative flair, comedy, classic literature, comic novel, Victorian comedy, inheritance misadventures, classic humor, Treasure Island, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, literary classics, Scottish authors, mistaken identity, human nature, Victorian social conventions, eccentric characters, Stevenson's humorous works.

Comenzaré la historia de mis aventuras por cierta mañana, temprano, de primeros de junio del año de gracia de 1751, en que eché por última vez la llave a la puerta de la casa de mis padres. El sol empezaba a brillar sobre las cimas de los montes cuando bajaba yo por el camino, y al llegar a la casa rectoral, los mirlos silbaban ya en las lilas del jardín, y la niebla que rondaba el valle al amanecer comenzaba a levantarse y se desvanecía. El señor Campbell, el pastor de Essendean, estaba esperándome a la puerta del jardín. ¡Qué bueno es! Me preguntó si había desayunado, y cuando le dije que no me faltaba nada, apretó mi mano entre las suyas y me dio el brazo bondadosamente. ¿Bien, Davie, muchacho ¿dijö. Te acompañaré hasta el vado para ponerte en camino.Y echamos a andar en silencio. ¿¿Te apena abandonar Essendean? ¿me preguntó al cabo de un rato.Os diré, señor ¿repuse¿; si supiese adónde voy, o lo que va a ser de mí, os contestaría francamente. Es cierto que Essendean es un buen lugar, y en él he sido muy feliz; pero también es cierto que nunca he estado en otra parte. Muertos mi padre y mi madre, no estaré más cerca de ellos en Essendean que en el reino de Hungría, y, a decir verdad, si yo supiese que donde voy tenía posibilidades de superarme, iría de muy buen grado.

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879) is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature.BackgroundStevenson was in his late 20s and still dependent on his parents for support. His journey was designed to provide material for publication while allowing him to distance himself from a love affair with an American woman of which his friends and families did not approve and who had returned to her husband in California.Travels recounts Stevenson's 12-day, 200-kilometre (120 mi) solo hiking journey through the sparsely populated and impoverished areas of the Cévennes mountains in south-central France in 1878.[1] The terrain, with its barren rocky heather-filled hillsides, he often compared to parts of Scotland. The other principal character is Modestine, a stubborn, manipulative donkey he could never quite master. It is one of the earliest accounts to present hiking and camping outdoors as a recreational activity. It also tells of commissioning one of the first sleeping bags, large and heavy enough to require a donkey to carry. Stevenson is several times mistaken for a peddler, the usual occupation of someone traveling in his fashion. Some locals are horrified that he would sleep outdoors and suggest it is dangerous to do so because of wolves or robbers. Stevenson provides the reader with the philosophy behind his undertaking:[2]For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more clearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilization, and find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints. Alas, as we get up in life, and are more preoccupied with our affairs, even a holiday is a thing that must be worked for. To hold a pack upon a pack-saddle against a gale out of the freezing north is no high industry, but it is one that serves to occupy and compose the mind. And when the present is so exacting who can annoy himself about the future?The Cévennes was the site of a Protestant rebellion around 1702, severely suppressed by Catholic Louis XIV. The Protestant insurgents were known as the Camisards. Stevenson was Protestant by upbringing, and a non-believer by philosophy. Stevenson was well-versed in the history and evokes scenes from the rebellion as he passes through the area of the rebellion during the final days of his trek. He notes that the Catholics and the Protestants, at the time of his travels, live peaceably alongside one another, though each community is faithful to its own traditions and its version of the region's history. All disapprove equally of a young Catholic man who married a Protestant girl and changed his faith, agreeing that "It's a bad idea for a man to change." As for a Catholic priest who left the priesthood and married, the sentiment common to all was that it is wrong to change one's commitments.The book appeared the following year, 1879, and is dedicated to his friend Sidney Colvin, an art historian and critic who had befriended him when he was unpublished and seeking to develop a career as a writer.

Cierta tarde, muy avanzada ya la primavera, se oye en hora desusada la campana de Moat House, en Tunstall. Desde las cercanías hasta los más apartado rincones, en el bosque y en los campos que se extendían a lo largo del río, comenzaron las gentes a abandona sus tareas para correr hacia el sitio de donde procedía el toque de alarma, y en la aldea de Tunstall un grupo de pobres campesinos se preguntaba asombrado a qué se debería la llamada. En aquella época, que era la del reinado de Enrique VI, el aspecto que presentaba la aldea de Tunstall era muy parecido al que actualmente tiene. No pasarías de unas veinte las casas, toscamente construidas con madera de roble, que se hallaban esparcidas por el extenso y verde valle que ascendía desde el río. Al pie de aquél, el camino cruzaba un puente y, subiendo por el lado opuesto, desaparecía en los linderos del bosque, hasta llegar a Moat House, desde donde continuaba hacia la abadía de Holywood. Hacia la mitad de camino se alzaba la iglesia rodeada de tejos. A ambos lados, limitando el paisaje y coronando las montañas se encontraban los verdes olmos y los verdeantes robles del bosque. Sobre una loma inmediata al puente se erguía una cruz de piedra, a cuyo alrededor se había reunido un grupo ¿media docena de mujeres y un mozo alto vestido con un sayo rojizö discutiendo acerca de lo que podía anunciar el toque de rebato. Media hora antes, un mensajero había cruzado la aldea, con tal prisa que apagó la sed con un jarro de cerveza sin desmontar siquiera del caballo, tan urgente era su mensaje. Mas ni él mismo sabía de qué se trataba; únicamente, que llevaba pliegos sellados de sir Daniel Brackley para sir Oliver Oates, el párroco encargado de cuidar de Moat House en ausencia del dueño.

En estos tiempos en que todo el mundo está obligado, so pena de ser condenado en ausencia por un delito de lesa respetabilidad, a emprender alguna profesión lucrativa y a esforzarse en ella con bríos cercanos al entusiasmo, la defensa de la opinión opuesta por parte de los que se contentan con tener lo suficiente, y prefieren mantenerse al margen y disfrutar, tiene algo de bravata y fanfarronería. Sin embargo, no debería ser así. La supuesta ociosidad, que no consiste en no hacer nada, sino en hacer muchas cosas que no están reconocidas en las dogmáticas prescripciones de la clase dominante, tiene tanto derecho a exponer su posición como la propia laboriosidad. Se suele admitir que la presencia de personas que se niegan a tomar parte en la gran carrera de obstáculos por un poco de calderilla no hace más que insultar y desalentar a quienes participan. Un individuo cabal (como tantos que vemos) toma su decisión, opta por la calderilla y, con esa enfática expresión tan americana, «va a por ella». Y, mientras este hombre va ascendiendo trabajosamente por la senda marcada, no es difícil comprender su resentimiento cuando ve que, junto al camino, hay personas cómodamente tendidas sobre la hierba del prado, con un pañuelo sobre las orejas y un vaso al alcance de la mano. La indiferencia de Diógenes tocó una fibra muy sensible de Alejandro. ¿Dónde estaba la gloria de haber conquistado Roma si cuando aquellos turbulentos bárbaros se precipitaron en el Senado encontraron allí a los Padres sentados en silencio e indiferentes a su hazaña? Es descorazonador haberse esforzado para escalar escarpadas cumbres y, al llegar arriba, encontrar que la humanidad permanece indiferente a tu proeza. De ahí que los físicos condenen a quienes se ocupan de lo que no entra en las leyes de la física, que los financieros no toleren más que superficialmente a los que no entienden de alzas y bajas de valores, que los literatos desprecien a los iletrados, y que los de todas las profesiones coincidan en su desprecio hacia quienes no desempeñan ninguna.

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Hace tanto tiempo que se desea conocer lo que haya de cierto en los singulares acontecimientos ocurridos al señor de Balantry, que la curiosidad pública dará una magnífica acogida a este relato. Yo, que estuve íntimamente ligado a la historia de esta distinguida casa durante los últimos años, soy quizá quien se halla en más ventajosa situación para relatar con fidelidad de historiador cuanto sucedió. También soy quien, con más imparcialidad, puede juzgar los diferentes y complejos aspectos de cuantos personajes intervinieron en dichos sucesos. Traté al señor de Balantry y conocí muchos aspectos secretos de su vida, poseo además algunos fragmentos de sus memorias; fui casi su único acompañante en su último viaje, formando parte de aquella angustiosa invernal de la que tanto se habló, y, finalmente, presencié su muerte. En cuanto al difunto Lord Durrisdeer, a quien serví fielmente durante treinta años, a medida que le fui conociendo íntimamente, más creció mi afecto por él. En resumen: no quiero que desaparezcan tantos testimonios y considero que es mi deber contar la historia acerca de milord. De este modo, pagada mi deuda, confío que mis últimos años transcurrirán más tranquilos y mi canosa cabeza podrá descansar con mayor sosiego sobre la almohada. Los Duries de Durrisdeer y de Balantry pertenecían desde los viejos tiempos del monarca David a una digna familia del sudoeste. De la antigüedad de su estirpe son testigos los versos que aún circulan por la comarca:Los Durrisdeer son gentes puntillosas, con muchas lanzas a caballo montan.Igualmente, el nombre que se cita en la segunda estrofa ha sido referido por algunos a los acontecimientos de este relato.Dos Duries en Durrisdeer, uno para enjaezar y otro para cabalgar.

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El abogado Mr. Utterson era un hombre de semblante adusto, jamás iluminado por una sonrisa; frío, parco y vergonzoso en la conversación; remiso en sentimientos; enjuto, alto, taciturno, aburrido, y sin embargo adorable, en alguna medida. En las reuniones de amigos, y cuando el vino era de su agrado, irradiaba de sus ojos algo eminentemente humano; algo que, a decir verdad, jamás salía a relucir en su conversación, pero que expresaba no sólo con aquellos gestos silenciosos de su cara después de la cena, sino más a menudo y llamativamente en su vida cotidiana. Era austero consigo mismo; bebía ginebra cuando estaba solo, para mortificar su afición por los vinos añejos; y aunque le encantaba el teatro, hacía ya veinte años que no cruzaba las puertas de ninguno. En cambio mostraba una acreditada tolerancia en su trato con los demás; unas veces asombrándose, casi con envidia, de la gran tensión anímica que implicaban sus delitos; y en cualquier situación extrema era más propenso a prestar ayuda que a reprender. «Me inclino por la herejía de Caín ¿solía decir pintorescamente¿: dejo que mi hermano se vaya al diablo por su propio pie». Con este carácter, a menudo tuvo la suerte de ser el último conocido de confianza y la última influencia bienhechora en las vidas de hombres venidos a menos. Y mientras éstos siguieron acudiendo a sus aposentos, jamás les mostró el más leve cambio de actitud.

"Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17-" ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island Treasure Island (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson relates the story of Jim Hawkins, a young boy who watches over an inn at an English seaside town with his mother just as pirates descend on the inn. Jim and his mother escape from them when Jim finds a treasure map hidden inside a pouch. On attaining the map, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey, together with Jim, set sail for the treasure island in search of the treasure. However, they are unaware that the crew members they have hired, including the one-legged man Long John Silver, intend to take over the ship and the treasure.