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This new edition brings a fresh perspective on Stevenson's dark, celebrated evocation of duality: polite society undermined by the weakness deep within itself. Three of Stevenson's other dark tales reveal him to be a shrewd and skillful storyteller - 'The Body Snatcher', 'The Pavilion on the Links', 'The Story of a Lie'. Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors without whom the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best and most influential writers into a striking and collectable library.Each book features a new introduction, a short biography and a glossary of Gothic, Victorian and Literary terms.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. Gabriel John Utterson, a lawyer, is on his weekly walk with his cousin, Richard Enfield. They reach a door leading into a rather large house, and Enfield tells Utterson of an encounter he had some months ago between a man and a young girl. The man, a sinister figure named Edward Hyde, and the young girl accidentally bump into one another, but Hyde proceeds to trample her. Enfield chases after Hyde and forces Hyde to pay 100 to avoid a scandal for his behaviour. Hyde leads them to this door, which he enters and re-emerges with 10 in gold and a cheque for the rest. The cheque is signed a reputable gentleman, later revealed to be Dr. Henry Jekyll, one of Utterson's clients and old friends.) Jekyll had recently so drafted his will as to make Hyde the sole beneficiary in case of his death ormuch to Utterson's discomforthis disappearance for more than three months. This development concerns and disturbs Utterson, who tries to seek out Hyde, fearing that Hyde is blackmailing Jekyll. When he finally meets Hyde, the latter's ugliness, as if deformed, amazes Utterson. Although Utterson cannot say exactly how or why, Hyde provokes an instinctive feeling of revulsion in him. Much to Utterson's surprise, Hyde willingly offers Utterson his address. After one of Jekyll's dinner parties, Utterson stays behind to discuss the matter of Hyde with Jekyll. This causes Jekyll to turn pale, but Jekyll assures Utterson that everything involving Hyde is in order and that Hyde should be left alone.

While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.

El objetivo de esta colección es facilitar a los lectores más jóvenes (a partir de los diez años de edad) el acceso a los clásicos de aventuras. En este sentido destacan la sencillez del lenguaje empleado, la estructuracion en capitulos cortos, una presentacion de los personajes, un resumen argumental en forma de comic al principio del libro y al final de cada capitulo. Historias de Siempre son cuidadas adaptaciones de la obra original, respetando, eso si, el estilo de cada autor. Encuadernacion: Rustica.

Las peripecias de Jim Hawkins, del capitán Smollet, de Long John Silver y el resto de los tripulantes de la «Española» han significado para varias generaciones no sólo la cristalización de los sueños

Robert Louis Stevenson (Edimburgo, Gran Bretaña, 1850-Vailima, Samoa, 1894), hijo de un dominante constructor de faros, tuvo desde niño varias crisis pulmonares que le llevaron a una constante y nostalgica peregrinacion en busca de climas mas calidos, hasta que en 1888 embarca hacia los mares del Sur y se establece en Samoa, cumpliendo asi el sueño de su vida. Sus estudios de nautica, que mas tarde abandonaria por los de derecho, le permitieron entrar en contacto con las gentes y costumbres marineras, ingredientes fundamentales de algunas de sus obras mas conocidas. El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, la maxima cointribucion de Stevenson a la literatura de intriga y a la indiscutible mitologia del terror, aborda el conflicto del desdoblamiento de la personalidad para entrar en el terreno de lo misterioso, la sordidez y el perverso y atractivo perfume que destilan la muerte y el horror. Olalla es una historia de amor, no exenta de sadismo, narrada al estilo apasionado de los locos amores que inspiraron a Dumas, a Poe, a Gautier. Stevenson describe una España supuesta, aunque no irreal, de bosques sombrios y torrentes impetuosos, punto de union entre el ayer esplendoroso y un mañana marcado por los malos augurios.