Books by Robert Louis Stevenson

Follow the adventures of Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island. Jim knows nothing about pirates or treasure, until an old pirate dies in his parents' inn. Jim takes possession of a map and sets sail to find Treasure Island. TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.

The tiny 19th-century German state of Grunewald seems to be a principality of the world of fairy-tale. But its ruler is beset in public by the forces of modern politics, and troubled in private by an unhappy marriage. Ill-prepared to deal with either, Otto is forced to choose between them.

This dramatisation for schools of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is presented in the form of a tv documentary involving expert witnesses trying to get to the bottom of the strange case. The story is reconstructed and the audience is taken back to Victorian London...

Talks about a single person - but with two personalities: one that's noble and kind and another that's pure, repulsive evil. This work presents a tale of the dual nature of man - and a good doctor whose thirst for knowledge has tragic consequences.

Retold for younger readers, this classic 1886 novel was not Robert Louis Stevenson's first novel, but it was one that helped to make him famous in his lifetime. The spine-chilling story shows the struggle between good and evil that Dr. Jekyll faced and how, in the end, his own good nature was overpowered by the evil in himself.

First published in 1885, poet and storyteller Robert Louis Steven son's classic tribute to the lives of children has delighted readers for more than a century.

Two of Stevenson's historical novels set against the Scottish landscape and featuring psychological studies of individuals. The unfinished "Weir of Hermiston", on which the author was working at the time of his death, is an account of the conflict between a powerful father and his rebellious son.

Stevenson's infamous novel as a stunning graphic novel. Following the consequences of Dr Jekyll's experiment to separate the angelic and demonic natures within him, the harrowing effects of his ensuing split personality transform him from a respected member of society into a sinister and grotesque figure terrorising the streets. As Jekyll struggles to wrest control over his alternate personality - Mr Hyde - the story builds to a climax which leaves the reader pondering the duality of human nature and its moral battle between good and evil.

Suitable for younger learners Word count 15,125 Bestseller

A dramatisation of the classic children's story.

Suitable for younger learners Word count 12,435

One of Robert Louis Stevenson's bestselling works, a brilliantly vivid and original story

Served as an introduction to poetry for each generation. This work features poems that celebrate childhood in all its complexity and joy, from "The Land of Nod" to the playful, "My Shadow".

Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this edition are a number of short stories and essays of the 1880s and extracts from writings on personality disorder that set the works in their historical context.

An anthology of Stevenson's poetic achievements. As a poet, he was inspired by a vast range of verse forms, and in this collection, Angus Calder has brought together many uncollected poems, substantial extracts from unpublished collections, and the complete "Child's Garden of Verse".

Stevenson's gift as an author and poet for children lay partly in his lack of condescension towards them, and he preserved a large element of the child in his own personality. He wrote many of these poems whilst ill in bed, and the illustrations were first published shortly after his death.

First published as a serial in YOUNG FOLKS between May and July 1886 and now reprinted in an Everyman edition on the centenary of Stevenson's death. Rowland Hilder is famous for his paintings of the English countryside but his work in book illustration covered a much wider canvas.

These four great novels take us deep into Robert Louis Stevenson's imaginative and bitter-sweet relationship with his native country.

Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror story.

Den fattige Keawe gör ett fantastiskt fynd: han köper en flaska av en äldre, mystisk man, och får veta att en ande bor däri. Anden kan uppfylla alla hans önskningar. Keawes fickor fylls av guld och han bygger ett överdådigt hus i sitt hemland Hawaii. Det finns bara en hake. De önskningar som uppfylls följs av fruktansvärda förluster.De mörka krafter som bor i flaskan börjar snart förfölja Keawe. I Stevensons klassiska saga ställs frågor om offer och ansvar, rikedom och lycka.I originalöversättning av Tom WilsonRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) var en skotsk romanförfattare, poet och reseskildrare. Han räknas till en av de mest kända författarna genom tiderna, och skrev klassiker som Skattkammarön och Dr Jekyll och Mr Hyde."This short story is a radiant jewel." - Publishers Weekly (1996)

Året er 1745. En gammel sørøver med et dyrebart skattekort indlogerer sig på den kro, som Jims mor driver. Men det er ikke ufarligt at eje den slags, og kroen bliver angrebet af sørøverens gamle skibskammerater, som alle er ude efter skattekortet. Da sørøveren dør, er det dog den unge Jim, som formår at få kortet med sig, og det bliver starten på det helt store eventyr!Sammen med godsejeren Trelawney og lægen Livesay drager Jim ud på skattejagt. Men med om bord på på det gode skib Hispaniola er ikke kun gode venner. Det bliver klart, da den etbenede skibskok sætter et mytteri igang. Nu må Jim og de andre forsøge at overleve, samtidig med at de når selve skatteøens kyst..."Sidder versene på din rygrad som et ekko fra drengeværelset? Hører du musikken af Sebastian, og ser du den snu, etbenede John Silver for dig på en ø fuld af farer og med en guldskat så stor, at det svimler for fantasien? Hvis ikke så er det - splitte mine bramsejl - på tide, at du får læst Robert Louis Stevensons klassiker »Skatteøen« enten for dig selv eller højt for familiens børn. Romanen rummer alt, hvad man kan ønske sig af kulørt underholdning og spænding" - Lars Handesten i Berlingske TidendeHjørdis Varmer (f. 1936), dansk forfatter og foredragsholder, debuterede i 1971 med børnebogen "Per og Torben pjækker den". Hun har skrevet over 100 romaner, novellesamlinger og biografier med særligt fokus på historiske børnebøger. Hjørdis Varmer vandt Danmarks Skolebibliotekarers Børnebogspris i 1987, Martin Andersen Nexø Legatet i 1997 og Lise Louise Laura Volst Pris i 2000.

"Dr. Jekyll og Mr. Hyde" udkom oprindelig i 1886 og er senere udkommet i utallige udgaver på mange af verdens sprog og filmatiseret mere end 50 gange, fra 1908 til en ny udgave, der kommer i 2014.Historien om manden, der blev spaltet i den gode dr. Jekyll og den onde mr. Hyde, opstod, da Stevenson drømte handlingen. Hans kone vækkede ham, da det lød som om han havde mareridt, og han blev sur over, at han ikke nåede at få slutningen med. Men den kunne han så selv finde på.

Robert Louis Stevensons TREASURE ISLAND behøver ikke mange ord med på vejen - her er den i den originale engelske version.

Stevenson skrev Dr. Jekyll og Mr. Hyde på ganske kort tid efter et natligt mareridt, som inspirerede ham til handlingen. Den blev omgående en succes i samtiden og hører nu til verdenslitteraturens kendteste værker, og dens litterære anseelse er steget gennem årene. Den har inspireret senere forfattere som Brecht, Borges og Nabokov. Den har været filmatiseret utallige gange og har også været opsat som en meget populær musical.Romanen behandler det eviggyldige tema om det sammensatte mennesket, der har både gode og ædle egenskaber såvel som lastefulde lyster. Den kan læses både som en spændende gyser eller krimi såvel som en psykologisk thriller om det splittede menneske, ligesom den rejser spørgsmålet om videnskabens anvendelse til indgreb i den menneskelige personlighed.