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Young David Balfour is cheated out of his inheritance by his uncle, who then has him kidnapped and forced into servitude on a sailing ship bound for a long voyage. What follows is one of the most spellbinding stories ever written.

Treasure Island must be the most enthralling adventure book ever written. As we listen to the voice of Jim Hawkins telling his extraordinary tale, and later that of his companion, Dr. Livesey, we are plunged into a world of pirates, buried treasure, mutiny, and deceit.

Scientist Dr Jekyll discovers a way of changing his personality and becoming the violent and aggressive Mr Hyde. At the start, moving from one to the other is easy. But not for long. Both a psychological investigation and a thrilling story, the double nature of the hero has made him an iconic figure in literature. The tempestuous nature of the tale makes it an ideal title for Young Adult Classics, the introductory series for the 13-17 age range.

The Body Snatcher (1884) was first published in the Pall Mall Christmas Extra in Dec 1884. It is a horrifying story of students paid to "snatch" bodies for a medical school. Strange things begin to happen and the story builds to an exraordinary and startling conclusion. A movie version of the story was made in 1945. It was directed by Robert Wise and starred Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.

The Body Snatchers is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most chilling tales. After many years, a chance encounter between two former medical students forces them to recall their sinister past and foul play that was better left buried. Perfect for long winter nights, these stories have been specially selected to create an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. Read by Roy McMillan, with Naxos AudioBooks's trademark of carefully chosen music.

Respectable Doctor Henry Jekyll has a dark secret, and his friend Mr. Utterson is determined to find out what it is. Classic fiction that has become iconic in literature, film, and everyday vocabulary.

Pubblicato con clamoroso successo nel 1886, il romanzo di Stevenson è tra i più terrificanti della letteratura moderna. La storia dello strano legame tra il rispettabile medico e il suo alter ego, della caccia a un assassino nella nebbia di Londra, è un'agghiacciante esplorazione della capacità umana di compiere il male. Come dice Loredana Lipperini nell'introduzione, "sappiamo che Hyde siamo noi, e nello stesso tempo non possiamo che essere anche Jekyll e cercare di guardare fino in fondo nello specchio, qualunque sia l'immagine che vedremo."

Le giornate di Jim Hawkins trascorrono monotone come garzone nella locanda di famiglia a Bristol, Inghilterra. Il ragazzo non perde mai occasione di ascoltare le fantastiche storie dei marinai che visitano la locanda, sognando ad occhi aperti che anche lui, un giorno, salperà alla volta di mari lontani. Quel giorno arriva all'improvviso quando il pirata Billy Jones muore nella sua locanda.

Kauhuklassikko vailla vertaa! Lontoon kaduilla liikkuu outo ja salaperäinen mies Mr. Hyde, joka herättää kaupunkilaisissa kauhua. Mr. Hyde talloo tunteettomasti pikkutytön, ja hänet liitetään myös selkäpiitä karmivaan murhaan. Kun Mr. Hydeä ryhdytään etsimään, häntä ei kuitenkaan löydy. Miten se on mahdollista? Ja miten Mr. Hyde liittyy arvostettuun tohtori Jekylliin? Robert Louis Stevensonin "Salaperäinen ovi" tunnetaan myös nimellä "Tohtori Jekyll ja Mr. Hyde". Klassikon asemaan noussut teos käsittelee hyvän ja pahan kamppailua ihmismielen sisällä.

Quando un vecchio capitano di mare muore misteriosamente nella locanda dei genitori di Jim Hawkins, il giovane trova una mappa del tesoro tra gli effetti personali del capitano che darà il via a una selvaggia e avventurosa caccia al tesoro. Insieme a una manciata di pirati inaffidabili, incontra l'antagonista Long John Silver, un personaggio la cui fama trascende il racconto. Con "L'isola del tesoro" (1883), l'autore Robert Louis Stevenson inventò l'immagine moderna del pirata.

Vanha, rommia juova merimies kirjautuu sisään Englannin länsirannikolla sijaitsevaan majataloon ja pyytää muutamaa lanttia vastaan majatalon isännän poikaa Jim Hawkinsia, pitämään silmällä erästä puujalkaista miestä. Paikalle ilmestyy kuitenkin toinen, uhkaava mies - jolta puuttuu kaksi sormea - vaatien osaa vanhan merimiehen väitetystä aarrekartasta. Merimiehen vaivuttua juovuksiin Jim todella löytää kartan miehen laivakirstusta. Pian Hispaniola-alus asettuu kurssiinsa kohti suurta merirosvoseikkailua muun muassa tohtori Livesay kyydissään.

Seltsame Dinge gehen vor im Leben des Dr. Jekyll - so zumindest scheint es dessen Freund, dem Anwalt Utterson. Eine undurchsichtige, gefährliche Person namens Mr. Hyde scheint sich in dessen Leben zu drängen. Widerwillig beginnt Utterson Nachforschungen - und findet sich bald inmitten einer unfassbaren Kriminalgeschichte... Robert Louis Stevensons Novelle über einen geachteten Arzt und sein kriminelles Alter Ego gehört zu den wohl berühmtesten Erzählungen aller Zeiten.

Vampires, Werewolves, Mummies, Ghouls, Ghosts and Mad Scientists. Written by some of the greatest minds of all time, and narrated by award-winning narrator B.J. Harrison. Come listen Indian curses from a leprous albino. See a student of Alchemy take a secret draught of the elixir of life. Visit Count Dracula on Walpurgis Nacht. Follow Harry Houdini as he is kidnapped and trapped within the secret horrors of the Egyptian pyramids. There is something here for everyone who wants to hear a classic scary story when the lights are down low.

Nine spine-chilling stories from Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jerome K. Jerome, read by Laurence Olivier, Nelson Olmsted, and Basil Rathbone.

"The Perfect Crime" is written in the first person: "I know I committed the perfect crime." Phoebe Wallowes, a well educated American woman, really irritates him. He also has a genuine terror that she will one day marry him. Something therefore has to be done.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ranks alongside Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dracula as one of the top horror stories to emerge from the late 19th Century. Film and stage adaptations have never been able to fully relate the agony and conflict that permeates the mind of Dr Jekyll, but the audio version read by Ian Holm adds an extra spine-chilling dimension to the original text by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dr Jekyll creates a potion whereby he can divide the good and evil parts of his personality and thus free the good side to work for the benefit of mankind without the distraction of his baser instincts. Unfortunately, he undertakes the experiment while the depraved side of his nature is in the ascendancy and turns into the repulsive Mr Hyde, whose very presence ‘emanates with foulness and decay’, and who bears the ‘signature of Satan’ on his face.

When the naive David Balfour sets out on his quest for a long-lost relative, a terrifying chain of events is set in motion. He is plunged into a world of infamy and violence from which there seems no escape - until, that is, he meets the enigmatic and valiant Highlander, Alan Breck....

Today perhaps we all agree that youth is spoilt, ill-disciplined and in search of constant and instant gratification. No matter how much we love them, our children, as they mature from child to youth, are pampered. A century ago, and even further back, even the most privileged of youth was rarely indulged. In this volume we look at those years of youth through the eyes and pens of classic poets. They reveal times of hardship, of fear, of love and loss.

Night. The day has gone. Departed. And the dark embrace, the inky shadows of night descend. For many a time to unwind and slumber. For some a nagging doubt that all is not well. That some primeval and primordial happening may yet go bump in the night. But for our poets the night is a time of wonder and imagination as well as many other emotions and feelings. Among our ranks of gloried talents are Keats, Coleridge, William Morris, DH Lawrence, Whitman, Longfellow and many more besides. Their descriptions capture what they see and feel as perhaps only a poet can.