Robert Louis Stevenson
2) Kidnapped
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English
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After his father dies, David Balfour is told to go to his uncle for his inheritance. But the uncle has no intention of letting the riches go, so he plots to kill Balfour, ultimately arranging for him to be kidnapped as a slave bound for the American colonies. Balfour's future looks bleak, until he witnesses a shipwreck and befriends the lone survivor, a rugged Highlander named Alan Breck Stewart. Together, they plan their rebellion, and the fight...
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English
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The thrilling classic story of good and evil battling for one man's soul, from the author of Kidnapped and Treasure Island.
Both a thrilling page-turner and a moral allegory, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde depicts the struggle between good and evil, vying for the soul of one man as a kindly London doctor seeks to suppress his dark side with a serum he's formulated—with terrifying results. Robert Louis...
Both a thrilling page-turner and a moral allegory, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde depicts the struggle between good and evil, vying for the soul of one man as a kindly London doctor seeks to suppress his dark side with a serum he's formulated—with terrifying results. Robert Louis...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Language
English
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Considered by many to contain pioneering works of English writing, Robert Louis Stevenson's New Arabian Nights collects together his short stories that were originally published in periodicals between 1877 and 1880. Holding some of Stevenson's first works of fiction to be published, some of these stories are thought by critics to be his best.
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Publisher
Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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This is an omnibus collection of ghost and horror stories. As may naturally be expected of a form so closely connected with primal emotion, the horror-tale is as old as human thought and speech themselves. Contents:
The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens August Heat by W. F. Harvey
The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs
"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You my Lad" by M. R. James
The Phantom Coach by Amelia...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company, Inc
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
The plague cellar--When the Devil was well--Edifying letters of the Rutherford family--An old song--A lodging for the night--Willo' the mill--The sire de Maletroit's door--The Suicide Club : Story of the young man with the cream tarts ; Story of the physician and the Saratoga trunk ; The adventures of the Hansom cabs--The Rajah's diamond : Story of the bandbox ; Story of the young man in holy orders ; Story of the house with the green blinds ; The...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Young Jim Hawkins lives a quiet life as the son of an innkeeper. This all changes when an ancient sailor takes up lodging at the inn. Jim is both horrified and fascinated by the captain's bloody stories. But when the old man dies without paying his bill, Jim must search the sailor's one possession, a large sea chest, for payment. In doing so, he unknowingly pockets an old map from the chest. But Jim is not the only one interested in the sea chest,...
16) Salty Dog: By
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When Wishbone accompanies Joe and his friends to look for treasure in the condemmed Trumbull barn, Wishbone imagines himself as young Jim Hawkins who acquires a treasure map and soon finds himself involved with dangerous pirates.
20) Kidnapped!
Author
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Retells, in comic book format, Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of sixteen-year-old David Balfour who, after being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders against English rule.
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