Robert Louis Stevenson

Klasický pirátský příběh pro děti a mládež s pokladem, zakopaným na neznámém ostrově byl mnohokrát zfilmován, upraven pro rozhlas i divadlo a motivy z něj se nacházejí i v dílech jiných autorů. Poprvé vyšel v roce 1883 a stal se ne

Učte se angličtinu čtením napínavých příběhů. Třeba na tropickém ostrově hemžícím se piráty, kteří bojují s chlapcem Jimem a jeho přáteli. Chtějí, aby jim prozradili, kde leží „samé dukáty“ kapitány Flinta. Ilustrovaná knížka je určena pro...

Pozor! Četba této knihy může způsobit silný estetický zážitek! Stevensonova veršovaná balada s poněkud svérázným morálním poselstvím poprvé vychází v českém jazyce s originálním ilustračním doprovodem! Dva vykutálení braši, pirát Robin a lékárník...

Fettes and his friends meet for a drink at the local inn. Everything is going well until the famous doctor Wolfe Macfarlane enters to treat a sick patient. Fettes gets very upset when he sees Macfarlane and a conflict arises between the two former medic

Gabriel Utterson firsts hears about Mr. Hyde while on an evening walk with a friend. A sinister-looking man, Mr. Hyde is said to have violently trampled a young girl on the street for no reason. Not prone to gossip, Utterson leaves the matter be. But

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Recently orphaned 17-year-old David leaves his home on the Scottish countryside to seek out a rich uncle he has never met. The uncle, as it turns out, is paranoid and unpleasant, and before David can claim his inheritance he is knocked out and taken to s

Henry Jekyll is an idealistic young scientist whose main goal it is to unlock the secrets of the human soul. He creates many different potions and chemical mixtures in his lab, but still struggles with discovering its secret. After he creates his most r

Jim Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ inn, near Bristol. After Billy Bones, an old sea captain, mysteriously dies at the inn, Hawkins unlocks his sea chest and finds a treasure map. The mysterious treasure map arouses Jim’s cu

Ballantrae and Henry are two brothers and Scottish noblemen, whose family is torn apart during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Ballantrae is an unscrupulous and bold man, who joins the fights to restore the Stuarts to the English throne. His brother, an ho

In a fog-wreathed London, the respected Dr Jekyll’s experiments on the dual nature of man unleash a brute that feels no moral restraint or remorse. Although excited by this freedom, Jekyll discovers that he is unable to control the power of his vic

Recently orphaned 17-year-old David leaves his home on the Scottish countryside to seek out a rich uncle he has never met. The uncle, as it turns out, is paranoid and unpleasant, and before David can claim his inheritance he is knocked out and taken to s

Napínavý pirátský příběh viděný očima mladého Jima Hawkinse. Ten získá po smrti starého námořníka mapu s úkrytem velkého pokladu kapitána Flinta. Jim Hawkins se vydává na palubě plachetnice Hispaniola na výpravu za pokladem. Lodním kuchařem je však...

A dark night, a graveyard and the suspicion of murder… The Body Snatcher 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 pa

A nameless Scottish soldier is recovering from his wounds in a Spanish hospital. He takes a temporary residence with a local family. Felipe and Olalla are two siblings living with their mother, with whom the soldier develops a casual friendship. After

Dobrodružné pátrání Jima Hawkinse a jeho přátel po pokladu kapitána Flinta, o který rovněž usiluje banda zlotřilých pirátů, tvoří příběh, který budou děti číst či poslouchat se zatajeným dechem...