Robert Stevenson
1) Kidnapped
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Originally written as a boys' adventure novel, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped has received praise from a range of writers, including Henry James and Jorge Luis Borges. Set around events in eighteenth century Scotland, such as the "Appin Murder" that happened in the wake of the Jacobite Rising, it skillfully and sympathetically portrays the political situation of the time. A sequel, titled Catriona, was published in 1893.
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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...