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Throughout his life, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was tormented by poor health. Yet despite frequent physical collapses–mainly due to constant respiratory illness–he was an indefatigable writer of novels, poems, essays, letters, travel books, and children’s books. He was born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, of a prosperous family of lighthouse engineers. Though he was expected to enter the family profession, he studied instead for the Scottish bar. By the time he was called to the bar, however, he had already begun writing seriously, and he never actually practiced law. In 1880, against his family’s wishes, he married an American divorcée... Read More
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1982
Price: $3.95
Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde as a "chilling shocker." He then burned the draft and, upon his wife's advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today. Stark, skillfully woven, this fascinating novel explores the curious turnings of human character through the strange case... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1982
Price: $3.95
Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde as a "chilling shocker." He then burned the draft and, upon his wife's advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today. Stark, skillfully woven, this fascinating novel explores the curious turnings of human character through the strange case... Read more >
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Treasure Island
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1982
Price: $3.95
Masterfully crafted, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the fiery tropic seas—an unforgettable tale of treachery that embroils a host of legendary swashbucklers from honest young Jim Hawkins to sinister, two-timing Israel Hands to evil incarnate, blind Pew. But above all, Treasure Island is a complex study of... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 1, 1982
Price: $3.95
Masterfully crafted, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the fiery tropic seas—an unforgettable tale of treachery that embroils a host of legendary swashbucklers from honest young Jim Hawkins to sinister, two-timing Israel Hands to evil incarnate, blind Pew. But above all, Treasure Island is a complex study of... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Treasure Island
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2001
Price: $8.00
Robert Louis Stevenson's cherished, unforgettable adventure magically captures the thrill of a sea voyage and a treasure hunt through the eyes of its teenage protagonist, Jim Hawkins. Crossing the Atlantic in search of the buried cache, Jim and the ship's crew must brave the elements and a mutinous charge led by... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2001
Price: $8.00
Robert Louis Stevenson's cherished, unforgettable adventure magically captures the thrill of a sea voyage and a treasure hunt through the eyes of its teenage protagonist, Jim Hawkins. Crossing the Atlantic in search of the buried cache, Jim and the ship's crew must brave the elements and a mutinous charge led by... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover and a
paperback.
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Kidnapped
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1982
Price: $3.95
Spirited, romantic, and full of danger, Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic of high adventure. Beloved by generations, it is the saga of David Balfour, a young heir whose greedy uncle connives to do him out of his inherited fortune and plots to have him seized and sold into slavery. But... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1982
Price: $3.95
Spirited, romantic, and full of danger, Kidnapped is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic of high adventure. Beloved by generations, it is the saga of David Balfour, a young heir whose greedy uncle connives to do him out of his inherited fortune and plots to have him seized and sold into slavery. But... Read more >
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $15.95
Richard Le Gallienne’s elegant abridgment of the Diary captures the essential writings of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), a remarkable man who witnessed the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666. Originally scribbled in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys’s quotidian journal of life in Restoration London... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2003
Price: $15.95
Richard Le Gallienne’s elegant abridgment of the Diary captures the essential writings of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), a remarkable man who witnessed the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666. Originally scribbled in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys’s quotidian journal of life in Restoration London... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: May 7, 1991
Price: $8.95
Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde as a "chilling shocker." He then burned the draft and, upon his wife's advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today. Stark, skillfully woven, this fascinating novel explores the curious turnings of human character through the strange case... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: May 7, 1991
Price: $8.95
Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde as a "chilling shocker." He then burned the draft and, upon his wife's advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today. Stark, skillfully woven, this fascinating novel explores the curious turnings of human character through the strange case... Read more >
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 28, 1992
Price: $18.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
The doppelganger, the ghostly double infecting the soul, was a popular fictional subject for late nineteenth-century writers, and it found its most brilliant realization in Robert Louis Stevenon's story of Dr Jekyll, whose reckless genius allows him to bring his own appalling double to life. The finest horror... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 28, 1992
Price: $18.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
The doppelganger, the ghostly double infecting the soul, was a popular fictional subject for late nineteenth-century writers, and it found its most brilliant realization in Robert Louis Stevenon's story of Dr Jekyll, whose reckless genius allows him to bring his own appalling double to life. The finest horror... Read more >
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Kidnapped
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2001
Price: $9.00
A finely honed, stirring adventure about the orphan David Balfour, who is kidnapped by his villainous uncle and escapes through the Scottish highlands, only to become involved in the Scottish struggle for independence. This edition features a new introduction by Margot Livesey. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2001
Price: $9.00
A finely honed, stirring adventure about the orphan David Balfour, who is kidnapped by his villainous uncle and escapes through the Scottish highlands, only to become involved in the Scottish struggle for independence. This edition features a new introduction by Margot Livesey. Read more >
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The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson
Format: Trade Paperback, 880 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $18.95
The complexity and range of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short fiction reveals his genius perhaps more than any other medium. Here, leading Stevenson scholar Barry Menikoff arranges and introduces the complete selection of Stevenson’s brilliant stories, including the famed masterpiece Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as “The... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 880 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $18.95
The complexity and range of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short fiction reveals his genius perhaps more than any other medium. Here, leading Stevenson scholar Barry Menikoff arranges and introduces the complete selection of Stevenson’s brilliant stories, including the famed masterpiece Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as “The... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2001
Price: $22.00
The diary which Samuel Pepys kept from January 1660 to May 1669 ...is one of our greatest historical records and... a major work of English literature, writes the renowned historian Paul Johnson. A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2001
Price: $22.00
The diary which Samuel Pepys kept from January 1660 to May 1669 ...is one of our greatest historical records and... a major work of English literature, writes the renowned historian Paul Johnson. A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Master of Ballantrae and Weir of Hermiston
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: November 3, 1992
Price: $17.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
In these two historical tales of the Scottish lowlands in the eighteenth century, Robert Louis Stevenson brought to the novel of adventure a psychological sophistication it had never before possessed - a subtlety that, far from impeding the action, everywhere intensifies its speed and credibility. A double... Read more >
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: November 3, 1992
Price: $17.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
In these two historical tales of the Scottish lowlands in the eighteenth century, Robert Louis Stevenson brought to the novel of adventure a psychological sophistication it had never before possessed - a subtlety that, far from impeding the action, everywhere intensifies its speed and credibility. A double... Read more >
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A Child's Garden of Verses
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: November 3, 1992
Price: $15.95
First published in 1885, Stevenson's verses so truly reflect the feelings of young children--about being small, the bliss of going up in a swing so high, discovering one's shadow, happiness and sorrow and dreaming--that they have never ceased to be an essential part of a child's library. Robinson's beautiful pictures originally... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
On Sale: November 3, 1992
Price: $15.95
First published in 1885, Stevenson's verses so truly reflect the feelings of young children--about being small, the bliss of going up in a swing so high, discovering one's shadow, happiness and sorrow and dreaming--that they have never ceased to be an essential part of a child's library. Robinson's beautiful pictures originally... Read more >
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: February 12, 1984
Price: $3.99
Bubbling potions can be bad for your health! Just ask Dr. Jekyll. By day, he's a kind doctor. But by night, he's the merciless kill Mr. Hyde. And all because of a magic formula. Will anybody find out the horrible secret of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: February 12, 1984
Price: $3.99
Bubbling potions can be bad for your health! Just ask Dr. Jekyll. By day, he's a kind doctor. But by night, he's the merciless kill Mr. Hyde. And all because of a magic formula. Will anybody find out the horrible secret of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Read more >
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Treasure Island
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $29.95
Robert Louis Stevenson’s cherished, unforgettable adventure magically captures the thrill of a sea voyage and a treasure hunt through the eyes of its teenage protagonist, Jim Hawkins.
Crossing the Atlantic in search of the buried cache, Jim and the ship’s crew must brave the elements and a mutinous charge led... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 22, 2007
Price: $29.95
Robert Louis Stevenson’s cherished, unforgettable adventure magically captures the thrill of a sea voyage and a treasure hunt through the eyes of its teenage protagonist, Jim Hawkins.
Crossing the Atlantic in search of the buried cache, Jim and the ship’s crew must brave the elements and a mutinous charge led... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Treasure Island
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 3, 1992
Price: $16.95
Perhaps the greatest of all adventure stories for boys and girls, Treasure Island began, a brave boy who finds himself among pirates, and of the sinister pirate-cook Long John Silver holds children as entranced today as it did a century ago. It has appeared with illustrations by many leading artists, but... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: November 3, 1992
Price: $16.95
Perhaps the greatest of all adventure stories for boys and girls, Treasure Island began, a brave boy who finds himself among pirates, and of the sinister pirate-cook Long John Silver holds children as entranced today as it did a century ago. It has appeared with illustrations by many leading artists, but... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Kidnapped
Format: Hardcover, 340 pages
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $14.95
Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands. Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 340 pages
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $14.95
Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands. Read more >
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The Master of Ballantrae
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $11.95
Stevenson’s brooding historical romance demonstrates his most abiding theme—the elemental struggle between good and evil—as it unfolds against a hauntingly beautiful Scottish landscape, amid the fierce loyalties and violent enmities that characterized Scottish history. When two brothers attempt to split their loyalties between the warring factions of the 1745 Jacobite rising... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2002
Price: $11.95
Stevenson’s brooding historical romance demonstrates his most abiding theme—the elemental struggle between good and evil—as it unfolds against a hauntingly beautiful Scottish landscape, amid the fierce loyalties and violent enmities that characterized Scottish history. When two brothers attempt to split their loyalties between the warring factions of the 1745 Jacobite rising... Read more >
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The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson
Format: eBook, 880 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $18.95
The complexity and range of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short fiction reveals his genius perhaps more than any other medium. Here, leading Stevenson scholar Barry Menikoff arranges and introduces the complete selection of Stevenson’s brilliant stories, including the famed masterpiece Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as “The... Read more >
Format: eBook, 880 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $18.95
The complexity and range of Robert Louis Stevenson’s short fiction reveals his genius perhaps more than any other medium. Here, leading Stevenson scholar Barry Menikoff arranges and introduces the complete selection of Stevenson’s brilliant stories, including the famed masterpiece Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as well as “The... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $3.95
Bubbling potions can be bad for your health! Just ask Dr. Jekyll. By day, he's a kind doctor. But by night, he's the merciless kill Mr. Hyde. And all because of a magic formula. Will anybody find out the horrible secret of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $3.95
Bubbling potions can be bad for your health! Just ask Dr. Jekyll. By day, he's a kind doctor. But by night, he's the merciless kill Mr. Hyde. And all because of a magic formula. Will anybody find out the horrible secret of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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Treasure Island
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $3.95
Perhaps the greatest of all adventure stories for boys and girls, Treasure Island began, a brave boy who finds himself among pirates, and of the sinister pirate-cook Long John Silver holds children as entranced today as it did a century ago. It has appeared with illustrations by many leading artists, but... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 30, 2004
Price: $3.95
Perhaps the greatest of all adventure stories for boys and girls, Treasure Island began, a brave boy who finds himself among pirates, and of the sinister pirate-cook Long John Silver holds children as entranced today as it did a century ago. It has appeared with illustrations by many leading artists, but... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
hardcover,
hardcover,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Kidnapped
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 26, 2008
Price: $3.95
Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 26, 2008
Price: $3.95
Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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Treasure Island
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $17.50
Perhaps the greatest of all adventure stories for boys and girls, Treasure Island began, a brave boy who finds himself among pirates, and of the sinister pirate-cook Long John Silver holds children as entranced today as it did a century ago. It has appeared with illustrations by many leading artists, but... Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 15, 2007
Price: $17.50
Perhaps the greatest of all adventure stories for boys and girls, Treasure Island began, a brave boy who finds himself among pirates, and of the sinister pirate-cook Long John Silver holds children as entranced today as it did a century ago. It has appeared with illustrations by many leading artists, but... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover,
paperback and a
trade paperback.
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The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 1, 1977
Price: $17.50
Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the story of a doctor who uses chemical experiments to create an alter ego. Unfortunately, the alter ego is Mr. Hyde, the doctor's dark, malevolent side unleashed - with fatal consequences. Read more >
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 1, 1977
Price: $17.50
Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the story of a doctor who uses chemical experiments to create an alter ego. Unfortunately, the alter ego is Mr. Hyde, the doctor's dark, malevolent side unleashed - with fatal consequences. Read more >
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