Robert Louis Stevenson
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When old drunken sailor Billy Bones dies at the Admiral Benbow Inn, the innkeeper's son Jim Hawkins finds a map amongst his possessions. The local physician, Doctor Livesey, and the squire, Trelawney, believe the map is of an island where the infamous pirate Captain Flint buried his treasure. They decide to buy a ship to go and find it, and Jim decides to join the crew as cabin boy. But also joining Captain Smollett's crew is a one-legged cook with...
2) Kidnapped
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
Author
Language
English
Description
When lawyer Gabriel John Utterson witnesses the odd behavior of a man named Edward Hyde, who uses cheques signed by Utterson's friend Dr. Henry Jekyll, he decides to investigate the strange and violent man. Utterson soon discovers the horrible and incredible truth in the form of a letter written by Dr. Jekyll and left near the body of the late Mr. Hyde.
Author Robert Louis Stevenson is believed to have had a somewhat volatile relationship with...
Author
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
3 sound discs (ca. 174 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1886, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is author Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of man's inner struggle between good and evil. The novella revolves around the investigation by London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson, concerning the association between his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and the evil, morally corrupt Edward Hyde, to whom Jekyll has recently willed his estate.
Through the use of a magic potion, Dr. Jekyll, who nurtured a belief...
Author
Series
Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
xiv, 224 p. : col ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. The Master of Ballantrae is a Gothic romance of adventure and revenge. Brothers Henry and James Durie take opposite sides during the Jacobite uprising of 1745 to ensure the survival of their estate regardless of the outcome of the war. Believing that James had died along with the hopes of the Stuarts at the Battle of Culloden, Henry acquires his brother's property....
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[1987]
Physical Desc
xii, 328 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In fifteenth-century England, when his father's murderer is revealed to be his guardian, seventeen-year-old Richard Shelton joins the fellowship of the Black Arrow in avenging the death, rescuing the woman he loves, and participating in the struggle between the Yorks and Lancasters in the War of the Roses.
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 106
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
xlix, 373 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 63
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
xxxi, 239 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
322 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family's boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop. Through strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them find the treasure: John, a sailor who knows all...
11) Kidnapped
Author
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
112 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale in which, after being kidnapped by his villainous uncle, 16-year-old David Balfour escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish highlanders under English rule.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (69 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Upon developing a potion meant to separate the good and evil sides inherent in humans, Dr. Henry Jekyll loses control of his evil mind and becomes the villain known as Mr. Hyde.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (63 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
EspaƱol
Description
Upon developing a potion meant to separate the good and evil sides inherent in humans, Dr. Henry Jekyll loses control of his evil mind and becomes the villain known as Mr. Hyde.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (63 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Upon developing a potion meant to separate the good and evil sides inherent in humans, Dr. Henry Jekyll loses control of his evil mind and becomes the villain known as Mr. Hyde.
15) Treasure Island
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (63 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel which retells the story of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island." After pirate Billy Bones shows up at his mother's inn and suddenly dies, Jim Hawkins must now unlock an old sea chest. He finds a map leading to a treasure on an island far away, and he sets sail unaware of dangers ahead.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (69 pages) : chiefly color illustrations
Language
English
Description
In this graphic version of the novel, young Jim Hawkins finds a map and embarks on a voyage with Captain Smollett and the treacherous Long John Silver to find buried pirate treasure.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (98 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic novel retelling of the classic novel, young Jim Mousekins discovers a map to buried treasure and finds himself on the high seas and treking through tropical jungles, all while evading dangerous pirates.