He wrote stories of chance and peril, pirates and buried gold. He told tales of good and evil, of men struggling with the darkest parts of their souls. Acclaimed Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson was a master whose works offer compelling insight into our hearts and minds. His novels should be s[...]

Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a writer of power and originality, who penned such classics as "Treasure Island, Kidnapped, " and "The Weir of Hermiston." The editor has collected in convenient form Stevenson's short fiction, including the complete "New A[...]

This 1931 book is comprised of extracts from An Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse (1824) by Robert Stevenson (1772-1850).[...]

Set deep in the Scottish landscape, this novel of travel and adventure gives an account of remote places and dangerous action in the Highlands in the years following Culloden.[...]

In 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson was suffering from poor health, struggling to survive on the income derived from his writings, and tormented by his infatuation with Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman. His response was to embark on a journey through the Cevennes with a donkey, Modestine, and a [...]

Not only is Stevenson's novel the inspiration for "The Incredible Hulk", but Alan Moore, writer/creator of the best-selling "Watchmen" graphic novel, enlisted Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in his original graphic novel series, "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman", thus making this CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED [...]

Scientist Dr. Jekyll discovers a way of changing his personality and becoming the violent and aggressive Mr. Hyde. At the start, moving from one to the other is easy. But not for long. Both a psychological investigation and a thrilling story, the double nature of the hero has made him an iconic figu[...]

Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beacon[...]