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Dalam usaha mencari jati dirinya, Dr. Henry Jekyll yang cemerlang justru menemukan monster. Dia berhasil memisahkan sisi baik dan sisi buruk dirinya, namun ketika sisi buruk itu menguasainya, Dr. Jekyll menyadari bahwa dia tak mungkin terus menjalani kehidupan gandanya.

Hoodwinked by a villainous uncle and swept away into slavery aboard a ship bound for the Americas, a young man embarks on one of literature's great adventures. Befriended by a Scottish soldier running from the British crown, they fight off the ship's crew and escape, only to be accused of murder. Forced to flee across the Scottish countryside, their dangerous journey becomes one in which a boy becomes a man, learning the meaning of loyalty, friendship, and honor.

"Kidnapped" is a historical adventure, a "boys' novel" by Robert Louis Stevenson. The full title of the book gives away major parts of the plot and creates the false impression that the novel is autobiographical.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, published in 1886, is another brilliant work from Robert Louis Stevenson about the life and death struggle between two opposing personalities - one essentially good, the other essentially evil - for the soul of one man. The kind and intelligent Dr. Jekyll concocts a drug intended to separate his good self from his evil self, and after drinking it, turns into a psychopathic monster: Mr. Hyde!

Pubblicato nel 1886, questo famosissimo romanzo di Stevenson è un grande classico della letteratura mistery e della fantascienza. Ciò non toglie che sia anche un grande opera letteraria che approfondisce la psicologia della scissione della personalità e il rapporto del uomo col suo lato ombra. Descrive inoltre mirabilmente lo stato di dipendenza provocato dalle droghe e l’illusione di potersene liberare facilmente si trova tutta nella frase del protagonista: “Posso liberarmi di Mr. Hyde quando voglio”.

The Weird Circle, featuring tales of terror and horror, aired from 1943-1947, mainly on the Mutual radio network. This episode was originally broadcast on April 29, 1945.

The Weird Circle, featuring tales of terror and horror, aired from 1943-1947, mainly on the Mutual radio network. This episode was originally broadcast on May 20, 1945.

When the philanthropic, genial Dr. Jekyll becomes intensely submersed in the problems of good and evil and their affects on the nature of man, his deliberations soon drive him into his laboratory. There, he pursues to answer a question that has become his obsession: can the two opposing forces be separated?

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 nejpopulárnějším dílem svého autora. Příběh začíná v hostinci U admirála Benbowa, kde se ubytuje starý námořník Bill Bones, který záhy zemře. Při vyklízení jeho pokoje objeví syn hostinského Jim Hawkins v truhle mapu, na které je zakreslena cesta za tajuplným pokladem kapitána Flinta. Ukáže ji zemanovi Trelawneyovi a lékaři (a zároveň smírčímu soudci) Liveseyovi.

Um velho marinheiro se instala na estalagem dos pais de Jim Hawkins. Ele parece estar escondendo alguma coisa... Quando os piratas atacam a pousada, Jim foge e leva consigo o que o capitão estava escondendo: um mapa do tesouro! É assim que a aventura do jovem Jim começa em uma jornada cheia de surpresas.

Treasure Island, here starring Orson Welles, is the classic tale of pirates, treasure maps, danger, and buried treasure chests! Join young Jim Hawkins on his adventures on the high sea as he searches for the gold of the evil Captain Flint. Pieces of eight!! Pieces of eight!! This is one of the Classic Radio Theatre productions you will want to listen to over and over again!

Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is of the best "macabre" tales ever written. It is presented here in its entirety along with eight other incredible tales.

Set in mid-15th-century Paris, the tale centers around Francis Villon, a man with poetic sensibilities, long since driven to crime out of desperation and poverty. After fleeing from a tavern along with all other patrons after a grisly murder is committed on premises, Villon desperately visits a series of one-time acquaintances hoping to find shelter from the cold weather and certain death. Along the way, Villon ruminates on morality, honor, and poverty.

Robert Louis Stevenson's swashbuckling high-seas adventure! Now with waves crashing and swords clashing, a pirate tale like you've never heard before!

Bill, pirate en cavale, meurt en disant au jeune Jim Hawkins de se méfier du « marin à la jambe de bois ». La vie de Jim bascule quand il trouve dans les affaires de Bill une carte au trésor. Il est embarqué dans une expédition sur les mers, où il fait la rencontre de Long John Silver, charismatique cuisinier... à la jambe de bois.

Jim Hawkins ist noch jung, als das Abenteuer seines Lebens beginnt: Durch Zufall gerät er an die Karte einer entlegenen Insel. Genau dort soll der berüchtigte Piratenkapitän Flint seine Schätze vergraben haben. Bald darauf heuert Hawkins auf dem Expeditionsschiff "Hispaniola" an, um die geheimnisvolle Schatzinsel zu finden. Doch an Bord tummeln sich auch ehemalige Mitglieder von Flints Mannschaft, unter ihnen der einbeinige Schiffskoch John Silver. Die legendäre Jagd nach dem Schatz beginnt.

Æs Triplex is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson: The changes wrought by death are in themselves so sharp and final, and so terrible and melancholy in their consequences, that the thing stands alone in man's experience, and has no parallel upon earth. It outdoes all other accidents because it is the last of them. Sometimes it leaps suddenly upon its victims, like a Thug; sometimes it lays a regular siege and creeps upon their citadel during a score of years.

A Plea for Gas Lamps is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson: Cities given, the problem was to light them. How to conduct individual citizens about the burgess-warren, when once heaven had withdrawn its leading luminary.

An unmatched tale of adventure, greed, and heart-pounding suspense, Treasure Island follows young Jim as he encounters one piratical character after another, eventually embarking on a search for buried treasure that will take him halfway round the world as he and his companions hunt for the elusive pile of gold secreted away by the infamous and cruel pirate Captain Flint.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer Utterson is driven to investigate Edward Hyde, the unlikely protégé of his friend Dr Henry Jekyll, suspecting the relationship to be founded on blackmail. The truth is worse than he could have imagined. Jekyll’s ‘full statement of the case’, the final chapter of the book, explores the idea of dual personality that led him to his experiments, and his inexorable and finally fatal descent into evil.