Историю, построенную как научно-фантастический детектив о двойниках, с убийствами, различными тайнами и расследованием, Стивенсон превратил в психологический этюд о границах "добра" и "зла" в человеческой природе. Издание предназначено для всех читающих по-английски или изучающих английский язык и снабжено подробными лингвострановедческими комментариями.

A generous and remarkable young prince, together with his loyal and brave servant, find more adventure than they bargained for in The Suicide Club, Robert Louis Stevenson's engrossing trilogy of short stories about a bizarre club for people with a strong desire to end their lives. In these interrelated tales, Prince Florizel of Bohemia and his aide, Colonel Geraldine, travel incognito through some of the most dangerous haunts of 19th-century London. "The Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts" introduces Florizel to the formidable Suicide Club, an organization for people who wish to end their lives, but don't have the courage to accomplish the act themselves. The "Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk" reveals the grim contents of a large piece of luggage that travels hundreds of miles to its final destination; and in "The Adventure of the Hansom Cab", a bloody resolution seals the fate of a notorious and elusive assassin. Brimming with heart-stopping drama,...

The 64 poems in `A Child`s Garden of Verses` are a masterly evocation of childhood from the pen of the author of `Treasure Island` and `Kidnapped`. They are full of delightful irony, wit and the fantasy worlds of childhood imagination, and introduce for the first time The Land of Nod. But they are also touched with a genuine and gentle pathos at times as they recall a world which seems so far away form us now. This edition, which includes Charles Robinson`s charming illustrations and vignettes, is described as the definitive edition by `The Oxford Companion to Children`s Literature`.

Set in Scotland in 1751, "Kidnapped" remains one of the most exciting adventure stories ever written. It tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle Ebenezer who should have been his guardian, falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite Cause. Shipwreck, murder and escape through the Highlands are only a few of the ingredients of this wonderful book. Формат: 12,5 см x 19,5 см.