A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott.
Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: ""Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!"" It was Long John Silver's parrot, Captain Flint! I turned to run…'
But young Jim Hawkins does not escape from the pirates this time. Will he and his friends find the treasure before the pirates do? Will they escape from the island, and sail back to England with a ship full of gold?
Dealing with split personalities, Dr. Jekyll battles with himself to overcome the evil Mr. Hyde. An old friend of Dr. Jekyll's, a lawyer Gabriel John Utterson, investigates odd occurrences that are linked to Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll is determined to stop becoming Mr. Hyde and uses a potion to stop the transition. This works for a time but the need for the potion increases because he can't stave off the beast.
Set amidst the real world events which occurred following the Jacobite rising of 1745, Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel “Kidnapped” is the story of David Balfour, who travels to meet his uncle and collect his inheritance following the death of his father. Betrayed by his Uncle, David finds himself kidnapped by Captain Hoseason of the brig “Covenant”, who plans to sell him into slavery in the Carolina Colonies of America. However the ship is blown of course and driven back towards Scotland...
First published in 1885 under the title “Penny Whistles”, Robert Louis Stevenson’s “A Child’s Garden of Verses”, is a collection of sixty-five poems for children about darkness and solitude. Amongst the collection includes such classics as “Foreign Children”, “The Lamplighter”, “The Land of Counterpane”, “Bed in Summer”, “My Shadow”, and “The Swing.” Inspired by many of his personal experiences as a child, Stevenson in this collection evokes the loneliness of being young, which he personally...
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest –Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!'Upon finding a map in his parents' inn, young Jim Hawkins joins a crew on route to the Caribbean to find buried treasure. One of his crew, the charming, yet devious Long John Silver is determined to snag the booty for himself and Jim's swashbuckling voyage becomes a mutinous and murderous adventure – where his own bravery is put to the test and he...
Роберт Луис Стивенсон – английский писатель шотландского происхождения. Широко известен как автор романа «Остров сокровищ». Обладал поистине уникальным литературным дарованием: он писал на самые разные темы и в самых разных жанрах. Что могло бы связать добропорядочного Генри Джекиля с порочным уродливым карликом Эдвардом Хайдом? И где вообще обитает этот злодей и убийца Хайд? Эти два вопроса и странные события, разворачивающиеся при участии этих двух персон, никого не оставят равнодушным....
Thomas Tippner präsentiert eine Neuauflage des Klassikers «Die Schatzinsel» von Robert Louis Stevenson. Mit den hochkarätigsten Sprechern und einem gigantisch-orchestralen Soundtrack -komponiert und arrangiert von Sebastian Pobot- inszeniert der Produzent sprichwörtlich Kino für die Ohren a la «Fluch der Karibik». Eine zeitgemäße und gelungene Umsetzung des erfolgreichsten Piraten-Romans der Weltliteratur.