Robert Louis Stevenson
Connaissez-vous le système de la tontine? Un groupe de personnes cotise à part égale, et le dernier survivant rafle la mise totale. Le Mort vivant est l'histoire de deux frères, derniers prétendants d'une tontine, Joseph et Masterman Finsbury. Quand Jacques Finsbury, leur frère cadet décède, Joseph se retrouve tuteur des deux enfants de Jacques. Mais il gère bien mal les biens de ses neveux, et une fois à l'âge adulte, l'un d'eux, Maurice,
...9) Thrawn Janet
In 1712, a newly graduated preacher arrives in a small town, and hires Janet, an old crone, as his housekeeper—a woman whom many of the townspeople believe to be in league with the devil. When some of the local women attempt to dunk Janet in the river to prove that she is a witch, the preacher rescues her and has her abjure the devil before them. From the next day forward, Janet's appearance is altered; she has a thrawn (twisted) neck, with
...11) Markheim
A man named Markheim comes to an antique store late on Christmad day even though the store is officially closed, and the rather shady dealer points out that whenever he comes to visit after hours, it is usually to privately sell a rare item, claiming it to be from a late uncle's collection he inherited. The dealer hints his suspicions that more likely Markheim stole these items, although it has not stopped him from purchasing them, usually
...12) Markheim
Se trata de un cuento sobre la lucha por el alma de un hombre, sobre la pelea del bien contra el mal que transcurre en una fría casa londinense.
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses.
The Pentland Rising: A Page of History, 1666 was an account of the Covenanters' rebellion which was published in 1866, the 200th anniversary of the event. (Source: Wikipedia)
...14) Prince Otto
Prince Otto: A Romance is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1885. The novel was largely written during 1883. Stevenson referred to Prince Otto as "my hardest effort", one of the chapters was rewritten eight times by Stevenson and once by his wife. (from Wikipedia)
From the thirteenth century onwards, the name, under the various disguises of Stevinstoun, Stevensoun, Stevensonne, Stenesone, and Stewinsoune, spread across Scotland from the mouth of the Firth of Forth to the mouth of the Firth of Clyde. Four times at least it occurs as a place-name. There is a parish of Stevenston in Cunningham; a second place of the name in the Barony of Bothwell in Lanark; a third on Lyne, above Drochil Castle; the fourth
...Un vieux Lord vit avec ses deux fils, James l'aîné et Henry le cadet, et Miss Alison, une proche parent destinée à épouser James, au château de Durrisdeer - Écosse - en l'année 1745. La guerre de succession au trône éclate entre les Stuarts, menés par Charles-Édouard Stuart et le roi George II. Le lord prend le parti de répartir ses fils dans chaque camp. L'héritier direct devrait rester, mais il accepte de laisser le choix au hasard
...A collection of essays about writing: "On some technical elements of style in literature", "The morality of the profession of letters", "Books which have influenced me", "A note on realism", "My first book: ‘Treasure Island’", "The genesis of ‘the master of Ballantrae’" & "Preface to ‘the master of Ballantrae’".