C'est dans le Londres sombre, brumeux et plein de danger du XIXe siècle que se déroule l'étrange histoire du Dr Jekyll et son double monstrueux, Mr Hyde.
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Set in 15th century England during the Wars of the Roses, this is the adventure story of Richard Shelton and the band of the Black Arrow. Sir Daniel Brackley is like a father to Richard, but one day Richard discovers a terrible truth... Now he must fight against Sir Daniel and his men.
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'Comme bien des contes en effet - et les contes arabes ne font pas exception à la règle -, Le diamant du rajah initie une double méditation. Véritable allégorie de la destinée, tout d'abord en ce que ses invraisemblances l'arrachent à tous les déterminismes liés à la nature.
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the famous Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde.
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Le jeune Jim Hawkins se retrouve embarqué dans une folle aventure lorsqu'il découvre une mystérieuse carte au trésor dans les affaires d'un vieux marin séjournant à l'auberge de ses parents.
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A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous adventure story in the world. Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island.
But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and the stash of gold.
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Envie de lire en anglais les plus grands classiques de la littérature ? Avec Harrap's c'est facile grâce à : un texte adapté et revu par des enseignants, de belles illustrations, pour suivre l'histoire, un lexique anglais-français en fin d'ouvrage, pour aider à bien comprendre le texte. En suivant sur le livre, écoute la version audio et savoure toute la musicalité de l'anglais.
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Dans une Espagne imaginaire du XIXe siècle, une noble famille désargentée héberge un officier écossais en convalescence…
Dans cette nouvelle écrite juste après L’étrange cas du Dr Jekyll et de Mr Hyde, Stevenson mêle récit fantastique, conte gothique et histoire d’amour tragique.
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One of Stevenson's most famous and enduringly popular works, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde describes the mysterious relationship between a respectable and affable doctor and his brutal associate. Set in the grimy streets of Victorian London, this tale of murder, split personality and obscure science, with its chilling final revelation, became an instant horror classic when it was [...]
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In Treasure Island, a weathered old sailor known as Billy Bones arrives at the inn of young Jim Hawkins's parents - and it is the start of an adventure beyond anything he could have imagined. For when Bones dies mysteriously, Jim stumbles across a map of a mysterious island in his sea chest - where 'X' marks the spot of a stash of buried pirate gold.
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'All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil'Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality.
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The story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by Stevenson and his nephew. The tale is told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself.
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Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror that originated in a feverish nightmare, whose hallucinatory setting in the murky back streets of London gripped a nation mesmerized by crime and violence.
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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850-1894) L'Etrange Cas du Dr Jekyll et de Mr Hyde The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Nouvelles traduites et présentées par Georges Hermet Le docteur Jekyll est un médecin londonien, précurseur des tendances de la médecine psychanalytique moderne. Ayant diagnostiqué deux éléments de sa personnalités, il les dissocie grâce à des poudres chimiques.
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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 notebook, which he later transformed into Travels with a Donkey. Just a few months after [...]
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