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Audiobooks by Robert L. Stevenson
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Im englischen Gasthaus ''Zum Admiral Benbow'' quartiert sich ein alter Seemann ein, Bill Bones. Jim Hawkins findet bald heraus, dass er Angst vor einem Einbeinigen hat und ihn irgend etwas Seltsames umgibt. Eines Nachts wird der trunksüchtige Bones von einem Seemann aufgesucht.
Was treibt der unheimliche Pirat John Silver? Bei der Suche nach dem Schatz gerät der junge Jim Hawkins in große Gefahr...
Victorian humour generally doesn’t time-travel well. ’The Wrong Box’ is one of the exceptions. The plot revolves around the supposed death of Joseph Finsbury who, as a youth, with his brother Masterman joined a tontine-a scheme whereby each entrant pays a fixed amount and the sum total, with interest, is given to the one who lives the longest. At the beginning of the story there are three survivors and then two - the Finsbury brothers.Joseph is guardian to two boys and a girl, Morris, John and Julia. He was responsible for the boys’ legacy of £30,000 and invested it unwisely in his failing leather business. The money has all but disappeared and, on reaching adulthood, they want their inheritance back! Uncle Joe must be kept alive at all costs. Then there is a train crash…The novel was either ignored or strongly criticized when first published, not least one suspects because of the irreverent attitude to death and its attendant rituals, subjects which commanded huge respect and veneration almost amounting to obsession from the Victorians. It is, however, a hugely entertaining story with a convoluted, complicated plot that can defy comprehension, but it is of no matter!A cast of gloriously eccentric characters certainly had a comic effect on one notable literary figure of the period. ‘I laughed over it dementedly when I read it. That man [ Stevenson ] has only one lung but he makes you laugh with your whole inside’ Rudyard Kipling.
Clear the decks for one of the greatest swashbuckling stories ever told. Masterfully crafted, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the fiery tropic seas—an unforgettable tale of treachery that embroils a host of legendary swashbucklers, from honest young Jim Hawkins to sinister, two-timing Israel Hands, to evil incarnate, blind Pew. But above all, Treasure Island is a complex study of good and evil, as embodied by the hero-villain, Long John Silver, the merry, unscrupulous buccaneer-rogue whose greedy quest for gold cannot help but win the heart of every soul who ever longed for romance, treasure and adventure. Since its publication in 1883, Treasure Island has provided an enduring literary model for such eminent writers as Anthony Hope, Graham Greene, and Jorge Luis Borges. Listen to this classic tale come to life for your family!
Zwei spannende Klassiker der Abenteuerliteratur aufwändig vertont:
Robinson Crusoe
- Ich bin Robinson Crusoe
- Hier bin ich 1659 gelandet
- Freitag und ich
Die Schatzinsel
- Teil 1
- Teil 2
James of the Glens has been falsely arrested for the murder of Colin Roy Campbell, and David Balfour who was present at the scene, makes a statement to tell his side of the story, meeting Lord Advocate Prestongrange and his charming daughter, Barbara Grant. Prestongrange can be deceitful, however, and David is imprisoned on the Bass rock until the trial is over and James’ fate is sealed. Catriona’s father, the scoundrel James More, is also held in connection with the case - until his daughter frees him with a brave and bold intrigue.
After meeting the renegade adventurer Alan Breck again, David and Catriona travel to Holland where David is to study law and there are many humorous misunderstandings in their courtship. Here More reveals himself as the rogue that he is in a wicked betrayal and an attempt to capture Alan. Catriona finally realizes her fathers villainy, acknowledges her love for David, and the couple marry and move back to Scotland to raise a family.
Dr Jekyll creates a potion whereby he can divide the good and evil parts of his personality and thus free the good side to work for the benefit of mankind without the distraction of his baser instincts. Unfortunately, he undertakes the experiment while the depraved side of his nature is in the ascendancy and turns into the repulsive Mr Hyde, whose very presence ‘emanates with foulness and decay’, and who bears the ‘signature of Satan’ on his face. Hyde eventually commits murder and begins to dominate the tortured Jekyll, inhabiting the Doctors’ body more and more - and then Jekylls’ supply of the drugs to make his potion and effect the transformation start to run out!The idea for this horror story came to Stevenson in a nightmare. Part thriller, part mystery the novels construction was also notable, for the action is described by three of the protagonists.The terrifying tale was hailed as a literary landmark when it was first published in 1886.
I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father's house". So begins one of the greatest tales in literature, an account of David Balfour's trials and tribulations as he falls foul of his miserly uncle who has him abducted on board ship in order to steal his inheritance. After rescuing Alan Breck on the high seas they are shipwrecked, witness a murder and are themselves suspected, effect a hazardous escape and exact revenge on the wicked Ebenezer thereby regaining David's rightful legacy. "In one of my books and in one only, the characters took the bit in their teeth….they turned their backs on me and walked off bodily; and from that time my task was stenographic - it was they who spoke, it was they who wrote the remainder of the story" - R.L. Stevenson
Set sail on the Hispanola with the boy Jim Hawkins and enter the world of pirates and swashbucklers. Join Black Dog, Squire Trelawney, and Long John Silver on this innovative take on the classic story. Starring Dan O'Herlihy, Sean McClory, Ford Rainey, Shepherd Menken, Jeanette Nolan, Peggy Webber, Parley Baer, Lou Krugman, Kay Kuter, Linda Henning, Kevin Tracey, William Woodson, Richard Erdman, and John Carver
