Treasure Island

Kawakami, Hiromi

In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of the Mothers. Some children are made in factories, from cells of rabbits and dolphins; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien bei...

O`farrell, Maggie

Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings. But when her older sister dies on the eve of marriage to Alfonso d'Este, ruler of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marr...

De Saint-Exupéry, Antoine

Here is my secret, which couldnt be simpler. It is only with the heart that one can rightly see; what is essential is invisible to the eyes. ...

Austen, Jane

‘You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone forever.'Anne Elliot is persuaded to reject a marriage proposal from handsome Captain Wentworth because he lacks rank or fortune. But when he returns home from the Navy, more than seven years later, Anne realises she still has strong feelings for him, despite th...

Tolkien, J.r.r

Begin your journey into Middle-earth. A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The first part of J.R. R. Tolkien's epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS.In a quiet village in the Shire, young Frodo is about to receive a gift that will change his life forever. Thought lost centuries ago, it is the One Ring, an object of terrifying power on...

Scott Fitzgerald, Francis

The Great Gatsby is one of the most recognized texts by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, considered a classic of American literature, whose exquisite work maintains all its relevance and freshness.Gatsby, the gentleman who reigns over West Egg, the host of the restless nights, but also the winner marked by the tragic fate of an unintended loneliness, is the archetype of those twenties...

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Esta nueva edición de "Moral Laica" incorpora otro texto del siempre perspicaz Robert Louis Stevenson. Ambos textos reflexionan en torno a cuestiones como el dinero, el trabajo, la relación con el oficio y el honor: "Moral laica", un ensayo sobre ética redactado en la primavera de 1897 en Edimburgo, y el artículo «El compromiso moral del escritor», publicado en TheFortnightly R...

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), de origen escocés, afamado novelista y viajero empedernido, nos ofrece un retrato de un personaje imprescindible de la literatura norteamericana y universal: Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). Pensador y escritor polifacético. Hoy en día, una leyenda del discurso político, ideólogo de la desobediencia civil moderna y padre de las tesis de la si...

Stevenson, Robert Louis

"Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable..." Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. Th...

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Una de las mayores aventuras literarias de todos los tiempos, la búsqueda apasionante de un tesoro perdido. Traducción de Jordi Beltrán Ferrer Jim Hawkins regenta, junto a sus padres, la posada Almirante Benbow. Su vida discurre tranquila entre la barra y las mesas hasta que, un día, un viejo marinero entra en su fonda acarreando un pesado secreto... De la noche a la mañana el...

Stevenson, Robert Louis

De las muchas cosas que este relato de Stevenson nos enseña, quizá la más importante es nuestra —en muchas ocasiones— increíble y loca necesidad de sólo oír lo que queremos escuchar. Por eso, el título elegido por el gran autor escocés muestra que la historia de una mentira sólo es posible si se cuenta con la disposición plena de quien ha de ser "mentido". El quid, por otra par...

Stevenson, Robert Louis

El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde, la máxima cointribución de Stevenson a la literatura de intriga y a la indiscutible mitología del terror, aborda el conflicto del desdoblamiento de la personalidad para entrar en el terreno de lo misterioso, la sordidez y el perverso atractivo de la muerte y el horror. Olalla es una historia de amor, no exenta de sadismo, narrada al es...