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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 irgendetwas 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.

Set in mid-15th-century Paris, the tale centers around Francis Villon, a man with poetic sensibilities, long since driven to crime out of desperation and poverty. After fleeing from a tavern along with all other patrons after a grisly murder is committed on premises, Villon desperately visits a series of one-time acquaintances hoping to find shelter from the cold weather and certain death. Along the way, Villon ruminates on morality, honor, and poverty.

Inhaltsbeschreibung: London im Jahr 1880. Dr. Henry Jekyll ist ein beliebter Arzt und Wissenschaftler. Aber in letzter Zeit verhält er sich merkwürdig. Seine beiden Freunde, der Anwalt Gabriel Utterson und der Arzt Dr. Hastie Lanyon vermuten einen Zusammenhang mit dem plötzlichen Auftauchen des zwielichtigen Edward Hyde, der besonders nachts in London sein Unwesen treibt. Eher zufällig kommt der angesehene Anwalt Utterson diesem Mr. Hyde auf die Schliche und ist umso überraschter, als er herausfindet, dass dieser Mann sogar einen sehr engen Kontakt zu seinem besten Freund Dr. Jekyll unterhält.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. The work is also known as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" entering the vernacular to refer to people with an unpredictably dual nature.

Vanha, rommia juova merimies kirjautuu sisään Englannin länsirannikolla sijaitsevaan majataloon ja pyytää muutamaa lanttia vastaan majatalon isännän poikaa Jim Hawkinsia, pitämään silmällä erästä puujalkaista miestä. Paikalle ilmestyy kuitenkin toinen, uhkaava mies - jolta puuttuu kaksi sormea - vaatien osaa vanhan merimiehen väitetystä aarrekartasta. Merimiehen vaivuttua juovuksiin Jim todella löytää kartan miehen laivakirstusta. Pian Hispaniola-alus asettuu kurssiinsa kohti suurta merirosvoseikkailua muun muassa tohtori Livesay kyydissään.

"La freccia nera" (= "The Black Arrow") è un romanzo storico avventuroso scritto nel 1883, ambientato nell'Inghilterra del XV secolo, durante la Guerra delle Due Rose e sotto il regno di Enrico VI. Negli anni sessanta il romanzo fu adattato ad uno sceneggiato televisivo con Loretta Goggi e Arnoldo Foà.

There is something wrong about the Spanish residencia on the hill. Some disregard it as only a house with a mad woman with her two children. Others claim that unspeakable things happen at night, when the house is in the shadows. When a wounded war hero takes refuge in this forbidding home, he slowly realizes that degenerate people tend to fraternize with degenerate spirits.

"Ostrov sokrovishch" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu proizvedeniyu. V rolyah: Yu. Yakovlev, R. Nifontova, R. Plyatt, I. Kvasha, G. Vitsin, E. Vesnik i dr.

"Almaz Radzhi" - radiospektakl' po odnoimennoy povesti. Povest' napisana v 1878 godu. Ispolniteli: R. Suhoverko, Z. Gerdt, E. Vesnik, V. Vasil'eva, B. Ivanov, O. Tabakov, A. Mironov, R. Plyatt.

Seltsame Dinge gehen vor im Leben des Dr. Jekyll - so zumindest scheint es dessen Freund, dem Anwalt Utterson. Eine undurchsichtige, gefährliche Person namens Mr. Hyde scheint sich in dessen Leben zu drängen. Widerwillig beginnt Utterson Nachforschungen - und findet sich bald inmitten einer unfassbaren Kriminalgeschichte... Robert Louis Stevensons Novelle über einen geachteten Arzt und sein kriminelles Alter Ego gehört zu den wohl berühmtesten Erzählungen aller Zeiten.

Na efervescente Londres do se'culo XIX, qual seria a relac¸a~o secreta entre Dr. Henry Jekyll, um me'dico bem-sucedido, generoso, elegante e educado, e Mr. Hyde, um homem repugnante e assustador? E' isso que o advogado Mr. Utterson vai tentar descobrir nesta histo'ria repleta de miste'rio e terror, um dos grandes cla'ssicos da literatura universal.

A mysterious map, pirates, and pieces of eight! When young Jim Hawkins finds a map to pirates' gold, he starts on an adventure that takes him from his English village to a desert island with the murderous Black Dog, half-mad Ben Gunn, and (of course) Long John Silver. Arrr Jim lad!

The 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. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the misanthropic Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next.

《金银岛》的故事围绕一份神秘的藏宝图展开，故事以主人公吉姆的口吻记述，极富亲切感和真实感，故事情节悬念丛生，险象环生，高潮迭起，环环相扣，惊险曲折，结局圆满，大快人心。…… 《金銀島》的故事圍繞一份神秘的藏寶圖展開，故事以主人公吉姆的口吻記述，極富親切感和真實感，故事情節懸念叢生，險象環生，高潮迭起，環環相扣，驚險曲折，結局圓滿，大快人心。

Here are legendary director, producer, screenwriter, author, and actor Orson Welles' historic interpretations of excerpts from classic literature. Includes selections from Oscar Wilde's "The Happy Prince', H.G. Wells' "The Red Room", Saki's "Shredni Vashtar", Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Sharer", Rudyard Kipling's "Riki-Tikii-Tavi", Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Wakefield", Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart", and Robert Louis Stevenson's "Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde".

"Kidnapped" is a historical fiction adventure novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Written as a "boys' novel" and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886, the novel has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Seamus Heaney. A sequel, "Catriona", was published in 1893.

"Treasure Island" is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine "Young Folks" between 1881 and 1882 under the title "Treasure Island or the mutiny of the Hispaniola", with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North.

Diese Kurzgeschichte von Robert Louis Stevenson berichtet über Frank, einen Vagabund, der die Tochter eines bankrotten Bankiers liebt. Als die Gläubiger des Bankiers auftauchen, helfen Frank und dessen ehemaliger Kommilitone den beiden zu entkommen. Ist das die Rettung? Regie: Friedrich Otto Scholz

David Balfour discovers that his uncle is not the oldest son but that his father was actually the eldest and that he then is the rightful heir of his father's estate. His uncle is miserly and deceitful and after failing to have David fall off an unfinished staircase, he then arranges to have him kidnapped. David has a long and treacherous voyage on the boat he was taken by. After crashing upon an island, he survives and ultimately makes his way back to his uncle's house.

Eine Erzählung, die in den 1880er Jahren geschrieben, auf überraschend neuartige Weise die Frage nach der Identität stellt. Es geht um einen Mörder und dessen Gewissen. Regie: Nestor Xaidis