Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Xist Publishing
ISBN: 1681952262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Three Supernatural Short Stories In the Body Snatcher, the Bottle Imp and the Merry Men, Robert Louis Stevenson takes his characters into an alternate reality where supernatural occurs. In the new reality, corpses seem to have a life of their own, bottles have the ability of fulfill any human desire but with a cost and magic islands are the ultimate source for wealth. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
The Body Snatcher and Other Tales
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Xist Publishing
ISBN: 1681952262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Three Supernatural Short Stories In the Body Snatcher, the Bottle Imp and the Merry Men, Robert Louis Stevenson takes his characters into an alternate reality where supernatural occurs. In the new reality, corpses seem to have a life of their own, bottles have the ability of fulfill any human desire but with a cost and magic islands are the ultimate source for wealth. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Publisher: Xist Publishing
ISBN: 1681952262
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Three Supernatural Short Stories In the Body Snatcher, the Bottle Imp and the Merry Men, Robert Louis Stevenson takes his characters into an alternate reality where supernatural occurs. In the new reality, corpses seem to have a life of their own, bottles have the ability of fulfill any human desire but with a cost and magic islands are the ultimate source for wealth. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
The Body-snatcher
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grave robbing
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Grave robbing
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The Greatest Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510737847
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
The Best Short Works of One of English Literature’s Most Masterful Storytellers Collected in a Single Volume Known mostly for his seminal full-length works, such as the famous classics Treasure Island and Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterful short fiction is often overshadowed. Now these pioneering works in the English short story tradition are presented here, collected in a single volume. Including the beloved novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," which G. K. Chesterton called “a double triumph,” and “The Merry Men,” as well as stories like “The Suicide Club” and “The Rajah’s Diamond” from the acclaimed 1882 collection New Arabian Nights, The Greatest Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson immerses you in Stevenson’s extraordinary worlds—thrilling tales of pure adventure and suspense, glorious evocations of the beauty of the Scottish countryside, and characters painted with the same vigor and energy as his most well-known creations. Showcasing his brilliant and lucid prose, his dramatic skill, and his perfect sense of pace that made him a celebrity during his time and a landmark author in the history of English literature, Stevenson’s enduring stories continue to capture the imagination of the contemporary reader and rightly belong to popular mythology today.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510737847
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 547
Book Description
The Best Short Works of One of English Literature’s Most Masterful Storytellers Collected in a Single Volume Known mostly for his seminal full-length works, such as the famous classics Treasure Island and Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterful short fiction is often overshadowed. Now these pioneering works in the English short story tradition are presented here, collected in a single volume. Including the beloved novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," which G. K. Chesterton called “a double triumph,” and “The Merry Men,” as well as stories like “The Suicide Club” and “The Rajah’s Diamond” from the acclaimed 1882 collection New Arabian Nights, The Greatest Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson immerses you in Stevenson’s extraordinary worlds—thrilling tales of pure adventure and suspense, glorious evocations of the beauty of the Scottish countryside, and characters painted with the same vigor and energy as his most well-known creations. Showcasing his brilliant and lucid prose, his dramatic skill, and his perfect sense of pace that made him a celebrity during his time and a landmark author in the history of English literature, Stevenson’s enduring stories continue to capture the imagination of the contemporary reader and rightly belong to popular mythology today.
Tales and Fantasies
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Musson Book Company, [19--?]
ISBN:
Category : Body snatching
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher: Musson Book Company, [19--?]
ISBN:
Category : Body snatching
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Tale of the Body Thief
Author: Anne Rice
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099471396
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Miami, 1992, a tropical garden of a city where corruption pulses beneath the lush surface - the perfect city for a vampire. Yet Lestat - hero, rock star, incorrigible seducer and the most powerful and sensual vampire of them all - prowls this savage garden in desperate misery. Restlessly pursuing the mystery of his dark existence, Lestat yearns to think, breathe and feel as a man, free of his nightmare immortality. When, stalked in his turn by the only creature able to grant his desire, Lestat rashly seizes the chance. While the Body Thief, cloaked in Lestat's immortal powers, lays a trail of carnage across America and the Caribbean, Lestat himself is abandoned to the fragility of human life, and discovers that a mortal body is no fit receptacle for a vampire's soul. Rejected by the other vampires, a tormented and appallingly vulnerable Lestat is forced to seek human help to recover his vampire self; help he abuses unforgivably when, in a mesmerizing climax, he succumbs to the basest urge in any nature-
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099471396
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Miami, 1992, a tropical garden of a city where corruption pulses beneath the lush surface - the perfect city for a vampire. Yet Lestat - hero, rock star, incorrigible seducer and the most powerful and sensual vampire of them all - prowls this savage garden in desperate misery. Restlessly pursuing the mystery of his dark existence, Lestat yearns to think, breathe and feel as a man, free of his nightmare immortality. When, stalked in his turn by the only creature able to grant his desire, Lestat rashly seizes the chance. While the Body Thief, cloaked in Lestat's immortal powers, lays a trail of carnage across America and the Caribbean, Lestat himself is abandoned to the fragility of human life, and discovers that a mortal body is no fit receptacle for a vampire's soul. Rejected by the other vampires, a tormented and appallingly vulnerable Lestat is forced to seek human help to recover his vampire self; help he abuses unforgivably when, in a mesmerizing climax, he succumbs to the basest urge in any nature-
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199536228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199536228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Author: Jack Finney
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501117823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"The classic science fiction novel"--Cover.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501117823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"The classic science fiction novel"--Cover.
The Body-Snatcher
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Modernista
ISBN: 9180949150
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
In the shadowy streets of 19th-century Edinburgh, medical student Fette becomes entangled in the sinister activities of his mentor, Dr Wolfe Macfarlane. As they resort to exhuming bodies for anatomical study, their morbid deeds soon lead to terrifying consequences. »The Body-Snatcher« is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, originally published in 1881. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON [1850–1894] was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. He is among the 30 most translated authors of all time and has been praised by Marcel Proust, Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, Ernest Hemingway, and Bertolt Brecht. Treasure Island is his most famous work, along with the gothic sci-fi novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde.
Publisher: Modernista
ISBN: 9180949150
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
In the shadowy streets of 19th-century Edinburgh, medical student Fette becomes entangled in the sinister activities of his mentor, Dr Wolfe Macfarlane. As they resort to exhuming bodies for anatomical study, their morbid deeds soon lead to terrifying consequences. »The Body-Snatcher« is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, originally published in 1881. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON [1850–1894] was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. He is among the 30 most translated authors of all time and has been praised by Marcel Proust, Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, Ernest Hemingway, and Bertolt Brecht. Treasure Island is his most famous work, along with the gothic sci-fi novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde.
Bodysnatchers
Author: Suzie Lennox
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473866561
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The grim history of England’s bodysnatching trade: “Lennox’s thorough exploration is riveting” (Naomi Clifford, author of The Disappearance of Maria Glenn). From the string of murders committed by Burke and Hare, a pair of ghouls who are still the stuff of pop culture legend, to the lesser-known but equally gruesome grave-robbing exploits of Henry Gillies, William Patrick, and Joseph Grainger, here is the fascinating true chronicle of England’s “Resurrection Men.” During the winter months of 1742–1832, selling fresh cadavers to anatomists up and down the country, all in aid of medical advancement, was the surest way to earn a living for desperate men. After all, anatomy schools would pay high prices for corpses to dissect—the fresher the better. And they asked no questions as to their origins. This resulted in the criminal underworld of the “Sack ‘em up Men” who left behind disinterred churchyards and burial grounds, and spread fear and horror throughout the United Kingdom. In Bodysnatchers, Suzie Lennox unearths the truth behind the macabre tales, separating fact from folktale, and setting the record straight about Britain’s gruesome, often forgotten history.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473866561
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The grim history of England’s bodysnatching trade: “Lennox’s thorough exploration is riveting” (Naomi Clifford, author of The Disappearance of Maria Glenn). From the string of murders committed by Burke and Hare, a pair of ghouls who are still the stuff of pop culture legend, to the lesser-known but equally gruesome grave-robbing exploits of Henry Gillies, William Patrick, and Joseph Grainger, here is the fascinating true chronicle of England’s “Resurrection Men.” During the winter months of 1742–1832, selling fresh cadavers to anatomists up and down the country, all in aid of medical advancement, was the surest way to earn a living for desperate men. After all, anatomy schools would pay high prices for corpses to dissect—the fresher the better. And they asked no questions as to their origins. This resulted in the criminal underworld of the “Sack ‘em up Men” who left behind disinterred churchyards and burial grounds, and spread fear and horror throughout the United Kingdom. In Bodysnatchers, Suzie Lennox unearths the truth behind the macabre tales, separating fact from folktale, and setting the record straight about Britain’s gruesome, often forgotten history.
The Romantic Spirit
Author: Glenna Finley
Publisher: New Amer Library
ISBN: 9780451114938
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Looking for an apartment in San Francisco, Maggie meets wonderful John Elliott--and Agatha Jarvis who eagerly wants Maggie to sublet her apartment, rent free! In return, Maggie only has to babysit Agatha's canary and a rare urn. But Maggie is drawn into a sinister intrigue that may end her life.
Publisher: New Amer Library
ISBN: 9780451114938
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Looking for an apartment in San Francisco, Maggie meets wonderful John Elliott--and Agatha Jarvis who eagerly wants Maggie to sublet her apartment, rent free! In return, Maggie only has to babysit Agatha's canary and a rare urn. But Maggie is drawn into a sinister intrigue that may end her life.