(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com:]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.)The CCLaP 100: In which I read for the first time a hundred so-called "classics," then write essay...
My heart's in the Highlands...When young Davie Balfour is left orphaned on the death of his father, he is given a letter that his father left for him and told to take it to one Ebenezer Balfour, Esquire, of Shaws. Dutifully he obeys, only to find that miserly old Ebenezer is his uncle, who is not...
”It came about that Edward Hyde was so much smaller, slighter, and younger than Henry Jekyll. Even as good shone upon the countenance of the one, evil was written broadly and plainly on the face of the other. Evil besides (which I must still believe to be the lethal side of man) had left on that ...
1. Level 2 penguin reader2. 6/30 40min 7/1 40min3. Treasure, pirates, captain, sail, boy, fight, sailor4. Let them find the treasure first, Then we can kill them. Now get me some fruit from this barrel.I was very afraid. But then someone said, ' Land!'when I was reading this part, I was scared to...
When Jim Hawkins discovers a dead man's map it's not long before he's off to sea in search of distant treasure. But trouble boarded the ship with him, in the shape of the ship's cook, Long John Silver. He is leading a mutinous band of pirates who decide they want the treasure for themselves - and...
Wonderful collection of short stories and novellas, both classic and modern. Some authors well known and others lesser known but deserving of a wider audience. It was quite by accident that I found this little gem in the library. It was just a quick glance of the title that attracted me, and al...
Note: Alternate cover edition. ISBNs: 1-85326-061-4 9781853260612 In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr. Henry Jekyll discovers a monster. This spine-chilling thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature, and it is the book which established Stevenson's reputa...
'Der seltsame Fall des Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde' ist eine der berühmtesten Kriminalgeschichten der Weltliteratur, eine spannende Doppelgänger-Erzählung, die bereits Oscar Wildes 'Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray' und noch Bret Easton Ellis' 'American Psycho' inspirierte. Seit seiner Jugend weiß Doktor ...