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  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  by Robert Louis Stevenson

  Idealistic young scientist Henry Jekyll struggles to unlock the secrets of the soul. Testing chemicals in his lab, he drinks a mixture to see the dark side within himself. He is successful, but soon Edward Hyde, his dark side, wants to take over, and it is wearing Jekyll out. Will Hyde be successful in taking over?
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  Treasure Island

  by Robert Louis Stevenson

  Brilliantly conceived and splendidly executed, it is a novel that has seized the imagination of generations of adults and children alike. And as David Cordingly points out in his Introduction, Treasure Island is also the best and most influential of all the stories about pirates.
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  David Balfour: Book 1

  Kidnapped

  by Robert Louis Stevenson

  Shipwreck. Murder. Flight. Intrigue. And, of course, kidnapping. David Balfour's adventures on the high seas are among the most evocative in classic literature.
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  The Master of Ballantrae

  A Winter's Tale

  by Robert Louis Stevenson

  Stevenson’s brooding historical romance demonstrates his most abiding theme—the elemental struggle between good and evil—as it unfolds against a hauntingly beautiful Scottish landscape, amid the fierce loyalties and violent enmities that characterized Scottish history. When two brothers attempt to split their loyalties between the warring factions of the 1745 Jacobite rising, one family finds itself tragically... (more)
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  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

  And Other Stories

  by Robert Louis Stevenson

  Dr. Jekyll has been experimenting with identity. He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature, allowing him to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr. Hyde. But gradually the journey back to goodness becomes more and more difficult, and the risk that Mr. Hyde will break free from Dr. Jekyll’s control puts all of London in grave peril. This groundbreaking tale of... (more)