Robert Louis Stevenson
101) Treasure Island
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
A simple adaptation of the adventures of young Jim Hawkins as he embarks on a search for treasure and is captured by pirates.
102) Kidnapped
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped," about David Balfour, who is kidnapped and thrown onto a ship, but manages to escape and make his way back through Scotland.
Pub. Date
p2001, c1920
Description
'The Picture of Dorian Gray', that ingenious novel by Oscar Wilde, is here brought elegantly to life in this classic 1948 black-and-white film by American director Albert Lewin. It's a rather tasteful version too, given that Dorian Gray is supposed to become the epitomy of depraved immorality. Thus his descent into depravity is mostly implied - one has to stretch one's imagination and wonder just what it was the wicked man got up to ...
105) Kidnapped
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property
107) Treasure island
Pub. Date
[1991?], c1950
Description
Newton stars as Long John Silver in this story of pirates and islands, mutiny, gold and madmen.
111) Treasure Island
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Pirate Captain Billy Bones leaves a young innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a map indicating the location of a priceless treasure. Jim sets sail for the Caribbean in search of the treasure. But they do not realize that the ship's crew has been replaced by a band of cutthroats under the leadership of the infamous pirate Long John Silver.
116) Movies
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Forever Mine (1999): In a thrilling story of obsession and jealousy, a cabana boy (Joseph Fiennes) and a powerful politician (Ray Liotta) violently compete for the love of a beautiful woman.
Jekyll & Hyde (1990): In this Golden Globe nominated adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story, Michael Caine battles forbidden love as Dr. Jekyll and its violent consequences as Mr. Hyde.
The Little shop of horrors (1960): A skid row flower shop...
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Presents timeless treasures from the world of poetry, including classics by William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Frost, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Langston Hughes and William Carlos Williams. Let the ryhmes and rhythms transport you and encourage your child to develop a lifelong love of the music of words.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
"An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris"--Marg Baskin in the IMDB, viewed Dec. 12, 2006.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Collects four classic horror films, including "House of Wax, " in which a wax sculptor devises a murderous plan to restock his museum; "The Haunting, " in which four individuals travel to a haunted house to study its supernatural phenomena; "Freaks, " featuring a group of carnival performers who inflict revenge on a trapeze artist who mocks them; and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, " the classic tale of one man's disastrous attempts to harness the evil...
Pub. Date
c2015
Description
The two faces of Dr. Jekyll: "Absorbed in research directed towards freeing the two natures of man, Dr. Jekyll degenerates into Mr. Hyde, a vengeful maniac. While Hyde wants revenge against a gambler whom his wife is in love with, Dr. Jekyll takes steps to do away with his evil self."--Container.
Scream of fear!: "A young wheelchair-bound woman returns to her father's estate to find he's away on business, but she keeps seeing his dead body in various...
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