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Treasure Island

(Kingfisher Classics)

By Robert Louis Stevenson

(335)

| Hardcover | 9780753453803

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'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest - Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!' All hands on deck for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime! Treasure Island has captivated children for decades and remains Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With the legendary Long John Silver leading a mutinous Continue

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Treasure Island

Having tried in vain to persuade my pre-teenage children to read Treasure Island years ago - the 10-year-old said he couldn't handle all that "if he durst, quoth I" stuff and asked for the latest Ian Rankin instead - I now realise where I went wrong. ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Home Contact us Posts Comments You may think you know the story of Treasure Island from the many films that have been produced over the years but these are often quite loosely based on the book. Read the real thing and you’ll find a much more siniste ... (read full critics)

bookgeeks published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

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Thoroughly enjoyable! The quintessential pirate tale. The story of a boy tangled up in a mutiny on the high seas, pirates, buried treasure, fighting, discovery and adventure. Besides being a fun and exciting book to read, well-written, with a number of contrasting A vs. B themes woven into the dialo ... (continue)

Thoroughly enjoyable! The quintessential pirate tale. The story of a boy tangled up in a mutiny on the high seas, pirates, buried treasure, fighting, discovery and adventure. Besides being a fun and exciting book to read, well-written, with a number of contrasting A vs. B themes woven into the dialogue, this book shaped about how we think of a stereotypical pirate today.
I first got the idea of reading this book after spending an afternoon on Norman Island, in the British Virgin Islands, which is considered the most likely setting inspiring the fictional Treasure Island. That was 3 and a quarter years ago, and now I've finally read it. Interestingly, Norman Island with the site of real buried pirate booty in the mid-eighteenth century which was dug up!

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audioreader said on Aug 31, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

I have read this novel before but as I found this copy sitting on our bookshelves decided that it would make a suitable read for The Victorian Literature Challenge
Treasure Island is an adventure story of pirates and buried gold and has tremendous action told with plenty of atmosphere. When I read ... (continue)

I have read this novel before but as I found this copy sitting on our bookshelves decided that it would make a suitable read for The Victorian Literature Challenge
Treasure Island is an adventure story of pirates and buried gold and has tremendous action told with plenty of atmosphere. When I read it as a child it left a great impression on me as I went on to use the idea of a Treasure Island in a school essay writing competition calling mine simply ‘The Island’. I won a prize!
Pirates still hold a fascination with children and adults today, just look at the popularity of the Pirates of the Caribbean series of films.
Set in the 18C Treasure Island is a potent tale of piracy, an incomprehensible treasure map and a cast of villainous characters with the most appalling intentions. The story of the expedition and mutiny led by long John Silver is told through the eyes of Jim Hawkins, the cabin boy on the ‘Hispania’ as it sails to exotic waters to hunt for buried treasure.
The underlying theme of the novel is that it deals with the moral growth of our protagonist Jim Hawkins from adolescent to adult. Truth versus lies, drunkards versus abstainers, frugalness versus extravagance and religion versus agnostics all subjects of which Jim has to deal with in the course of his adventures.
Treasure Island will continue to captivate readers of all ages for many more generations, even if it is on their E–Readers.
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Lindyloumac said on Jul 5, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

A good adventure book about the sea, pirates and buried treasure. This is another book that fell into the category of "I can't believe I haven't read this one before" too. Probably written for a younger age group but it was fun to follow all the deals, crossings and double-crossings in search of " ... (continue)

A good adventure book about the sea, pirates and buried treasure. This is another book that fell into the category of "I can't believe I haven't read this one before" too. Probably written for a younger age group but it was fun to follow all the deals, crossings and double-crossings in search of "Pieces of Eight"

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Stcin10 said on Jan 17, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- ...Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Not a page-turner, but the very first page-turner...

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Plucino☮ said on Jan 14, 2010 | Add your feedback

A bit of disappointment about this classic...

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Lallu said on Apr 22, 2009 | Add your feedback

Long John Silver stand mightly and steadily on his lone leg as a character to remeber in the whole western literature.
As far as I remember, this is one of the first characters to show a lack of morality, and yet to appear as a likeable charactrer. Fully ambiguous, we never get to know his tho ... (continue)

Long John Silver stand mightly and steadily on his lone leg as a character to remeber in the whole western literature.
As far as I remember, this is one of the first characters to show a lack of morality, and yet to appear as a likeable charactrer. Fully ambiguous, we never get to know his thoughts, we just have to judge from his deeds, and in the end, judging we cannot.
All we are left is half a smile on our lips, as we stare and wave goodbye to the old buccaneer.
The novel itslef is fairly dark considered it's a child novel.

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zontar said on Jul 15, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback