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2 Formats: Library CD
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2 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9798200520114
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ISBN: 9798200520121
| Runtime: | 7.48 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
The classic story, told in the first person by Jim Hawkins, whose mother kept the Admiral Benbow Inn, and who shared in the adventures from start to finish. An old sea dog comes to this peaceful inn one day, apparently intending to finish his life there. He hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors, but despite all precautions, he is hunted out and served with the black spot that means death. Jim and his mother barely escape death when Blind Pew, Black Dog, and other pirates descend on the inn in search of the sea dog’s papers. Jim snatches up a packet of papers to square the sailor’s debt, when they were forced to retreat from the inn. The packet contains a map showing the location of the pirate Flint’s buried treasure, which Jim, Doctor Livesey, and Squire Trelawney determine to find. Fitting out a ship, they hire hands and set out on their adventure.Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“I don’t know of a more gripping tale of derring-do on the high seas, with its desperate search for hidden gold on a tropical island.” —Independent (London)
“Like the best of children’s literature, then and now, Treasure Island looks to lure its young readers into the adult world, not to cosset them from it. For all the violence, Jim learns to be brave and resourceful, to stand up to bullies, to keep his word, to help his impoverished mother, to deal with loss and betrayal. He learns not to trust strangers and even to be merciful.” —New York Times
“A rereading of Stevenson’s novel after all those years says nothing to me so much as that good books—and Treasure Island is a very good book—really have lives of their own, entirely apart from movies and other adaptations of them.” —Washington Post
“With it’s dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic.” —Amazon.com
“Treasure Island is a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas.” —G. K. Chesterton, author of the Father Brown mysteries
“Treasure Island…must have been the first
book I ever read from start to finish, with unforgettable characters, Long John
Silver, Blind Pew, Ben Gunn...The Black Spot still terrifies me.” —Sting, multi-Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and musician
Author
Author Bio: Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was born in Scotland. He studied engineering and law at the University of Edinburgh and then began writing while traveling in France. The publication of Treasure Island in 1883 brought him fame and entered him on a course of romantic fiction beloved by young and old alike.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Runtime: | 7.48 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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