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Treasure Island By Robert Louis Stevenson (Paperback, 1999)
The quintessential adventure story that first established pirates in the popular imagination Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is edited with an introduction by John Seelye in Penguin ClassicsWhen a mysterious sailor dies in sinister circumstances at the Admiral Benbow inn young Jim Hawkins stumbles across a treasure map among the dead man's possessions But Jim soon becomes only too aware that he is not the only one who knows of the map's existence and his bravery and cunning are tested to the full when with his friends Squire Trelawney and Dr Livesey he sets sail in the Hispaniola to track down the treasure With its swift-moving plot and memorably drawn characters - Blind Pew and Black Dog the castaway Ben Gunn and the charming but dangerous Long John Silver - Stevenson's tale of
pirates treachery and heroism was an immediate success when it was first published in 1883 and has retained its place as one of the greatest of all adventure storiesIn his introduction John Seelye examines Stevenson's life and influences and the novel's place within adventure fiction This edition also includes Stevenson's essay on the composition of Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh the son of a prosperous civil engineer Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer the success of Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure Stevenson's Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil themes he explored in
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and The Master of Ballantrae (1893)If you enjoyed Treasure Island you might like Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe also available in Penguin Classics
pirates treachery and heroism was an immediate success when it was first published in 1883 and has retained its place as one of the greatest of all adventure storiesIn his introduction John Seelye examines Stevenson's life and influences and the novel's place within adventure fiction This edition also includes Stevenson's essay on the composition of Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh the son of a prosperous civil engineer Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer the success of Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure Stevenson's Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil themes he explored in
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and The Master of Ballantrae (1893)If you enjoyed Treasure Island you might like Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe also available in Penguin Classics
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