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souloftherose: King Solomon's Mines was written as a result of a wager between H. Rider Haggard and his brother on whether he could write a novel half as good as R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island. Why not read them both and decide for yourself?
Inky_Fingers: Pirates is not the only thing these two books have in common. They are both incredibly exciting adventures and have wonderfully brave young heroes.
Caramellunacy: Pirates and hijinks on the high seas abound in both - in Treasure Island, Jim Hawkins is brought along on an expedition to find a pirate's buried treasure and faces betrayal and danger from pirates & the crew. In Buccaneers, the crew fears that a castaway they pick up in the middle of the ocean is a Jonah who will betray them to the most vicious pirate on the seas.… (more)
Caramellunacy: In both, the protagonist sets out to sea and must show great courage to rectify a grievous mistake that exposes themselves and the crew to great danger. Both excellent reads for the nautically-minded.
mcenroeucsb: If you have read lots of books about pirates and seen all the pirate movies, you'll probably enjoy Pyrates because it references most of them. If you're not a fanatic about all things pirate, you might want to skip Pyrates and try Fraser's Flashman series instead.… (more)
An old sailor with a secret map, the adolescent boy who finds it, and the voyage to find the buried treasure with ship filled with pirates who had helped take it, the classic tale that has inspired daydreams for centuries. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is the quintessential pirate treasure adventure story that has been a staple in pop culture since it was published.
As a kid I watched several adaptations of this book, but it turns out they never really followed the book—at least from what I can remember of them. Upon finishing this book, I instantly knew why it became such a classic and secured a place in the cultural zeitgeist. While I could really nitpick various things like I do other books like it’s something that annoyed me, honestly it wouldn’t affect my rating so I really don’t know if I should but the fact that after Jim Hawkins was able to steal the ship back from the pirates and everyone thought less of him because “he didn’t do his duty” because he left the fort, I mean he took the ship back while they were scared in the fort—jealousy hiding behind “duty” it looks to me. Anyway, this is a classic book that holds up for me and frankly if you haven’t read it yet don’t wait and do so.
Treasure Island is a classic coming-of-age adventure with pirates(!) that I needed to have read sooner in my life. ( )
Not perfect, but still so entertaining and fast-paced.... great characterization of the pirates, some of whom were really scary. It's just a lot of fun.
The language was slightly complicated sometimes when the pirates spoke in the jargon or when they used many navigation terms, but nothing too bad.
Many of the characters do not act as smartly as they might have, neither the pirates or the heroes, but I guess that's realistic.
Long John Silver is such a great character, so vicious and dangerous but at the same time starngely charismatic.
This book established many of the pirate tropes everyone else uses: buried treasure in tropical islands, a map to find it, pirates with wooden legs and a parrot on their shoulder... great stuff! ( )
A vida de Jim Hawkins nunca mais será a mesma depois de conhecer Billy Jones. O velho lobo do mar possui um mapa que mostra o local onde está escondido um tesouro de pirata. Agora o mapa está com Jim e ele parte em uma expedição sem imaginar o que o aguarda – seja navegando pelo mar ou em terra firme. ( )
If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons, And buchaneers, and buried gold, And all the old romance, retold exactly in the ancient way, can please, as me they pleased of old, The wiser youngsters of today:
-So be it, and fall on! If not, If studious youth no longer crave, His ancient appetites forgot, Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave, Or Cooper of the wood and wave, So be it, also! And may I And all my pirates share the grave Where these and their ceations lie!
DEAD MAN'S GHOST
A thin, high, trembling voice sang:
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
I have never seen men more dreadfully affected than the pirates. The color went from their faces like enchant- ment; some leaped to their feet, some clawed hold cf others. "It's Flint!" cried Merry. rum! last words!" "Darby M'Graw," the voice wailed. "Fetch aft the rum!" "They was his last words!" moaned Morgan. "Flint's Still, Silver was unconquered. "I'm here to get that stuff," he cried, "and I'll not be beat by man or devil." "Belay there, John!" said Merry. "Don't you cross a sperrit." "There's seven hundred thousand pounds not a quarter of a mile from here," Silver said. Sperrit? I never was feared of Flint in his life, and by the powers, I'll face him dead!"
Dedication
To S.L.O. an American gentleman, in accordance with whose classic taste the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for numerous delightful hours, and with kindest wishes,
Dedicated by his affectionate friend, THE AUTHOR.
First words
Squire Trelawny, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17--, and go back to the time when my father kept the "Admiral Benbow" inn, and the brown old seaman, with the sabre cut, first took up his lodging under our roof.
Quotations
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest--
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest--
Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum!"
"Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!"
Last words
Oxen and wainropes would not bring me back again to that accursed island; and the worst dreams that ever I have are when I hear the surf booming about its coasts, or start upright in bed, with the sharp voice of Captain Flint still ringing in my ears: "Pieces of eight! pieces of eight!"
This is the main work - Stevenson's Treasure Island (unabridged). Please do not combine with omnibus/combined editions, anthologies or abridged editions, nor movie treatments nor audio books (unless, of course, they are complete and unabridged)
ISBN 0192141872 - per WorldCat is for The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories by Patricia Craig which matches the covers.
When Jim Hawkins finds an old pirate map showing a small island marked with a red cross, he knows that a fortune in gold lies waiting for him. What could be more exciting than buried treasure?
Aboard a ship named the Hispaniola, Jim sails toward Treasure Island. The voyage goes well until Jim overhears a frightening conversation. He learns that the one-legged man who signed on as ship's cook is really the famous pirate Long John Silver. And worse - he discovers that the crew are teaming up with Silver to steal the treasure. Can Jim save the gold ... and save his life?
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As a kid I watched several adaptations of this book, but it turns out they never really followed the book—at least from what I can remember of them. Upon finishing this book, I instantly knew why it became such a classic and secured a place in the cultural zeitgeist. While I could really nitpick various things like I do other books like it’s something that annoyed me, honestly it wouldn’t affect my rating so I really don’t know if I should but the fact that after Jim Hawkins was able to steal the ship back from the pirates and everyone thought less of him because “he didn’t do his duty” because he left the fort, I mean he took the ship back while they were scared in the fort—jealousy hiding behind “duty” it looks to me. Anyway, this is a classic book that holds up for me and frankly if you haven’t read it yet don’t wait and do so.
Treasure Island is a classic coming-of-age adventure with pirates(!) that I needed to have read sooner in my life. (