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Treasure Island (1883)

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
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    King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard (souloftherose)
    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?
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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (krizia_lazaro)
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    Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner (atimco, FernandoH)
    atimco: Both are classic adventure stories with boys as narrators. Quite fun.
  4. 50
    Silver: Return to Treasure Island by Andrew Motion (Cecrow)
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    Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini (mcenroeucsb)
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    Stormchaser by Paul Stewart (Inky_Fingers)
    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.
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    The Buccaneers by Iain Lawrence (Caramellunacy)
    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)
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    The Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne (Cecrow)
  9. 20
    Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton (mcenroeucsb)
    mcenroeucsb: Far from Crichton's best, but a fun pirate romp.
  10. 42
    The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (Caramellunacy)
    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.
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    The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (Morteana)
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    The Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser (mcenroeucsb)
    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)
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    Flint's Island by Leonard Wibberley (Cecrow)
    Cecrow: Further adventures of Long John Silver
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    Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (chwiggy)
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    The Amateur Emigrant / The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson (John_Vaughan)
  16. 02
    Nick of Time by Ted Bell (Homechicken)
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 Book talk: I really like the book"Treasure Island"12 unread / 12The_Hibernator, April 2015

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Despite being a fiction prototype, establishing many of the tropes of classic pirate story, it's still great fun. A surprisingly entertaining and well told tale. ( )
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  archivomorero | May 21, 2023 |
Treasure Island was a fun little read, that, besides the old English, is an easy quick read. If you didn't know the story already, it was kind-of a predictable read, but there were a few twists throw in to make it a little more interesting. Not much to say about it, like I said, it was an enjoyable read and I would recommend it to anyone. ( )
  MrMet | Apr 28, 2023 |
I chose to read this because I wanted a fun, historical fiction adventure novel, but I don't think it had quite the effect on me that it did for others. The beginning was quite interesting, and the story is never exactly boring, but I didn't feel particularly attached to any of the characters, and at times I needed to remind myself who someone was, as they hadn't made an impression on me. This book is good for you if you enjoy an adventure overall, but if you're someone who needs strong character development to really get into a story like I do, it may not be for you. ( )
  AmericanAlexandria | Apr 15, 2023 |
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Stevenson, Robert LouisAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Avellanus, ArcadiusTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Álvarez, José MaríaIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Becker, May LambertonIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Binder, EberhardCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Britton, JasperNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Brust, Karl FriedrichIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Calvet, AgustínTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Chen wei minsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Colfer, EoinIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Dahl, ErhardEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Davidson, FrederickNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Dillard, R. H. W.Introductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Falls, C.B.Illustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fletcher, AngusIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Foreman, MichaelIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fronemann, WilhelmEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gilpin, SamAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ginzel, FerdinandTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Goble, WarwickIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hunt, NeilNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hunt, PeterEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ingpen, RobertIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jones, T. LlewTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Korpi-Anttila, HannesTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lawrence, JohnIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lucas, Sydney SeymourIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Manganelli, GiorgioIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Molina, AlfredNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Page, MichaelNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Paget, WalterIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Pitz, Henry CIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Praetzellis, AdrianNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Prichard, MichaelNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rothfuchs, HeinerIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Roux, GeorgesIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Seiffert, HansTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sharp WilliamIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Stratil, KarlIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Talice, Bianca MariaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Vance, Hiram AlbertEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wilson, Edward A.Illustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Winter, MiloIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Epigraph
TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER

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.
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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.
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"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!"
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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.
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While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.

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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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There and back again:
pirates, gold and adventures!
The sea-cook's the star.
(ed.pendragon)

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