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A classic work that has been a favorite since childhood. ( ) 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. Belongs to Publisher Series — 89 more Corticelli [Mursia] (64) Dean's Classics (5) Doubleday Dolphin (C72) insel taschenbuch (0065) KOD (5) Modern Library (4.1) Penguin Audiobooks (PEN 228) Penguin Clothbound Classics (2009) Pocket Books (25) Pocket Books, Inc. (PL-49) The Pocket Library (PL-49) Puffin Story Books (36) Reclams Universal-Bibliothek (4856) Tusitala (volume ii) Vintage Scholastic (TX0190) Witte Raaf Serie (2) The World's Classics (295) World's Greatest Literature (Volume 12) Zephyr Books (23) Is contained inAdventure Classics Ivanhoe, Gullivers Travels, Treasure Island, the Call of the Wild, the Count of Monte Crist (boxed se by Walter Scott R. L. Stevenson. L'Ile au trésor : . Traduit de l'anglais sous la direction de P. Lorain. La Flèche noire. Texte français de Jacques Brécard. L'Évadé d'Edimbourg. Traduction de T. de Wyzewa by Robert Louis Stevenson Black Arrow / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Kidnapped / Master of Ballantrae / Treasure Island / Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson ContainsIs retold inHas the (non-series) sequelHas the (non-series) prequelHas the adaptationThe Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals by Russ Kick Classics Illustrated Deluxe #5: Treasure Island (Classics Illustrated Deluxe Graphic Novels) by Robert Louis Stevenson Is abridged inIs a parody ofInspiredLong John Silver: The True and Eventful History of My Life of Liberty and Adventure As a Gentleman of Fortune and Enemy by Björn Larsson Has as a supplementHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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