Treasure Island [abridged - Classic Starts]
by Chris Tait (Adaptor), Lucy Corvino (Illustrator), 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 to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.Tags
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What's to say, except, Arrgghh. Who knows how pirates actually spoke, but Stevenson takes a jump at it and the results are comic and wonderful. Makes you feel like you're 12-years old again.
This novel isn't exactly the first choice to many readers, but it is worth reading. I consider it a classic and thought that i should read it and I did. It starts out confusing you a little bit, especially because of the 1800's writing. Not easy to read if you're looking for a easy-holiday book, but over all it is exciting, mysterious and well thought out book!
This is the most wonderful adventure/pirate story ever written! Robert Louis Stevenson developed the best recognized Characters in literature,the pace of the book is exciting and there isn't a movie,character or book that has not copied his unique description or built up the excitement of his story as well as he had done! Every young child to an adult is missing a piece of unraveling, his or her imagination in the process of reading this fantastic tale of piracy,and the high sea adventure.Arrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggg
Young Jim Hawkins sets sail on an adventure that he wasn't expecting. He is in the midst of pirates and his life is on the line. He finds some unexpected surprises along the way. He makes it home safely, after experiencing some amazing adventures!
My oldest son and I read this book a while back. We thoroughly enjoyed the excitement the story had to offer. It made me secretly long for an adventure of my own.
Extensions for this book could include a treasure/scavenger hunt throughout the school or town. You could also build a miniature pirate ship and sail it in a tub or small pond.
My oldest son and I read this book a while back. We thoroughly enjoyed the excitement the story had to offer. It made me secretly long for an adventure of my own.
Extensions for this book could include a treasure/scavenger hunt throughout the school or town. You could also build a miniature pirate ship and sail it in a tub or small pond.
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Novelist, poet, and essayist Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. A sickly child, Stevenson was an invalid for part of his childhood and remained in ill health throughout his life. He began studying engineering at Edinburgh University but soon switched to law. His true inclination, however, was for writing. For several years show more after completing his studies, Stevenson traveled on the Continent, gathering ideas for his writing. His Inland Voyage (1878) and Travels with a Donkey (1878) describe some of his experiences there. A variety of essays and short stories followed, most of which were published in magazines. It was with the publication of Treasure Island in 1883, however, that Stevenson achieved wide recognition and fame. This was followed by his most successful adventure story, Kidnapped, which appeared in 1886. With stories such as Treasure Island and Kidnapped, Stevenson revived Daniel Defoe's novel of romantic adventure, adding to it psychological analysis. While these stories and others, such as David Balfour and The Master of Ballantrae (1889), are stories of adventure, they are at the same time fine studies of character. The Master of Ballantrae, in particular, is a study of evil character, and this study is taken even further in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886). In 1887 Stevenson and his wife, Fanny, went to the United States, first to the health spas of Saranac Lake, New York, and then on to the West Coast. From there they set out for the South Seas in 1889. Except for one trip to Sidney, Australia, Stevenson spent the remainder of his life on the island of Samoa with his devoted wife and stepson. While there he wrote The Wrecker (1892), Island Nights Entertainments (1893), and Catriona (1893), a sequel to Kidnapped. He also worked on St. Ives and The Weir of Hermiston, which many consider to be his masterpiece. He died suddenly of apoplexy, leaving both of these works unfinished. Both were published posthumously; St. Ives was completed by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, and The Weir of Hermiston was published unfinished. Stevenson was buried on Samoa, an island he had come to love very much. Although Stevenson's novels are perhaps more accomplished, his short stories are also vivid and memorable. All show his power of invention, his command of the macabre and the eerie, and the psychological depth of his characterization. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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