Treasure Island
The timeless adventure
From young Jim Hawkinss first encounter with the sinister Blind Pew to the climactic battle with the most memorable villain in literature, Long John Silver, Treasure Island continues to thrill generations of readers.
From young Jim Hawkinss first encounter with the sinister Blind Pew to the climactic battle with the most memorable villain in literature, Long John Silver, Treasure Island continues to thrill generations of readers.
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
June 3rd 2008
by Signet Classics
(first published 1881)
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As Indiana Jones once, rather astutely pointed out, when it comes to treasure "X never, ever marks the spot". Well, it does if you're a pirate, which basically means that as a pirate you have a statistically much higher chance of finding treasure than any archaeologist ever would. I find this a bit unfortunate and if someone had presented me with this hard and fast evidence I would have ticked the pirate box and not the archaeologist box on my careers worksheet at school. Instead, I ha...more
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My first time to read this book. The reason why I read this book now is that my favorite author, Frank McCourt mentioned in his memoir Teacher Man that Robert Louis Stevenson was his favorite author when he was a young boy in Ireland. When he moved to New York and during the first year of schooling, he submitted Treasure Island as his home-reading book and his literature teacher was impressed because his American classmates submitted books of contemporary (now forgotten) authors. After reading t...more
جزيرة الكنز
كان بورخيس يعد ستيفنسون أحد كتابه المفضلين، وروبرت لويس ستيفنسون هو صاحب الروايتين المشهورتين جدا ً (جزيرة الكنز) و(الحالة الغريبة للدكتور جيكل والمستر هايد)، الرواية الأولى مشهورة جدا ً عربيا ً، ويعود ذلك إلى أن الرواية حولت على يد المخرج الياباني (أوسامو ديزاكي) إلى مسلسل رسومي مبهر بعنوان (Takarajima)، دبلج هذا المسلسل إلى اللغة العربية وعرض في الثمانينات، وكان أحد أجمل المسلسلات التي تابعتها في طفولتي، وأظن أنه أثر وأمتع جيل كامل قبل أن تفقد الأفلام الرسومية القصة و...more
كان بورخيس يعد ستيفنسون أحد كتابه المفضلين، وروبرت لويس ستيفنسون هو صاحب الروايتين المشهورتين جدا ً (جزيرة الكنز) و(الحالة الغريبة للدكتور جيكل والمستر هايد)، الرواية الأولى مشهورة جدا ً عربيا ً، ويعود ذلك إلى أن الرواية حولت على يد المخرج الياباني (أوسامو ديزاكي) إلى مسلسل رسومي مبهر بعنوان (Takarajima)، دبلج هذا المسلسل إلى اللغة العربية وعرض في الثمانينات، وكان أحد أجمل المسلسلات التي تابعتها في طفولتي، وأظن أنه أثر وأمتع جيل كامل قبل أن تفقد الأفلام الرسومية القصة و...more
There are a lot of Sea Stories out there, and this is one of the better-known, but it hardly outshines its genre. I found myself missing the humor and vivid characterization of Conrad, not to mention the insightful philosophical asides. I also found it somewhat lacking as an adventure story, as the plot was somewhat simplistic and contrived, following the empty avatar of a narrator through various vicarious thrills.
There's nothing wrong with an escapist yarn, but a good one keeps yo...more
There's nothing wrong with an escapist yarn, but a good one keeps yo...more
Book: Treasure Island
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Pages: 212
Awesomeness level: 5/5
Read: December, 15, 2009
Status: Will defiantly read again
This book was amazing. I was totally blown away by it--the wonderful adventure story filled my head to the brim with a sense of awe and excitement I can't quite explain. Reading this fabulous book makes me connect with the movie even more...The Disney movie called "Treasure Planet" instead of "Treasur...more
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Pages: 212
Awesomeness level: 5/5
Read: December, 15, 2009
Status: Will defiantly read again
This book was amazing. I was totally blown away by it--the wonderful adventure story filled my head to the brim with a sense of awe and excitement I can't quite explain. Reading this fabulous book makes me connect with the movie even more...The Disney movie called "Treasure Planet" instead of "Treasur...more
3+ stars for me. I enjoyed the story and the twists and turns that popped up so unexpectedly throughout, both while at sea and on the island. However, there were parts that really dragged for me, and it seemed like I had to use my Kindle's definition function at least once on every page to help me figure out what nautical and piratical terms the characters and narrative were using. I recognize that, objectively, that's what sets the tone, and it is, after all, a 19th Century novel. However, subj...more
Chapter 7: We're alternating reading and listening to it on audio in the car. So far, Morgan prefers my reading (even though the audio is EXCELLENT--highly recommended) because he says the accents are hard to understand and there's no commentary from mom, so I guess we'll be switching to only read-aloud from the book. I can't believe the difference in readability between this classic and today's novels aimed at the same target age-group. I'm not sure that my 8th graders could handle this one...more
Felt like revisiting my "yute." You really can't read it quite the same way as an adult as you did as a kid. It's a good yarn, but you're so aware of how the stereotypes act to reinforce the "received notions" that support the English class system. Damn that liberal-leaning higher education!:)
Wow!!! What a fabulous book! Great writing! This should be a must read for every high school curriculum! This is an AMAZING book! It has adventure, pirates, treasure, treason...a parrot...what's not to love.
"15 men on a dead man's chest...yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum".
"15 men on a dead man's chest...yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum".
Remember when pirates briefly became ironically cool, and all of your annoying friends were joining facebook groups for International Talk Like A Pirate Day? And the first Pirates of the Carribbean movie came out and was surprisingly awesome? And then the second Pirates of the Carribbean movie came out and was decidedly less awesome, but you didn't really realize it until the third one came out and you discovered you couldn't remember and didn't care about number two's cliffhanger ending (it was...more
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People who like pirates....or mizzenmasts....or the phrase "and you can lay to that."
I read this book alongside my son, who had been assigned Treasure Island for summer reading. While not necessarily the kind of fiction I typically choose, it was certainly entertaining, however, there *were* large paragraphs here and there I barely paid attention to--paragraphs that were filled with boatswains and coxswains and larboards and mizzenmasts and other such words that mean nothing to me (hypothesis 1: Stevenson was paranoid about being "unauthentic" so he had to throw this ...more
I'd never actually read this book before. I think I'd only seen movie versions of the story - which meant that I heard Tim Curry's voice every time Long John Silver opened his mouth to speak.
Despite this distraction (and yes, I loved the Muppet version of the story), I was able to get into the story for its own sake. I found the first person narration by Jim the best part of the book because of the perspective it gave the whole adventure - after all, Jim's in it for the glory, as a boy...more
Despite this distraction (and yes, I loved the Muppet version of the story), I was able to get into the story for its own sake. I found the first person narration by Jim the best part of the book because of the perspective it gave the whole adventure - after all, Jim's in it for the glory, as a boy...more
Even though Treasure Island might be Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous work (it's in a close race with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), it is my least favorite of the three I've read. It is, of course, full of adventure and extremely significant in the way that it's influenced the cultural representation of pirates, but, while I wanted to know what was going to happen next, I never really felt for the characters. It was curiosity, not suspense, that kept me reading. Which is ultimately less fulfi...more
This is just a good old-fashioned tale of adventure and pirates and mutiny and double- and triple-crossers, and of course, buried treasure. Sometimes I have trouble with old books because the authors used five sentences where one would do, but this book moves very swiftly, only 200 pages or so. It was originally intended as a story for youngsters, so it doesn't include useless details. I can't help but wonder about the youngsters of those days as compared to today, though! It doesn't read li...more
Treasure Island is the story of young Jim Hawkins. When an old pirate dies in the inn owned by his parents, he finds a treasure map. Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney join Jim, along with a crew of mutinous pirates, to sail and find the treasure.
The trouble they find themselves in seems to have them finished several times, if it hadn't been Jim.
One thing that I lamented in this book, was the fact that Jim never really redeemed himself in the eyes of his shipmates, afte...more
The trouble they find themselves in seems to have them finished several times, if it hadn't been Jim.
One thing that I lamented in this book, was the fact that Jim never really redeemed himself in the eyes of his shipmates, afte...more
I read this book when I was very young and the memory of it has lingered for ages. It has a very unique feeling in it - you really feel like you're THERE. It's quite amazing and fascinating. But I only gave it three stars because it is a bit of a 'dry' read - great for young boys and adventurous girls. There are no girls in it, by the way, unless you count Jim's mother in the beginning. But I really enjoyed this book. Very interesting and realisic feeling. It's about a young boy who goes off to ...more
A thrilling tale of adventure and coming-of-age. Stevenson's yarn of pirates, treasure, and survival gives us Long John Silver -- the archetypal dastardly pirate, but interestingly enough, not in the flat, stock caricature of the modern swashbuckler. Treasure Island is a perfect example of the heroic quest, where the young protagonist sets out to discover the world and himself -- and the truth about good men and evil men, and ultimately how even those who least deserve it should receive our com...more
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Finished reading this book aloud to the kids TODAY! Hooray- it took all of 6 months.. with *many* breaks in between.. But it was a great read aloud. We had to look up many of the nautical terms and lingo, but it was a good story over all. I think I said in my original post that I wouldn't have picked this book up on my own. It's an adventure story about seafaring pirates.. And that is not something that grabs me, but nevertheless I did enjoy reading it to the kids. And now we can say we've read ...more
In a modern day context, I wasn't very keen on this book. It is apparent that it is written for young boys at a time when sailing the seven seas was every young boys dream, and this novel certinly reflects that as it relies upon a certain degree of sailing knowledge because of the language used, which I found hard to follow at times. However, I can understand why this novel is rated so highly in literary polls as it really is the ultimate pirate adventure story and sets the benchmark for all t...more
Murderous pirates, a wild man, a malarial swamp, and a mutinous ship...all appear to be dangers in the book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The actual island, with its strange inhabitants, sturdy structures and disgusting swamps, and which only appears to be a pointless rock, becomes an ally to Jim Hawkins and his frineds. It helps them evade the pirates and other menaces.
Marooned on the island is the helpful Ben Gunn. He built the goatskin dingy that Jim deemed the Cor...more
Marooned on the island is the helpful Ben Gunn. He built the goatskin dingy that Jim deemed the Cor...more
I read books more than once, and it's strange sometimes how my opinion of the book will change as I get older. I reread this book recently (twenty-something years after reading it the first time) and expected to feel nostalgic and ho-hum about the whole thing. Instead, I got sucked into the story just like I did the first time.
The main character, Jim, is a very believable person. Unlike characters in a lot of modern fiction, Jim doesn't have any major flaws that he has to work through in t...more
The main character, Jim, is a very believable person. Unlike characters in a lot of modern fiction, Jim doesn't have any major flaws that he has to work through in t...more
"Mr. Stevenson's books are not for the shelf, they are for the hand; even when you lay them down, let it be on the table for the next comer. Being the most sociable that man has penned in our time, they feel very lonely up there in a stately row. I think their eye is on you the moment you enter the room, and so you are drawn to look at them, and you take a volume down with the impulse that induces one to unchain the dog."
J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, wrote that ter...more
J.M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, wrote that ter...more
Just finished reading this fast-moving and rollicking adventure story out loud to my sons, aged 8 and 10. Read it from my iPad which just seems wrong somehow, but it was a free public-domain version, so what the heck. I must say this was a fun book to read out loud, especially when I got to change my voice for the narrators—young Jim Hawkins and Doctor Livesay mainly, although John Silver and the mutineers had lots of salty dialogue; all of the Pirate-speak left my throat a little hoarse on some...more
finishing out my 2011: Year of the Classic with a bang. Treasure Island is just as fun as everyone has been saying for the last 130 years. an interestingly nuanced juvenile book - the character of john silver is much more ambiguous than i feel most of the movie adaptations portray him. i had a lot of fun reading this, and i can only imagine how much more i could have enjoyed it if i had gotten a hold of it (or at least listened to my parents more) when i was younger. having said that, parts do l...more
Treasure Island is a thrilling tale of adventure and coming-of-age. Stevenson's yarn of pirates, treasure, and survival gives us Long John Silver -- the archetypal dastardly pirate, but interestingly enough, not in the flat, stock caricature of the modern swashbuckler. Treasure Island is a perfect example of the heroic quest, where the young protagonist sets out to discover the world and himself -- and the truth about good men and evil men, and ultimately how even those who least deserve it shou...more
Treasure Island is a love letter to masculine ideologies of individualism, even at the expense of moral correctness; an ideology that imperial expansionism could readily empathise with.
Jim Hawkins has no reliable model parent to interpret and approve his journey; the metaphor of the trip to sea is that you quickly lack any captain but yourself and your ship will wander off course until you find sufficient individual agency to seize control. Hawkins, however, is not without adult exampl...more
Jim Hawkins has no reliable model parent to interpret and approve his journey; the metaphor of the trip to sea is that you quickly lack any captain but yourself and your ship will wander off course until you find sufficient individual agency to seize control. Hawkins, however, is not without adult exampl...more
Adventure, pirates, treasure is something that is bound to pop into your mind when you read Robert Louis Stevenson’s cover of his book called Treasure Island. But as action pact as you expect it to be; it isn’t. The events that happen throughout the book are not as adventurous as you would expect it to be, maybe it’s just me but the book seems like it takes a while to reach it’s climax.
In the beginning of the book, the main character, Jim, tends a pirate whom he soon discovers is ...more
In the beginning of the book, the main character, Jim, tends a pirate whom he soon discovers is ...more
Da piccola avevo un'edizione bellissima, regalatami da mia zia. Formato gigante, illustrato. Quasi sicuramente versione non integrale. Avevo un ricordo bellissimo e non vedevo l'ora di immergermi nuovamente nelle avventure di Jim e del pirata John Long Silver, complice anche la rilettura della vita del pirata da parte di Bjorn Larsson.
Sarà che forse non ho più la "magia" di quando ero bambina, sarà che L'isola del tesoro è un libro per maschi (l'unica figura femminile è la madre d...more
Sarà che forse non ho più la "magia" di quando ero bambina, sarà che L'isola del tesoro è un libro per maschi (l'unica figura femminile è la madre d...more
Imagine you have found a map to a lost island with treasure buried below its surface. Would you be taken over and go mad by the thought and greed of those prized materials? Jim Hawkins get this chance for this incredible journey and challenge to learn of true worth and grow and mature into a responsible, brave man. Robert Louis Stevenson breaks away from his fathers practical idea of a career and fulfills his dream of being an author by writing this tale. By reading this book you will learn to r...more
Imagine working for your family’s inn. Seeing people come and go, everyday is the same. Until one day, your world goes upside down when a pirate comes to stay. That’s right, a real pirate! Coming to stay at your inn! This had happened to the character Jim Hawkins in the story Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Since the visit of the pirate, many occurrences had happened to the Admiral Benbow, the title of the inn. It was all kick-started once Jim found a map in the chest of the once...more
Since the visit of the pirate, many occurrences had happened to the Admiral Benbow, the title of the inn. It was all kick-started once Jim found a map in the chest of the once...more
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Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of Neo-romanticism in English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.
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