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Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Start date: April 1, 2023

Finish date: April 30, 2023

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Apr 19, 2008 Smarti rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001-books, klassiker, kinder-literatur

simultaneously read with Laxness' wonderful and extraordinary "Independent People" (which I simply cannot praise too much) this one was a fast and enjoyable adventure tale. Long Jon Silver was a great villain and a compelling figure that I could even feel for and relate to. Other than that, treasure island is, seen through today's eyes, a fairly straightforward tale. It is indeed the very work that gave us the stereotypes of ruthless pirates with parotts hunting treasures. You can well see Steve ...more

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Mar 05, 2023 Sheila added it

Shelves: audiobook, eng-lit-at-school

I loved this book as a child and have read it again as an adult. Now listening to a marvellous narration by the great actor Timothy West.
Utterly biased 5* to my fellow Scot. Unbridled boy's (and indeed girl's) own adventure story by the master of these.
I know rereading this will only make me want to dive back into the other RLS children's classics such as Kidnapped, Doctor Jekyl etc, and my other squashing buckling favourite Moonfleet by J Meade Faulkner. ...more

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