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Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Start date: April 1, 2023

Finish date: April 30, 2023

Discussion: Classics Corner

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Mar 20, 2008 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: children-ya, e-books, british-literature, fiction-19th-century, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, 3ms

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders. ...more

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Mar 08, 2008 John rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, childrens-or-read-as-a-kid

One of my first ever "grown-up" books.

I adored this adventure romp of good against bad... childhood innocence against adult deception. It was great and added more substance and adventure to the Christmas-TV movie favourite starring Robert Newton. ...more

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