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Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of 'buccaneers and buried gold'. First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title... Read Full Overview

Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. The story is told in the first person by young Jim Hawkins, whose mother keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn.

The quintessential adventure story that first established pirates in the popular imagination, Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is edited with an introduction by John Seelye in Penguin Classics. When a mysterious sailor dies in sinister circumstances at the Admiral Benbow... Read Full Overview

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title... Read Full Overview

The quintessential adventure story that first established pirates in the popular imagination

Search for fortune on the high seas with this abridged retelling of Treasure Island, part of the bestselling Classic Starts(R) series that has sold more than 8 million copies!

One of the most enduringly popular adventure tales, Treasure Island began in 1881 as a serialized adventure entitled The Sea-Cook in the periodical Young Folks. Completed during a stay at Davos, Switzerland, where Stevenson had gone for his health, it was... Read Full Overview

Sail the high seas and search for treasure in this paperback edition of the classic novel--but beware of pirates!

Jim Hawkins sets sail with a treasure map in hand, but he eventually discovers that his crewmates are pirates-in-hiding, hungry for gold. Will Jim... Read Full Overview

'In Treasure Island, Stevenson wrote one of the great books of all time, an enduring masterpiece, and my favourite too. No edition has ever been better illustrated than this. Ingpen's drawings are utterly compelling.' - Michael MorpurgoRobert Louis Stevenson's tale of pirates,... Read Full Overview

Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled Treasure Island. But a host of villains, wild beasts and deadly savages stand between him and... Read Full Overview

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850- 1894) fue un novelista, poeta y ensayista escoc s. Su legado es una vasta obra que incluye cr nicas de viaje, novelas de aventuras e hist ricas, as como l rica y ensayos. Se lo conoce principalmente por ser el autor de algunas de las historias... Read Full Overview