Treasure Island: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Treasure Island is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson is an adventure novel published in 1883. When young Jim Hawkins discovers a mysterious treasure map in a dead pirate's sea chest, he sets sail with a crew to find Captain Flint's legendary buried gold. But aboard the ship Hispaniola lurks danger: the charming one-legged cook Long John Silver leads a band of mutinous pirates with their own deadly plans. On a remote island filled with treachery and violence, Jim must navigate shifting alliances and mortal threats to survive this perilous quest for fortune.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Treasure Island
- Author credits: Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–1894)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Pirates -- Fiction
- Sea stories
- Treasure Island (Imaginary place) -- Fiction
- Treasure troves -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Best Books Ever Listings
- Category: Adventure
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
- Children's Literature
- Historical Fiction
- Pirates, Buccaneers, Corsairs, etc.
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