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. Young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a dead pirate's sea chest, leading to an expedition aboard the Hispaniola. Accompanied by a charismatic one-legged cook and other crew members, Jim sails toward a mysterious island hiding Captain Flint's buried gold. But when he overhears whispers of mutiny, the voyage transforms into a deadly game of survival, treachery, and courage among buccaneers seeking 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
- Category: Adventure
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
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