Treasure Island / by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Robert Louis, III, author.

Series:

AUK Classics, 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Treasure Island (Imaginary place)--Fiction.

Treasure Island (Imaginary place).

Treasure troves--Fiction.

Treasure troves.

Pirates--Fiction.

Pirates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Bedfordshire, United Kingdom] : Andrews UK Limited, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edition of Treasure Island has been specially formatted for today's e-readers. The original story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by Stevenson and his nephew. The tale is told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of a treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself. Stevenson's first full-length work of fiction brought him immediate fame and continues to captivate readers of all ag

Contents:

Cover ; Contents ; Front Matter ; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Treasure Island ; The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow; Black Dog Appears and Disappears; The Black Spot; The Sea-chest; The Last of the Blind Man; The Captain's Papers; I Go to Bristol; At the Sign of the Spy-glass; Powder and Arms; The Voyage; What I Heard in the Apple Barrel; Council of War; How My Shore Adventure Began; The First Blow; The Man of the Island; Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned; Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat's Last Trip

Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day's FightingNarrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade; Silver's Embassy; The Attack; How My Sea Adventure Began; The Ebb-tide Runs; The Cruise of the Coracle; I Strike the Jolly Roger; Israel Hands; "Pieces of Eight"; In the Enemy's Camp; The Black Spot Again; On Parole; The Treasure-hunt - Flint's Pointer; The Treasure-hunt - The Voice Among the Trees; The Fall of a Chieftain; And Last

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBL, viewed October 19, 2015).

ISBN:

9781849892124

1849892121

OCLC:

670412064