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Title: Treasure Island (Signet Classic) by Robert Louis Stevenson, New American Library Signet ISBN: 0-451-52704-6 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: December, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (168 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Treasure Island, the greatest adventure book
Comment: For the past two years I have been searching for the perfect adventure book to suit my dreams, and I finally found it, Treasure Island. This story was told hundreds of years ago and changed over time. The author was Robert Louis Stevenson. This book had 232 pages of jam-packed action. This story was suppost to take place in the Pirate times. There were lots of characters thruout this story, but the two most important ones were Jim Hawkins, the leader of the pack, and Long John Silver, a kind of two faced person. This book was about Jim Hawkins and his friends going to sail to Treasure Island, hoping to find the burried loot of Captain Flint, the toughest of all the pirates. But they didn't know that the crew of their own ship is made up of Flint's old crew, led by the evil, one-legged pirate Long John Silver. Once on the island, Jim and his friends must find the burried treasure and escape efore the pirates capture them. I am not going to tell you the rest of the story because it will ruin a great story like this for you. Have fun reading it!
Rating: 5
Summary: Children's Classic
Comment: Though some people may not find much that this book offers in comparison to more recent books, I think that it meets the goals of its author very well. The book is simply something that has stood the test of time because it is a very simple story. There are no major plot twists or complexities. It is something that could be read to a child (And as a side note, the alchohol mentioned was a common practice of pirates and fully helps to show the baseness of them and show them as having no standards whatsoever, also it was more common in the time period written of that people drank alchohol rather than water for various reasons. The mear fact of that is something that adds an historical aspect to the story). The wording of everything also lends both atmosphere and a chance for a story-teller to embelish on accents and such. Overall, with this book being compared to any of the Treasure Island movies or remakes, you can't beat the original. This story, almost by itself it seems to me, created the entire Pirate Archetype in literature. All the aspects of language set in this book have been followed by later books and movies. So to say this book isn't worth reading is simply a lack of (or for that matter, an excessive ammount of pride in one's) intelligence. It is a simple, good book that is quite a page turner in my oppinion.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Story, Tough Read
Comment: No doubt Treasure Island is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time, though in my opinion, many readers (especially kids) will have difficulty with the archaic language. My son (12 yrs) had a very tough time understanding the text at times, forcing him to reread many passages. If you are looking for a fun pirate adventure story, but prefer a more readable book, I would recommend an interesting new adaption of Treasure Island, called Wave Hunters, by Chris Lacy. It is basically the same story as Treasure Island, only it takes place in the present day amongst a group of surfers in Indonesia. My son couldn't put it down!
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Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain ISBN: 0140390839 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne ISBN: 0812550927 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss ISBN: 0440415942 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 13 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe ISBN: 0486404277 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 02 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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Title: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson, Donald McFarlan ISBN: 0140434011 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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