Treasure Island
Published on 29. January 2020
Book
Hardback
330 pages
978-1-7343687-6-5 (ISBN)
Description
"Indeed, the story is aimed at kids, but it isn’t a story that stays there. It’s a story about youth venturing into the world of adults. It’s the tale of a boy seeking adventure in the frighteningly treacherous world of gentlemen and scoundrels, of loyalty and mutinous betrayal. The boy, Jim Hawkins, learns swiftly that if he is to survive in such a world, he will need to provide for himself, and to do this, he’ll need a plentiful supply of courage... Will Jim become an honorable gent like Dr. Livesey? Will his last days be as the drunken fool, Billy Bones? Will his finale prove he’s cut from Long John Silver’s cloth, ultimately becoming a man twisted by greed for gold, a man willing to betray even those he’d call ‘friends’? Silver thinks so, and there are times throughout when the reader will think so, too. However, even as these questions hover in the background, another maintains its place at the forefront: Who will get to the treasure first—Long John Silver or Jim Hawkins?" -- From the Introduction
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Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to First Grade, Interest Age: From 5 to 12 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
489 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7343687-6-5 (9781734368765)
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Persons
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish writer born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He became renowned for his diverse body of work, which includes novels, essays, poetry, and travel writing. Some of his most celebrated works are Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped, and A Child s Garden of Verses. Stevenson was educated at the University of Edinburgh and attended both the Edinburgh Academy Senior School and Edinburgh Law School. Although initially studying law, he pursued a career in writing, drawing inspiration from authors such as Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Walter Scott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Guy de Maupassant. He married Fanny Stevenson in 1880, and they lived together until his death in 1894. Stevenson s writing often explored themes of adventure, morality, and the duality of human nature, particularly evident in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He spent the latter part of his life in Samoa, where he passed away on December 3, 1894, at the age of 44. His works have left a lasting impact on literature, influencing generations of writers and readers.