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Ben Gunn shouts Captain Flint's last words from the forest, making the superstitious pirates believe that Flint's ghost is haunting the island. They eventually find a treasure cache, but it is empty. The pirates prepare to kill Silver and Jim, but they are driven off by the doctor's party, including Gunn.
May 23, 2024 · Treasure Island, classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, serialized in the magazine Young Folks from October 1881 to January 1882 under the title The Sea-Cook; or, Treasure Island and published in book form in 1883.
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'Treasure Island' tells the story of Jim Hawkins, a young boy who happens to come across a map to an Island, where Captain Flint, has kept his treasures buried.
A short summary of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Treasure Island.
From the moment young Jim Hawkins first encounters the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn until the climactic battle for treasure on a tropic isle, the novel creates scenes and characters that have fired the imaginations of generations of readers.
The protagonist of Treasure Island, Jim Hawkins, has been asked by his acquaintances Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney to write down his recollections. He begins by discussing the “Admiral Benbow” inn that his family owned when he was a boy, not far from the English port of Bristol.
Treasure Island is an adventure novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published as a complete work in 1883. The story is set in the 18th century and follows the young protagonist Jim Hawkins as he embarks on a perilous journey in search of buried treasure.
Treasure Island tells of Jim Hawkin’s boyhood adventure on a quest for buried treasure. The story opens at Jim’s father’s inn, the Admiral Benbow . A wild seaman, Billy Bones, comes to stay, bringing with him a large sea chest.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel ‘Treasure Island’ was originally published as a serial from October 1881 to January 1882 under the title ‘The Sea-Cook’, or ‘Treasure Island’ in the Young Folks magazine. He has published it under the pseudonym “Captain George North.”
