 |
|
Title: Treasure Island (Unabridged Classics)
ISBN: 1402714572
Author:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Publicate Date: 2004-10-01
Publish: 2004-10-01
List Price: $9.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Hardcover
 |
|
|
|
|
Amazon Lowest New Price: $5.84
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $3.80
Amazon Merchant Price: $9.95
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Customer Review: |
|
1: Treasure Island Book Review
Treasure Island is truly a treasure that many teenagers do not discover. Its rich language and stunning plot will captivate anyone. Teenagers should take the time and make the effort to become acquainted with this literary classic. Recently, there has been a lot of interest in pirates and this book is right up there with the best of the stories. Full of adventure, treachery, and deceit, this yarn is wonderfully spun. As you read, you go back in time to the years of the pirates. You meet evil, sinister Israel Hands, and honest, innocent Jim Hawkins. It is a fight between good and evil. While the good and the bad are fighting against each other, one man is trying to decide to be good or evil. Long John Silver, the merry, unscrupulous buccaneer cannot decide what side to be on. One day he is a greedy pirate looking for loot and the next he is helping the good guys conquer the bad. Treasure Island is like a study of good and evil with many examples of human nature and the consequences that come from the choices that are made. For anyone who is in need of a great book, Treasure Island is it. The story travels from a sleepy inn disturbed by a drunken buccaneer to the rolling sea and then on to the incredible island. Battles are fought and foes vanquished. The wide variety of characters with exotic personalities will engage a reader of any age.
|
2: A Treasure
I sure hope that kids, and adults too, are still out there reading this book. What an amazing gift to English literature. I can still see in my mind the worn hardback copy of Treasure Island at my hometown library. This is the one book that I can remember reading two or three times over when I was a kid. I recently read it again to my own kids, and delighted in the masterful storytelling and drama of the book. The story is complex but well-known: Jim Hawkins, the resourceful son of an infirm innkeeper, finds himself the possesser of a pirate's treasure map. The benevolent greed that grips the town's merchants who want to exploit the map eventually leads to the malicious greed of a band of murderous and mutinous pirates led by the cunning and deceitful Long John Silver (who would enjoy a second career as a fried fish pitchman). The single-minded pursuit of GOLD leads all of these men to face the sea, disease, and privation, and to kill each other. The story ends well enough from our protagonist's point of view, but it all seems quite "realistic" and gritty. Don't pass this one over - a classic, richly told and written well, that deserves a place in your canon.
|
3: Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum!
Treasure Island is perhaps THE classic pirate's tale. Robert Louis Stevenson, the author, created a rich story of adventure and treachery on the high seas all seen through the eyes of a boy named Jim Hawkins. Jim starts off as the son of tavern owners in a humble little port village. When an old seaman stays at the tavern, trouble soon follows him in the form of a pirate crew seeking revenge. I will not give away any more specific plot points, but events move forward to a great treasure hunt, treachery, and a surprisingly engaging story for adults as well as children.
Jim Hawkins is the hero of the story and he's a good lad with a stout heart. Long John Silver is the real star, however, and his character is a fascinating character study in moral ambiguity... or perhaps a study in amoral perfection. The pirate language is good and thick but this edition has plenty of notes to help you decipher some of the references that have become too obscure for today's readers. The plot moves along very briskly with no wasted scenes.
In short, Treasure Island well deserves its status as a beloved classic. It's a story of suspense and adventure that can be enjoyed at a child's level, but has substance for adults as well. I would recommend without reserve it to virtually anyone.
|
4: Jim Hawkins & Long John Silver. Pirates...or Patriots??? February 25, 2007
This ghastly book is an amazing adventure. It starts out with a boy named Jim Hawkins. Jim and his family live in their inn called the ADMIRAL BENBOW. Captain Billy Bones is a man that holds the map to Treasure Island and the buried treasure. Jim and the crew of the HISPANIOLA head to Treasure Island. That's when Jim gets to know Long John Silver. It just happens to be that Long John Silver takes most of the men and mutinies, in order to take the treasure himself. The others that were mutinied went to the Stockade, a small little cabin in the forest. Jim hid and snuck out with the mutineers. When he got away from the mutineers he found a man named Ben Gunn that was marooned a few years before. Then Jim finally found the Stockade. The rest of the book has multiple twists and turns.
This book was a complicated read for me. It has very hard to read the language and it has some very detailed violence. This book is made for readers that love adventure big challenges. This book is made for advanced 6th grade readers or higher. This book had to have taken Robert Louis Stevenson awhile because of the complicated storyline, language and character development. Having a good soul and sprit will lead to wealth in both physically and mentally and that is what this book teaches. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this book as if it took place in old Great Britain with Pirates. He describes everything so well. Sometimes the descriptions are hard to understand. Robert also makes the book sound exactly like the time he set it in (around the 1700's). If you want a book full of adventure, treasure, pirates, ships and a challenge, then this is the book for you!
Chloe 6th Grade
|
5: Thoughts on Treasure Island
Treasure Island is a classic book that consists of Pirates, Treasure and much more. It will be read by kids for years to come. It has cleverly thought-out character names such as Long John Silver and Captain Flint. It has an amazing plot line, and because of this, this book has gone down in History. First published as a book in 1883, it also went under the title of The Sea Cook, meaning Long John Silver. It has just kept on gathering steam over the many years, and shows no sign of stopping any time soon. Since the day that this book was published, whenever Robert Louis Stevenson's name is mentioned, people automatically think of Treasure Island. This book is arguably the best of Robert Louis Stevenson's work, and many other people would agree too.
The book begins with young Jim Hawkins running into a frightening old sea captain who drinks more rum than water. Jim and the old sea captain get to know each other pretty well, but when the Captain dies, Jim decides to open up the old captain's trunk and finds and old treasure map that begins his entire adventure. Before Jim knows it, he is aboard the "Hispaniola" with the Squire, the Doctor, and the seemingly pleasant cook Long John Silver, on their way for the treasure. The whole voyage was going very pleasantly, until Jim overhears Long John and the crew discussing mutiny. Jim knew that the Captain of the "Hispaniola," the Squire, the Doctor and he were not safe, so he immediately told the Captain. The next day the Captain has the crew go on shore so he, the Doctor, the Squire, and Jim can load the supplies on to a separate part of the Island. By the time the Mutineers figure this out they are safely on shore. Despite numerous attempts by the mutineers to get their hands on the treasure map, they fail each time, and Jim manages to find the ship and hide it safely away from the mutineers. But when he returns, he finds that the doctor gave the treasure map and the stores to Long John Silver. He is then forced to go hunt the treasure with the Mutineers, only to discover that it's not there! The Mutineers are furious and advance on Jim, but just then the Doctor and a Maroon save Jim, and take him away to a cave. It is there that he discovers that the Maroon found the Treasure a long time ago, and had many stocks in his cave, so the doctor decided to give the Mutineers the map and watch them go on a wild goose chase. The only problem is that they think they lost the ship, but Jim tells them that he stole back the ship, and that they can sail home for England!!
My opinion of the book was that it had a nice little surprise around every corner. The author described each character very nicely and put a clear picture in your head. It was very clever of the author to use Jim Hawkins as the narrator of the story. He also had the Doctor narrate for a few chapters to show another side of the story. The author usually foreshadowed before a big event, making you want to read on. At first, the language is a little hard to understand, but once you get used to it you cruise along. I thought that the author overall did a great job writing the book. I always wondered how he got the ideas for the plot twists. This book is the kind that will make you wish that there was more after you finished. I think this was a great book.
|
|
|
|
|
