Treasure Island

Adventure

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson’s rousing seafaring classic., ,“Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest—,Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”, ,For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From young Jim Hawkins’s first encounter with the sinister beggar Pew to the climactic battle with the most memorable villain in literature, Long John Silver, th….Read More

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