Treasure Island (Vintage Classics)

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Jake Arnott (Introduction)

Overview

When young Jim Hawkins discovers a treasure map in a pirate’s chest in his parents’ inn, he is drawn into a world of danger and adventure. He joins the crew setting sail to the Caribbean to seek out the booty and over the course of the voyage confronts mutiny, murder, and the charismatic and devious Long John Silver.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780099511298
Publisher:	Random House UK
Publication date:	01/01/2009
Series:	Vintage Classics
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	980L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) is the author of Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Jake Arnott is the author of Johnny Come Home and The Long Firm trilogy.

Date of Birth:

November 13, 1850

Date of Death:

December 3, 1894

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Vailima, Samoa

Education:

Edinburgh University, 1875

Editorial Reviews

"There are few novels which grip so thrillingly as those first read in childhood, and for me none which has quite matched the excitement of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island." —P. D. James, author, The Children of Men



"Reading Treasure Island at the age of seven or eight was my real awakening as a reader . . . it is all as frightening and exciting when read for the umpteenth time in middle age as when first discovered in childhood." —A. N. Wilson, author, The Lying Tongue



"What I didn't anticipate was the power of Stevenson’s prose. His ability to bring everything vividly to life is still astonishing. It was probably the first time for me that reading became as exciting as messing about. The pirate has a dangerous glamour to him, a degenerate dandyism, something, once I was in my teens, that I would admire in people like David Bowie." —Jake Arnott, author, The Long Firm

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