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Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

1883 · Adventure · Novel

Open Library OL24034W

Jim Hawkins finds a map and goes to sea with a crew that is not what the advertisement promised. Long John Silver remains the model of a charming villain.

About the author

Stevenson could write a straight adventure and a nightmare about a divided self in the same decade. Treasure Island and Jekyll and Hyde are both exact about consequence. More of this shelf for Robert Louis Stevenson.

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