Treasure Island: Popular Penguins

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

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  • : $14.99 AUD
  • : 9780141194967
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
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  • : June 2010
  • : 181mm X 111mm
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  • : June 2015
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Barcode 9780141194967
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Description

Originally designed as a story for boys, Stevenson's novel is narrated by the teenage Jim Hawkins, who outwits a gang of murderous pirates led by that unforgettable avatar of amorality, Long John Silver. But Treasure Islandhas also had great appeal for adult readers and was admired by Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, and (reluctantly) Henry James. The story has a dreamlike quality of a fairy tale and has worked its way into the collective imagination of more than five generations of readers, gaining the power of myth.