EAN: 9780141199146

THE PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY TREASURE ISLAND A...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Treasure Island and The Ebb-Tide by Robert Louis
Stevenson '"One more step  Mr Hands " said I  "and I'll blow your brains out"' In Treasure
Island  a weathered old sailor known as Billy Bones arrives at the inn of young Jim Hawkins's
parents - and it is the start of an adventure beyond anything he could have imagined. For when
Bones dies mysteriously  Jim stumbles across a map of a mysterious island in his sea chest -
where 'X' marks the spot of a stash of buried pirate gold. Setting sail with his friends on the
ship Hispaniola to recover the treasure  Jim soon realizes that he's not the only one who knows
about the hoard. Suddenly he is thrown into a world of treachery  mutiny  castaways and murder
and  at the centre of it all  is the charming but sinister Long John Silver  who will stop at
nothing to grab his share of the loot... The Ebb-Tide  a short novel published the year of
Stevenson's death  is also a rollicking seafaring adventure  narrating the voyage of a stolen
ship whilst exploring such themes as imperialism  violence  dishonesty  Christianity and
corruption. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English  from the
eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

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