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by Robert Louis Stevenson · 1850–1894
"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson is an adventure novel published in 1883. When young Jim Hawkins discovers a mysterious treasure map in a dead pirate's sea chest, he sets sail with a crew to find Captain Flint's legendary buried gold. But aboard the ship Hispaniola lurks danger: the charming one-legged cook Long John Silver leads a band of mutinous pirates with their own deadly plans. On a remote island filled with treachery and violence, Jim must navigate shifting alliances and mortal threats to survive this perilous quest for fortune.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 312 min
- Words
- 68,637
- Chapters
- 4
- Paragraphs
- 1,436
- Price
- Free
- Pirates -- Fiction
- Sea stories
- Treasure Island (Imaginary place) -- Fiction
- Treasure troves -- Fiction
“Trelawney,” said the doctor, “I’ll go with you; and I’ll go bail for it, so will Jim, and be a credit to the undertaking.
„Trelawney“, sagte der Doktor, „ich werde mit Ihnen gehen; und ich gehe dafür in die Haftung, so wie Jim, und werde der Unternehmung zur Ehre gereichen.
There’s only one man I’m afraid of.”
Es gibt nur einen Mann, vor dem ich Angst habe.“
About the author
Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet, and travel writer born in Edinburgh in 1850.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #120
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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