Name: Treasure Island: Adventure Tale of Buccaneers and Buried Gold by the Prolific Scottish Novelist, Poet and Travel Writer, Author. Dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde, Kidnapped & Catriona (in English)
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Author: R. L. Stevenson
ISBN: 9788026890720

portada Treasure Island: Adventure Tale of Buccaneers and Buried Gold by the Prolific Scottish Novelist, Poet and Travel Writer, Author. Dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde, Kidnapped & Catriona (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

R. L. Stevenson

Publisher

E-Artnow

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

136

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm

Weight

0.19 kg.

ISBN13

9788026890720

Synopsis "Treasure Island: Adventure Tale of Buccaneers and Buried Gold by the Prolific Scottish Novelist, Poet and Travel Writer, Author. Dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde, Kidnapped & Catriona (in English)"

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Stevenson conceived of the idea of Treasure Island (originally titled, "The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys") from a map of an imaginary, romantic island idly drawn by Stevenson and his stepson on a rainy day in Braemar, Scotland. Plot: An old sailor, calling himself "the captain" comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the west English coast during the mid-1700s, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for a one-legged "seafaring man." A seaman with intact legs shows up, frightening Billy - who drinks far too much rum - into a stroke, and Billy tells Jim that his former shipmates covet the contents of his sea chest. After a visit from yet another man, Billy has another stroke and dies; Jim and his mother (his father has also died just a few days before) unlock the sea chest, finding some money, a journal, and a map. The local physician, Dr. Livesey, deduces that the map is of an island where a deceased pirate - Captain Flint - buried a vast treasure. The district squire, Trelawney, proposes buying a ship and going after the treasure, taking Livesey as ship's doctor and Jim as cabin boy.... Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world.

R. L. Stevenson

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Escritor escocés, Robert Louis Stevenson, nacido en Edimburgo el 13 de noviembre de 1850, está considerado uno de los clásicos de la literatura del siglo XIX.

La literatura de Stevenson se centra en novelas de fantasía y de aventuras, dando como resultado una excelente producción que le valdría el éxito popular. Obras como La isla del tesoro (1883), El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll y Mr. Hyde (1886) o Flecha negra (1888) han sido traducidas a decenas de idiomas y adaptadas al cine, el teatro o la televisión en multitud de ocasiones.

Debido a su frágil salud, Stevenson viajó por el mundo entero en busca de climas más saludables, convirtiéndose en un experto de la literatura y el ensayo de viajes.

Sus últimos años transcurrieron en las Islas Samoa, donde murió el 3 de diciembre de 1894.

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