num_pages: 210
description: This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780140437683"One more step, Mr. Hands, and I'll blow your brains out! Dead men don't bite, you know."Originally conceived 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 immorality, Long John Silver. Admired by Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, and (reluctantly) Henry James, the story has the dreamlike quality of a fairy tale. It has worked its way into the collective imagination of more than five generations of readers, young and old alike, gaining the power of myth.Although thoroughly British in its setting and characters, Treasure Island, as John Seelye shows, has an American dimension, drawing on the author's experiences living in California, and owes no small debt to Washington Irving's ghost stories and James Fenimore Cooper's tales of adventures. This edition also includes Stevenson's own essay about the composition of Treasure Island, written just before his death.
language: English
title: Treasure Island
titlecomplete: Treasure Island
characters: Doctor Livesey, Long John Silver, Squire John Trelawney, Captain Alexander Smollet, Billy Bones, Jim Hawkins, Ben Gunn, Israel Hands, Abraham Gray
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Pirates, Childrens, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 474612
places: Bristol, England, Skeleton Island, Atlantic Ocean
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic, awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: Prêmio Jabuti
category: Adaptação
publisher: Penguin Books