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Writen in XIX Century and good
I read this book, here in Brazil, when I was a teenager.This book is a fiction and was writen while the author was sick, with tuberculosis in Davos, Switzerland, during XIX Century.
If you want to read a good fiction, this book is a good choice.Don't wait a book about history of real pirates.This is a fiction.A so good fiction that it was used by Hollywood to produce many movies, following this good book.
An adventure in learning!
Although written primarily for boys, Treasure Island is one of the few books I remember being wildly excited about as a girl. I decided to share it with my 5 year old (who appreciates a pirate adventure) and I am reading a chapter at a time to him at bedtime. Although it is sometimes a little much for a 5 year old (some deaths and pirates with missing body parts) I can read it in a way that interests him. And, it is a great learning experienced due to this "enriched classic" version. I can tell my son about real pirates (who he now knows were actually "bad guys") and about the way things were in the mid 1700's. I explain a lot as I go, but he is fascinated- and we're learning a lot together! I highly recommend it... especially to read to kids slightly older than my 5 year old. However, this works as well!
Treasure Island
I have not read this book since I was in 7th grade, but this summer my son wanted to read it. As a 5th grader it was a bit over his head, but we both enjoyed it very much. This book is the reason I became so fascinated with pirates. It's a story that just sticks with you. There are memorable characters and slippery plot complications that make this literally a genuine trip as you turn the pages. Some may consider this an unnecessary read given its time frame, but put in context, this is a delightful story that should resonate with young boys. It's a classic for the very reason that it endures. It finds a place in that little place in the mind called adventure and wanderlust. Jamestown: Journey Back in Time
Classic that should be mandatory reading
While Treasure Island may have its detractors (usually those who were forced to read it as children or those who cannot handle the period speech) it is certainly a classic that can delight both young and old. Stevenson make a strong effort to catch the "tune of the time" and give vivid prose to the tedium of long sea journeys and the rapid pace at which life can offer strange events to deal with, as young Jim Hawkins discovers.
The story is set in mid-18th century western England where Jim helps to run a small out-of-the-way inn with his parents. They have a strange boarder: a grizzled sailor very fond of his shanties and rum. The sailor hides a secret map to a buried pirate treasure that comes into Jim's hands. The local squire recruits Jim and the village doctor to join him on a sea voyage to find the treasure for themselves.
They obtain a ship and a crew including the most iconic pirate of all: Long John Silver (created well before the seafood restaurant and Jack Sparrow!). Silver eventually betrays Jim, revealing himself as a longtime pirate, but makes good his escape in the end. Stevenson filled Treasure island with all of the--now cliche--paraphenalia: marooning, parrots, and such. The pirates have enough colorful language that even Robert Newton must have tired of it during his enthusiastic performance in the 1950 Disney film adaptation.
Perhaps my fondness is newfound since I only read it for the first time this year while I was on a week's cruise in the Caribbean, but Treasure Island now holds a favored spot on my bookshelves.
Laborious, wearisome, boring
Too many unnecessary details - a chore to read. Was reading this with a group of 8th graders and we couldn't wait to get done with it - no one liked it. Too many times after reading a page, we would all go - HUH?? - what did the author just say?
You know there have been more novels written since then- why do students have to keep reading the same ones their grandparents read when they were in school?
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