Treasure Island
“Ben Gunn,” he answered, and his voice sounded hoarse and awkward, like a rusty lock. “I’m poor Ben Gunn, I am; and I haven’t spoke with a Christian these three years.”
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Treasure Island
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as seen in Long John Silver — unusual for children's literature then and now. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels.
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- Project Gutenberg eBook #120 — English text of the 1883 novel
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- The Hissing Snake
- Echoes Like Cannon
- The Sealed Map
- Coordinates Spoken
- The Relentless Chant
- Torchlight on the Slope
- Chaos at the Mast
- Silver's True Face
- The Blind Man's Tap
- One Signal, One Death
- Silver in Command
- Treasure That Haunts
- Plain Words
- The Squire's Plan
- When the Parrot Knows
- Mutiny on deck
- Gold in a Cave
- Begging on the Sand
- Keep Together
- The WALRUS Board
- When Land Feels Like Doom
- The Death Yell
- Bones beneath the pine
- A Hasty Hire
- Left to find the treasure
- The Cry That Stopped Men
- The Cry for Darby
- Dangerous Loyalty
- No Retreat on the Hispaniola
- Pirates Frozen in Terror
- Knife in the Dark
- The Last Signal
- He turned as if he'd seen a ghost
- When Curiosity Wins
- A cry across the island
- Along the Quays
- Still Your Captain
- Last Warning
- The Knife and the Sun
- A Ghost with an Echo
- Silver's Grim Bargain
- The Ashen Token
- Silence Between Decks
- The Blue-Scarfed Return
- Calm at the Center
- Flag and Last Shot
- Vows to Duty
- The notch on the signboard
- When Pew Fell
- Maps and Daydreams
- Captain Flint
- Bound for Treasure
- The Confession and the Bargain
- The Cave of Hidden Gold
- The Black Spot
- Pew's Threat
- Ben Gunn's Voice
- Dreaming of Cheese
- The Signal
- After the Gunshot
- Buccaneers Rooted in Silence
- Hidden in the Barrel
- Two Talons Missing
- Song from the Trees
- Captain by Election
- Half a Plank from Death
- A Cruel Throw
- Buried Fortune
- Accusations Against Silver
- A Man's Fury
- A Murderous Impulse
- Seaward, Ho!
- Refusing to Strike
- First Tears, Then Cruelty
- A Pirate's Challenge
- A Voice from the Spy-Glass
- Not a Quarter Mile Away
- Silver's Calm
- Settled at Close Range
- Interrupted Charge
- Preparing for Mutiny
- Silver's Threat
- The Black Spot
- The Song That Meant Death
- Grief and Defiance
- Nobody Minded Ben Gunn