Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Brilliantly conceived and splendidly executed, it is a novel that has seized the imagination of generations of adults and children alike. And as David Cordingly points out in his Introduction, Treasure Island is also the best and most influential of all the stories about pirates.

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Robert Louis Stevenson's cherished, unforgettable adventure magically captures the thrill of a sea voyage and a treasure hunt through the eyes of its teenage protagonist, Jim Hawkins. Crossing the Atlantic in search of the buried cache, Jim and the ship's crew must brave the elements and a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

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Jim Hawkins: The main protagonist, Jim is the narrator of the story.
Long John Silver: The cook on the Hispaniola. Missing a leg. Plans a plot to mutiny people on the ship
Captain J. Flint: Captain of the Walrus. His name was greatly feared.
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Black Dog: A pirate who works with Pew.
Clarence J. McDaniel
O'Brien: A member of the crew on the Hispaniola.
Tom Redruth: Squire Trelawney's gamekeeper.
Supervisor Dance: A magistrate of Bristol.
Baron Trelawney
Abraham Gray: A member of the crew on the Hispaniola.
Richard Joyce: One of the good guys who works for Squire Trelawney.
John Hunter: One of the good guys who works for Squire Trelawney.
Billy Bones: Lives at the Admiral Benbow. Former pirate. Also a drunk.
Job Anderson: Buccaneer and boatswain of the Hispaniola.
Doctor Livesey: Something of a pessimist, Dr. Livesey is the surgeon on the Hispaniola.
Squire John Trelawney: Squire Trelawney simply blabs too much. Too much of an optimist, finances the treasure hunt.
Captain Alexander Smollett: Faithful captain of the Hispaniola.
Israel Hands: A buccaneer who is the coxswain on the Hispaniola.
Tom Morgan: A member of the crew on the Hispaniola.
Ben Gunn: One of captain Flint's old men who was marooned on the island.
Pew: A blind man who is in league with the pirates.
Dick: One of the buccaneers.
George Merry: A member of the crew on the Hispaniola.
Jim's mother
sabre

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“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest—Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!Drink and the devil had done for the rest—Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”
Billy Bones
“I have only one thing to say to you, sir … if you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!”
Dr. Livesey
“Many's a long night I've dreamed of cheese — toasted mostly.”
Ben Gunn
“Brandy.”
Israel Hands
“I was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to arrive, seven or eight of them, running hard, their feet beating out of time along the road...”

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Redruth
The Admiral Benbow: The bed and breakfast owned by the Hawkins family. This is where the tale begins.
Strömung
Buddel
Israel Hands
Hispaniola: Squire Trelawney's ship.
Unglück
Antwort
Händen
Ankerplatz
Befehl
Brandung
Branntwein
Bristol: A port in western England.
England: One of the four parts of the United Kingdom.
Skeleton Island: The island on which Captain Flint's treasure is buried.

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Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17--, and go back to the time when my father kept the 'Admiral Benbow' inn, and the brown old seaman, with the sabre-cut, first took up his lodging under our roof.

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Part I: The Old Buccaneer

I. The Old Sea Dog at the "Admiral Benbow"
II. Black Dog Appears and Disappears
III. The Black Spot
IV. The Sea-Chest
V. The Last of the Blind Man
VI. The Captain's Papers

Part II: The Sea Cook

VII. I Go To Bristol
VIII. At the Sign of the "Spy-glass"
IX. Powder and Arms
X. The Voyage
XI. What I Heard in the Apple Barrel
XII. Council of War

Part III: My Shore Adventure

XIII. How My Shore Adventure Began
XIV. The First Blow
XV. The Man of the Island

Part IV: The Stockade

XVI. Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned
XVII. Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat's Last Trip
XVIII. Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day's Fighting
XIX. Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade
XX. Silver's Embassy
XXI. The Attack

Part V: My Sea Adventure

XXII. How My Sea Adventure Began
XXIII. The Ebb-tide Runs
XXIV. The Cruise of the Coracle
XXV. I Strike the Jolly Roger
XXVI. Israel Hands
XXVII. "Pieces of Eight"

Part VI: Captain Silver

XXVIII. In the Enemy's Camp
XXIX. The Black Spot Again
XXX. On Parole
XXXI. The Treasure Hunt - Flint's Pointer
XXXII. The Treasure Hunt - The Voice among the Trees
XXXIII. The Fall of a Chieftain
XXXIV. And Last