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One of the bestloved adventure stories ever written, treasure islands timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps, mutiny and derringdo has appealed to generations of readers ever since robert louis stevenson penned it in 1881 with the claim. I specifically read treasure island in all three versions, but also evaluated the jungle book and other stories in at least two of the versions. In this tale of pirates and plunder, jim hawkins sets out for skeleton island to find buried treasure. It is not to be confused with the great illustrated classics publisher series originally published by dodd, mead from the 1940s1970s. This page contains details about the fiction book treasure island by robert louis stevenson published in 1881. Treasure island illustrated ebook written by robert louis stevenson.
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