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Treasure Island (HB) - Stevenson Robert Louis
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Treasure Island (HB)
SERIA: Collector`s Editions
Type : Books
SKU: VV1382439
ISBN: 9781840227888
Pages: 335
Cover: Hardcover
Year: 2018
Publisher: Wordsworth (Wordsworth)
Your Price: $88.98
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Краткая аннотация:
Treasure Island is the seminal pirates and buried treasure novel, which is so brilliantly concocted that it appeals to readers both young and old. The story is told in the first person by young Jim Hawkins, whose mother keeps the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old seadog, a resident at the inn, hires Jim to keep a watch out for other sailors whom he fears but, despite all precautions, the old man is served with the black spot which means death. Among the dead man's belongings Jim discovers a map showing the location of the buried treasure of the notorious pirate Captain Flint. It is not long before he, along with Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney, sets sail to find the treasure. However, amongst the hired hands is the one-legged Long John Silver who has designs on the treasure for himself. The continuing fascination with this tale of high drama, buried treasure and treachery bears out what Stevenson wrote about the book to his friend W. E. Henley: 'if this don't fetch the kids, why,... |
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