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Treasure Island (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&n Classics Trade Paper)

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Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is part of the #LINK<Barnes & Noble Classics># series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.

 

The most popular pirate story ever written in English, featuring one of literatures most beloved “bad guys,” Treasure Island has been happily devoured by several generations of boys—and girls—and grownups. Its unforgettable characters include: young Jim Hawkins, who finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island, where the fabled pirate booty is buried; honest Captain Smollett, heroic Dr. Livesey, and the good-hearted but obtuse Squire Trelawney, who help Jim on his quest for the treasure; the frightening Blind Pew, double-dealing Israel Hands, and seemingly mad Ben Gunn, buccaneers of varying shades of menace; and, of course, garrulous, affable, ambiguous Long John Silver, who is one moment a friendly, laughing, one-legged sea-cook . . .and the next a dangerous pirate leader!

The unexpected and complex relationship that develops between Silver and Jim helps transform what seems at first to be a simple, rip-roaring adventure story into a deeply moving study of a boys growth into manhood, as he learns hard lessons about friendship, loyalty, courage and honor—and the uncertain meaning of good and evil.

Angus Fletcher is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, City University of New York, and is the author of Allegory: The Theory of a Symbolic Mode, Colors of the Mind, and A New Theory for American Poetry, among other books.

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Angus Fletcher is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, City University of New York, and is the author of Allegory: The Theory of a Symbolic Mode, Colors of the Mind, and A New Theory for American Poetry, among other books.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781593082475
Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Publisher:
Barnes & Noble
Introduction by:
Fletcher, Angus
Introduction:
Fletcher, Angus
Illustrator:
Fletcher, Angus
Illustrator:
Wyeth, N. C.
Author:
Fletcher, Angus
Subject:
Action & Adventure
Subject:
Action & Adventure - General
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Children s-Adventure Stories
Copyright:
2005
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Barnes & Noble Classics
Publication Date:
20050331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
254
Dimensions:
8.10x5.20x.80 in. .60 lbs.
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