Name: treasure island
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Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis ; Rhead, Louis ; Schoonover, Frank E.
ISBN: 9781904808336

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Illustrated by

Louis Rhead

Frank E. Schoonover

Publisher

Evertype

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

280

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm

Weight

0.58 kg.

ISBN

1904808336

ISBN13

9781904808336

Synopsis "treasure island"

It was in 1880 and 1881 that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "Treasure Island", which was begun at Braemar, Scotland, where his father aided him with suggestions from his own seafaring experiences. It was finished in the course of his second visit to Davos in the winter of 1881-1882. "Treasure Island", which appeared when the author was thirty-one, was his first long romance, and it brought to him his first taste of popular success, when the story was published in book form. It was in October 1881, that this story began to appear as a serial in an English magazine called "Young Folks". The title then was "The Sea Cook, or Treasure Island", but when published in book form in May 1883, the name was simply "Treasure Island", a name which has taken its place among the titles of far older classics. This edition contains the superb illustrations of Louis Rhead, which were first published in 1915.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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(Edinburgh, 1850 - Samoa, 1894) British novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist. He entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of sixteen to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lighthouse engineer, a career he would later abandon. His nautical studies allowed him to come into contact with seafaring people and customs, key ingredients in some of his most famous works. His renowned work, Treasure Island, was published under the pseudonym Captain George North in 1881. In 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one of the great classics of literature, was released. He died on the island of Samoa, at his home, Vailima.

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