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Excerpt: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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...obert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylva... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...sity. 3 Robert Louis Stevenson T reasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson TREASURE ISLAND T o S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose ... ...And all my pirates share the grave Where these and their creations lie! 4 Treasure Island TREASURE ISLAND PART ONE The Old Buccaneer 1 THE OLD SEA-DO... ... these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but th... ...ack but the bear- ings 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 ... ... need scarcely tell you. On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four 6 Treasure Island corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and... ...we had all long ceased to pay any particular notice to the song; it was 8 Treasure Island new, that night, to nobody but Dr. Livesey, and on him I ob... ...e captain. “Well,” said he, “my mate Bill would be called the captain, 10 Treasure Island as like as not. He has a cut on one cheek and a mighty plea...

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...Treasure Island is an adventure novel, a thrilling tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Traditionally considered a coming of age story, it is an adventure tale of superb atmosphere, character and action, and also a wry comment...

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...n 1858 and enjoyed a long and very successful career as a writer, receiving the Nobel-Prize in Literature in 1909. She died in Vaermland in 1940. The Treasure (Herr Arnes penningar) is a fairly short Novel, both a Drama and a Ghost Story. Published in 1904 and the English translation in 1923. The story is set in Bohuslaen on the West coast of Sweden in the middle of the 16...

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...For Treasure Bound is one of the earlier novels by Harry Collingwood (William Joseph Cosens Lancaster), published in 1897. We follow the hero, whose name is incidentally also Harry Collingwood, on a quest to the pacific islands f...

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...This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for the treasure. Unless I keep his name out of it he will not let me write the story, and, as it was his expedition and as my share of the ...

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This is the story of the Bastable children and their attempts to help the family finances by searching for treasure. (Summary by Karen Savage)

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...It is Tania's fourth birthday. Mama arranges a treasure hunt for Tania. She has to follow the clues to find the birthday presents from mama and papa. See if you can find Tania's presents. Suitable to be read to children from 2 to 5 years...

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...The Bastable children, first met in The Treasure Seekers, are sent to stay in the countryside; is it large enough to contain their exuberant activities? They (and Pincher the dog) have every intention of being good... Description by Alan Chant...

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...The Treasure: Internet or the Society of the King Salome. Don’t you know that Internet and WWW are the fruit of the Quantum Revolution? At the beginning are great inventors like Thomas Alva......

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...The Great Galactic Treasure Hunt follows a number of individuals who for some reason or the other didn’t make it in the densely populated, highly civilised worlds of the big states; often consisting of a large number of inhabited planets with m...

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...ring quotations penned down by him. He believes these quotes helped him move from a life of Achievement to a life of Fulfillment. This book is a true treasure that everyone must possess....

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...rned private eye Rex Fowler and on-again off-again love interest police officer Lara Travis set off in search of dead conmen, crooked cops and buried treasure....

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...populated districts, in which everything is to be found (technological items, dry fishes, clothes, all kinds of food, etc.). Every corner is a hidden treasure...

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...uer all? Will she betray her oath to be happy? Does she even have a choice anymore or does a several thousand year old mystery hold enough weight in treasure to drag her down with it? Everyone wants her dead, everyone that is but for one man who is the cause of all her upheaval in the first place. He’s an agent working for someone, but she doesn’t know who. She only hope...

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...This novel describes how Edred and Elfrida Arden and their Aunt Edith embark on a treasure hunt through time - for the famous Arden family treasure. With help from the magical creature Mouldiwarp, they find a whole lot of excitement and adventure. They need to discover the missing fortune before Edred's te...

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...s & Pirates that has an antique map of the Caribbean which is a nice reference for readers and listeners for islands' names, ports, hideaways, buried treasure, and such like. If you liked Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island , you'd best sign on board for this voyage! (Summary by Denny Sayers)...

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...and covers some fascinating topics relating to Cape Town's history such as: - Early history and customs of the Malays in Cape Town - Shipwrecks and Treasure Hunting - Spices - Bars and Barmen - Honey Farming - Cigars and Tobacco farming - Cape Town "Chamber of Horrors" - Origins of Biltong - Origins of Babotie - SA Museum's Taxidermist - Early Chemist trade - E...