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Treasure Island
Treasure Island | R L Stevenson
This classic tale of pirates, treasure and swashbuckling action on the high seas is the archetypal ripping yarn, and continues to excite readers of all ages. It is retold here in an abridged from to allow confident young readers to enjoy it. Perfect for reading aloud, it is wonderfully illustrated by award-winning artist Robert Ingpen.
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jen_the_scribe
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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I just had to get this set of vintage children‘s classics when I saw them. I had a set like these when I was a kid in the 90‘s but never knew what happened to them.

lil1inblue 😍 😍 😍 2w
TheBookHippie How fun! 2w
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Littlewolf1
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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4.4⭐️ honestly, I don‘t know why am surprised I love this book. I absolutely love pirates, so it seems a bit obvious that this would be a book I enjoyed. Yet I was very surprised and pleasantly so.

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llwheeler
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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A delayed #bookreport #weeklyforecast

Felt a bit scattered last week, one short finish and hopping between several on the go. We'll see how this week goes, but I definitely want to finish Treasure Island on audio because my hold for Ace came in and I'm really looking forward to that one.

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WriterSmith
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island- a great adventure with twists and turns.

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Therewillbebooks
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Some potential December reads

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WildAlaskaBibliophile
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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AroundTheBookWorld
Treasure Island (Collins Classics) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Susanita
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Indie bookstore haul contains #treasure even if it‘s from several months ago. #volumesandvocala

Eggs Absolutely 💯 10mo
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RaeLovesToRead
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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"One leg, Jim. Count 'em: One"

#themedthursday @dabbe

TheBookHippie Ha! Good one! 12mo
dabbe Perfect! This hashtag (thanks to you) should go VIRAL (you know I'm gonna do it) 😄:
#onelegjimcountemone
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dabbe @RaeLovesToRead 🤣🤣🤣 11mo
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TorieStorieS
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Pickpick

I listened to the audio performance and though some of the action scenes were a little too chaotic for me and made me wish that it wasn‘t a performance style audio, I still overall enjoyed this version of the classic pirate story. It has been a long time since I last read it, so I liked having my memory refreshed and to see how this has influenced modern pirate stories. I am also counting it as my #Seychelles pick for #ReadAroundTheWorld!

TorieStorieS Though my reason for including this for the challenge has less to do with the actual location of the island and more because I saw this book listed as being set there- though I don‘t think this is a likely location for the actual titular island… 12mo
Currey @TorieStorieS Evidently the Seychelles were noted safe harbors for pirates so there is a possibility…Loved this story as a kid. “You mightn‘t happen to have a piece of cheese about you, now?” 12mo
TorieStorieS @Currey It‘s a loose counting, but is what inspired me to get this off my audio #TBR! Hahahaha- I wondered why I had to have a cheese and tomato sandwich for lunch today! It wasn‘t even a conscious thought! 🤣 12mo
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CrowCAH
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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#Pirate

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate‘s loot on treasure island.” Walt Disney

dabbe My first year as a teacher (many moons ago), my mom made me posters for my room because I had little $. She was a fantastic artist, too; she could draw anything. She made me a poster of this quote with a drawing of a pirate's chest with all sorts of gems coming out of it. I'm retired now, but that poster is still with me; it makes me remember my mom. Thanks. 🤗 14mo
CrowCAH @dabbe what a beautiful memory of your mom 🥰 warm fuzzies! 14mo
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Firestarter994
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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My #roll100 books for January in the order I‘m going to read them! # 96 Treasure Island, # 44 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and if I can get to it, # 84 Before I Fall

PuddleJumper Excellent! 1y
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Nebklvr
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Pickpick

Double and triple-crossing pirates, a treasure, an isolated island, and oh so much rum. A grand adventure story.

Aimeesue Great cover! 1y
Nebklvr @Aimeesue Yes!! So good. Donating to our library. Our old copy is very ratty and torn. 1y
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VioletMoonBooks
Treasure Island (Collins Classics) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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VioletMoonBooks
Treasure Island (Collins Classics) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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TheKidUpstairs
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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#OnThisDay in 1881 Treasure Island began serialization in Young Folks children's magazine. It proved less-than-popular in serialized form, children complained at the slow pacing, but its following grew one published as a complete novel. In the ensuing century and (nearly) a half, it has become one of the most adapted works in the English language (once the Muppets have a version, you know it's a hit!). #HistoryGetsLIT

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CrowCAH
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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I attended the Romeo Peach Festival in Michigan. At the art fair there was vendor Holly Sifferman Bookfolding (Etsy and Facebook). Isn‘t this TALL SHIP AMAZING?!!!!

CoverToCoverGirl Beautiful! 2y
BookNAround Wow! 2y
Ruthiella Fantastic!😍 2y
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marleed Ohhh coool! 2y
LeahBergen Cool! 2y
BiblioLitten Wow! 2y
IndoorDame Wow! 2y
iread2much That is super cool! 2y
CrowCAH @iread2much I agree! A bit different than the way I‘ve folded books before. 2y
CaramelLunacy How gorgeous! I don't think I could have resisted 2y
CrowCAH @CaramelLunacy it‘s precisely why I didn‘t resist 😂 2y
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Kerrbearlib
Treasure Island (Collins Classics) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Audiobook from LibriVox.
#classic #librivox #audiobook

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Susanita
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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I took a picture of my #indiebookstore haul and forgot to post it! They have a big front window that they like to paint, and right now there‘s a big sailing ship. #pirates #artfulaugust

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤📚🏴‍☠️ 2y
Eggs Great haul ❤️🏴‍☠️❤️ 2y
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TheAromaofBooks
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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I'm super excited about participating this challenge, hosted by @aperfectmjk !! You create a GR shelf labeled “trapped on an island“ and then get matched up to someone else, picking books from their list that they “have“ to read that month because those are the “only“ books that survived the shipwreck and washed up on the island with them! 😂 Looking forward to both picking and reading books for this one!! #trappedonanisland

mabell That‘s creative! 2y
Sharpeipup I started a list so hoping to join next month! 2y
aperfectmjk @Sharpeipup do you want to join for August? 2y
Sharpeipup @aperfectmjk yes please 2y
aperfectmjk @Sharpeipup okay, great! Just be sure to post a link to your shelf by Aug. 1st. 2y
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TheAromaofBooks
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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This was my #BookSpin for May, and another classic checked off the list!! Despite genuinely loving the Muppet version of this story, I had never read the original. It was a lot of fun, even if completely implausible, and I can see why it kept young lads in 1883 glued to the pages! Personally, I like the Muppets better - Stevenson's version is sadly lacking in catchy musical numbers. Still a fun read!!

This edition includes The Ebb-Tide, which I⬇️

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) haven't read yet. Another tale for another time, as I do enjoy Stevenson's writing a lot.

#BigJuneReadathon @Clwojick
#JoysofJune - 283/2000pgs @Andrew65
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jimfields3 Woohoo! 😁 2y
Liatrek I love the Muppet version too!!! I really need to read this one. 2y
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5feet.of.fury Cute cover! And agree, everything is better with muppets 2y
Clwojick Such a pretty edition! 2y
Andrew65 Another classic complete 👏👏👏 2y
TheAromaofBooks @Liatrek @5feet.of.fury - Even though the Muppet version didn't follow the story 100%, they definitely did a fabulous job capturing the essence of the plot and characters. I'm definitely due for a rewatch now that I finished reading the original!!! 2y
TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick - I'm kind of in love with collecting these Penguin editions when it's a classic that I don't own yet but am ready to add to my library. The covers are such fun, the spines are fabulous, and they're those “flopping“ paperbacks that stay open really well when you're reading them! 2y
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Onioons
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Trying to read some more classics via Serial app. Enjoying combining serial issues with free audiobook versions. 30 mins well-spent each morning!

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Butterfinger
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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A grand adventure! And I think I am a little bit in love with Long John Silver. #Booked2022 @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

alisiakae Good pick for the nautical prompt! I‘ve actually never read this! 2y
Cinfhen That‘s the only prompt I have left for #Booked2022 …. I just started this one (edited) 2y
Cinfhen Excellent idea 💡 2y
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VioletMoonBooks
Treasure Island (Collins Classics) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Oxen and wain-ropes would not bring me back again to that accursed island; and the worst dreams that ever I have are when I hear the surf booming about its coasts, or start upright in bed, with the sharp voice of Captain Flint still ringing in my ears: ‘Pieces of eight! pieces of eight!'
#TreasureIsland #RobertLouisStevenson #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookshelf #bookshelves #bookshelfie #Classics #Fiction #Adventure #HistoricalFiction 💘

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reading_rainbow
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Saw a couple of my Litsy friends talking about this one recently and prompted me to grab my own copy, never read this classic before 🏴‍☠️

reading_rainbow @hannah-leeloo I‘ll put it on my TBR!👌🏽🏴‍☠️ 2y
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TheNeverendingTBR
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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"??-??-?? ??? ? ?????? ?? ???." ??‍☠️

I guess there's a reason why people are still reading this novel 140 years after it was written, it's a real treasure.

This is the first book I've read by fellow Scot, Robert Louis Stevenson and it won't be my last.

I'm already looking forward to checking out "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"

In the meantime, I'm really looking forward to watching "Muppet Treasure Island" with the kids. ?

KCofKaysville @TheNeverEndingTBR My three daughters always liked that movie too. 2y
RaeLovesToRead MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND!!!! 🥰🥰🥰 2y
SayersLover Such a good classic and one of my family‘s favorite read-alouds! I‘m glad you enjoyed it. Our favorite movie version was the black and white version made in 1950s. @TheNeverendingTBR 2y
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Ast_Arslan That book is awesome! I also suggest Treasure Planet by Disney that is inspired by the book and it's an underrated masterpiece! 2y
merelybookish We listened to this on audio as a family years ago and it was so enjoyable! 2y
LoverOfLearning I'm nearing the end of the audiobook.... which is with a full cast but it is really hard to understand who is who after awhile. So that's a slow haul for me to finish. Definitely would've been better if I picked up the book. 2y
TheNeverendingTBR @SayersLover I'll need to keep this one in mind! 😁 2y
TheNeverendingTBR @Ast_Arslan Stacked! 📚😃 2y
TheNeverendingTBR @LoverOfLearning Try reading the book alongside the audiobook? 2y
RaeLovesToRead I'm reading the first book of year Liveships series and so far it's absolutely incredible 2y
TheNeverendingTBR @RaeLovesToRead I've never read any Hobb, I'm not hugely into fantasy/magic books. They don't do much for me but I know the book you're referring to and it's highly rated. I'm glad you're enjoying it! 😊 2y
RaeLovesToRead Gah! Fantasy is amazing! If you ever decide to dabble, Hobb is a good place to start! 2y
TheNeverendingTBR @RaeLovesToRead Have you read The Dark Tower series? 2y
RaeLovesToRead I think I have the first one in storage somewhere... plan to read it after I've finished Salem's Lot, Misery and the other one I have of his somewhere! Is it any good? 2y
eeclayton Haven't read this one, but loved Jekyll and Hyde. Looking forward to your review when you get to it! 2y
TheNeverendingTBR @RaeLovesToRead It's the best thing a reader can read. ❤ 2y
TheNeverendingTBR @eeclayton I've got a rough idea what Jekyll and Hyde is about, but I'm still excited to read it because I really like his style. 😊 2y
BookwormM Master of Ballantrae & Kidnapped are good reads as well 2y
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ravenlee
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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This was a fun adventure tale, with bloodthirsty pirates, buried treasure, and a heroic boy narrating most of it. Long John Silver is a kind of terrifying villain, charismatic and brutal by turns. Squire Trelawney is an idiot and responsible for hiring a crew of pirates who try to kill him and his compatriots. #roll100 #5 @PuddleJumper

BiblioLitten Long John Silver is one of my favourite villains 🦹‍♂️ 2y
LeahBergen Lovely edition! 2y
PuddleJumper Brilliant! 2y
SpookyMazeOfBooks One of my all time favorite classes to read over and over ,in fact it was either this one or Dacula that got me into classes 2y
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julesG
Treasure Island | R L Stevenson
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Thanks for the tag @Eggs

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1) Sometimes, yes.

2) Can't think of one that I want to read and haven't yet. I'd like to reread Treasure Island, not sure why though.

How about you, @RaeLovesToRead @kwmg40 @gradcat @Susanita?

TheNeverendingTBR I've never read Treasure Island but I got a hardback copy the other day and I'm pretty excited about it! 😊 2y
Susanita I already did it, but thanks for the tag! 2y
julesG @TheNeverendingTBR Give me a shout when you pick it up, I might be able to use this as incentive to re-read it. 2y
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RaeLovesToRead I read Treasure Island when I was 10. Didn't understand a word of it 😅 2y
julesG @RaeLovesToRead I think I was a similar age when I first read it; German translation and "easy reader" version. 2y
RaeLovesToRead I hate books that heavily describe bits of boats... even at 33 Im not certain I could name all the bits correctly... I loved Muppet Treasure Island though! 😄 2y
julesG @RaeLovesToRead I know what's fore and aft, the poopdeck, and how to pronounce 'forecastle' properly. The rest is just technical terms I skim past. I tried reading Master and Commander (don't ask, no idea why). I know I enjoy descriptions of spaceships more, but from time to time I need to step outside my comfort zone. 😉 2y
RaeLovesToRead Lol... poopdeck 🤣🤣 2y
RaeLovesToRead I am now going to have to Google how to pronounce "forecastle" 2y
TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2y
Eggs Love this convo😆 2y
julesG @Eggs 😁 2y
bthegood @RaeLovesToRead @julesG so I just looked it up too - great conversation - 😂 2y
julesG @bthegood 😁 glad to be of service 2y
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ravenlee
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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My #Roll100 picks for March are the tagged for #5 and Guns, Germs, and Steel for #28 and I‘m looking forward to both. March is going to be crazy so I‘m scaling down my reading plans, but 🤞🏻 I‘ll complete these two.

PuddleJumper Good luck! 2y
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Lollymya
Treasure Island | R L Stevenson
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ◼️ First off, I apologize....but I am catching up on reviews. This is the first book I finished this month. #LitsyLove #August #Bookspinbingo #classics https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/788990924

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Don't apologize. I still have to review all of July & share my Russia what I learned from June. 😂 3y
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kelli7990
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Here‘s my review for another book I finished listening to. I‘m counting this book for #bookishbingo for the prompt “Audiobook” and I‘m counting this book for reading challenges that I‘m participating in this year.

☑️Read A Book Set On A Beach Or An Island - #tbrknockout
☑️It‘s On A Ship! - #beatthebacklist
☑️A Book Set Mostly Or Entirely Outdoors - #popsugarreadingchallenge2021

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Twainy
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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🎧📚 Jim Hawkins is an innkeeper who meets an old sailor Who dies mysteriously. Jim finds a treasure map and all sorts of tomfoolery ensues when he finds buried TREASURE!!

Treachery! Murder! Mutiny! Castaways!

And at the center of everything is the baddest evilest pirate ever to sail the high seas, Long John Silver!! So bad they named a chain of fast food fish restaurants after him! He‘ll stop at nothing to get that booty!

⭐️⭐️⭐️3/4 👇🏻

Twainy The book was a little dry but it‘s a classic for good reason!! It made peg legs, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum & X marks the spot part of pop culture!! … … … … … … … … … I‘m still uploading reviews from June … just a couple more. Sorry. 3y
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LoverOfLearning
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Treasure Planet is one of my absolute favorite Disney movies!

I am so excited to listen to this audiobook and see how different it is from the movie.

Has anyone listened this?

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BayouGirl85
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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I can totally see how it's a classic. What an adventure!

March 14/25 #LitsyLove

AllisonM89 What a great cover! 3y
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Allylu
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Another Middle Grade book AND a classic! “Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum!” A classic pirate tale and an Audie award winner. I liked this version a lot especially Jim Hawkins. His mother was great, too. I can imagine myself on an adventure like that with my son. Long John Silver was portrayed well, too. #100YEARS100BOOKS #BookSpinBingo #1 #BFC21 #MGMarch #MarvellousMarch

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! The Muppet version is still my favorite interpretation of this one 😂 3y
Allylu @TheAromaofBooks I never saw that one, but I can imagine it! 🤗 3y
Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 3y
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VioletMoonBooks
Treasure Island (Collins Classics) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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VioletMoonBooks
Treasure Island (Collins Classics) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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CrowCAH Aye! 🏴‍☠️🖤 3y
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Texreader
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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Luulit
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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https://www.luulit.com/product/treasure-island-an-audible-original-drama-audible...

Audible Originals takes to the high seas to bring to life this timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps and mutiny, starring Catherine Tate (BAFTA-nominated, The Catherine Tate Show, The Office, Doctor Who), Philip Glenister (Outcast, Life On Mars), Owen Teale (Game of Thrones, Pulse, Last Legion)...

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Eggs
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An adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, it is a classic tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co., it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882. The dialogue was trite and at times repetitive
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks You should definitely watch the Muppets version instead. Very true to the original (somehow) and absolutely hilarious. 4y
Eggs @TheAromaofBooks Didn‘t know there‘s a Muppets version😃 4y
SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Seconding the Muppet version as a fun movie adaptation-Tim Curry is an excellent Long John Silver. And the series Black Sails on Hulu is a great 'prequel', albeit very adult. 4y
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MrB1
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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My curiosity, in a sense, was stronger than my fear.

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Ast_Arslan
Treasure Island | R L Stevenson
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Pickpick

I'm a huge fan of pirates' novels and movies!
As imagined, I loved this book!
I don't understand why I've waited so long to read it!
Shame on me!

#pirates #stevenson #treasureisland #classic #englishliterature #loveit #longjohnsilver #jimhawkins

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MotionChickness
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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So glad Barnes and Noble has these abridged chapter-book classics for kiddos (and with super cute cover work!)

My six year old also wanted different books to keep her mind off things, so we hand picked this summer haul together!

#classics
#summerreading
#quaratinelearning

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Demeter2112
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson
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A childhood fave 🖤

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bouktique
Treasure Island | R L Stevenson
Mehso-so

232 pages.

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GoneFishing
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson

Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

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GoneFishing
Treasure Island | Robert Louis Stevenson

Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth.

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Jonsey80
Treasure Island | R L Stevenson
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Pickpick

Have not read this since i was a teen, time to join old barbeque once more