TREASURE ISLAND
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- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Jim Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ inn, the Admiral Benbow, near Bristol during the 18th century. An old sea captain named Billy Bones dies in the inn after being presented with a black spot. Jim and his mother unlock Billy’s sea chest, finding a logbook and map inside. Hearing steps outside, they leave with the documents before Billy’s pursuers ransack the inn.
- 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!
- Jim takes the documents to Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney. They recognize it as a map for a huge treasure that the infamous pirate Captain Flint has buried on a distant island. Trelawney is tricked into hiring one of Flint’s former mates, Long John Silver, and many of Flint’s crew. Only the captain, Smollett, is trustworthy. The ship, the Hispaniola, sets sail for Treasure Island.
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