Treasure Island (Signet Classics)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Author: Robert Louis StevensonIntroduction: R. H. W. Dillard
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-12-01
ISBN: 0451527046
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Signet Classics
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Book Review: "...And the bottle of rum"
Summary: 5 Stars
There is certain kind of books that cause (involuntarily, of course) certain ammount of pain. These books are often found on those hated list (hated by any kid out there) of "have to read" in any school in the world. One of those books definitely is Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. When you look at the book and its contents wihout joy and with sensations of punishment if you fail to accomplish the task that has been given to you, no book can prove any kind of enjoyment, or artistic eye-opening, whatever you like the best.
But, every now and then, when you are older, and you try to remember those dear times that are long gone, and you try to evoke them by any means avaliable, sickness that is peculliar to humankind, sickness that we often call nostalgia, you stumble upon some hidden jewel, and suddenly, that that has been covered in dust for many years, starst to shine with a brilliant light and you cannot avert your eyes.
There is great ammount of all kind of adventure books out there today, many of those will never be read, reasons being what they are, and there are books, like this one that will often remain in our memory as brilliant example of something that existed in some other time.
Story of Jim Hawkins, pirate Long John Silver and their treasure hunt, story that would be called shallow and naive in these days, is wonderfull adventure novel, with charaters so charming in their naivette, with their archaic english, with sea-faring that evokes waves of never-felt nostalgia, with corsairs, pirates, ruthless crimes, chivalry, cunning and many of those long forgotten atributes of world and novels that are being rewritten (or deconstructed) nowadays.
In search for your own treasure, whether the one of your spirit, culture, or what-you-like, you should stare back for a moment and remind yourself of the times when you were kid, and when the world was much simpler than it is today.
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