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Young Jim Hawkins lives a quiet life as the son of an innkeeper. This all changes when an ancient sailor takes up lodging at the inn. Jim is both horrified and fascinated by the captain's bloody stories. When the old man dies without paying his bill, Jim must search the sailor's one possession, a large sea-chest, for payment. He unknowingly pockets an old map from the chest. But Jim is not the only one interested in the sea-chest and has to flee when a group of cut-throats appears to ransack the few possessions of the old sailor.
The family doctor recognizes the map as the key to a fortune. This commences a Caribbean treasure hunt, with the pirates only steps behind! Seventeen set sail, how many will return? This novel launched Stevenson on his long and fascinating writing career, and was the beginning of the pirate genre, with peg-legs, parrots, pieces-of-eight and the original Long John Silver.
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Most recent 5 reviews out of 7
Submitted by Howeln in Alpine,
Great story, good reader. While I don't remember the movie very well, it was still much better. Jim goes through a lot before the end, but all the action on the island will make you not want to stop listening.
Submitted by Anonymous
This is a great book! A true treasure! The narration is exquisite. What a delight to hear the story upon which so much modern pirate lore is based -- the black mark, one-legged Long John Silver, the talking parrot. This is one I will definitely listen to again and again!
Submitted by Steven Day in Quitman,
What a classic tale of swashbuckling adventure! I am 30 but I had somehow missed this story growing up. I am a huge fan of audiobooks done well, and this one is top notch. The narrator's ability to dramatize the characters is comparable to Jim Dale of Harry Potter fame, and Rob Inglis of Lord of the Rings.
I was a bit suprised by the graphic nature of some of the sequences, not that it was offensive or anything like that, I much prefer reality to watering it down, but I was figuring on a children's story, but there were definitely terrifying and violent sequences that may be difficult for kids under 10 or so. Not a real warning, but just a suggestion.
Wonderfully rich and engrossing story that the Pirates of the Caribbean films take many liberties from. The original pirate adventure! Must listen!
Submitted by Gina Williams
This is where so many of our ideas of pirates, boy adventure stories and the Carribean come from. It's really easy to read & enjoy. A good book is a good book.
Submitted by Anonymous
Another ripping yarn from old RL Stevenson. Well-narrated, too.
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