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Treasure Island


Cambridge Literature

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No. of pages 256

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Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It will feature writing in English from various genres and differing times. Treasure Island is edited by Dr Nicholas McGuinn, Lecturer in English at the University of Hull.

 

This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 100 category by the Bbc Book Awards.

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge Literature .

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Cambridge University Press .

Robert Louis Stevenson is perhaps best-known today for 'Treasure Island' and 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction; Text; Glossary; Activities

This book contains the following story:

Treasure Island
When young Jim Hawkins finds an old map showing the location of a hoard of buried treasure, he joins the crew of the Hispaniola who set sail to find it. But they soon have a mutiny on their hands, led by the duplicitous pirate Long John Silver. As the quest turns murderous, Jims bravery is put to the test, and he discovers much about friendship, loyalty and betrayal on this daring voyage.

This book is in the following series:

Cambridge Literature

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Bbc Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 100 category by the Bbc Book Awards.

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