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Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert
Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold."
First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally
serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and
1882 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the
Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George
North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure
Island is a tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action,
and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality - as seen
in Long John Silver - unusual for children's literature every now
and again. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all
novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of
pirates is enormous, including treasure maps marked with an "X,"
schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen
carrying parrots on their shoulders.
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Hamlet (Paperback)
Ruben Fresneda; Illustrated by Tomas Benet Ballester; William Shakespeare
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R392
Discovery Miles 3 920
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert
Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold."
First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally
serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and
1882 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the
Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George
North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure
Island is a tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action,
and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality - as seen
in Long John Silver - unusual for children's literature every now
and again. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all
novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of
pirates is enormous, including treasure maps marked with an "X,"
schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen
carrying parrots on their shoulders.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by
British author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor
Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox
scientific experiment.
It was Lady Windermere's last reception before Easter, and Bentinck
House was even more crowded than usual. Six Cabinet Ministers had
come on from the Speaker's Levee in their stars and ribands, all
the pretty women wore their smartest dresses, and at the end of the
picture-gallery stood the Princess Sophia of Carlsruhe, a heavy
Tartar-looking lady, with tiny black eyes and wonderful emeralds,
talking bad French at the top of her voice, and laughing
im-moderately at everything that was said to her.
It was Lady Windermere's last reception before Easter, and Bentinck
House was even more crowded than usual. Six Cabinet Ministers had
come on from the Speaker's Levee in their stars and ribands, all
the pretty women wore their smartest dresses, and at the end of the
picture-gallery stood the Princess Sophia of Carlsruhe, a heavy
Tartar-looking lady, with tiny black eyes and wonderful emeralds,
talking bad French at the top of her voice, and laughing
im-moderately at everything that was said to her.
The story of the Canterville Ghost takes place in an old English
country house, Canterville Chase, which has all the accoutrements
of a traditional haunted house. Descriptions of the wainscoting,
the library panelled in black oak, and the armour in the hallway
characterize the Gothic setting. Wilde mixes the macabre with
comedy, juxtaposing devices from traditional English ghost stories
such as creaking floorboards, clanking chains, and ancient
prophecies with symbols of contemporary American consumerism.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by
British author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor
Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox
scientific experiment.
Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first
published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth
Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality,
education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of
early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five
daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of
Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London. Though the story is set at
the turn of the 19th century, it retains a fascination for modern
readers, continuing near the top of lists of "most loved books"
such as The Big Read. It has become one of the most popular novels
in English literature and receives considerable attention from
literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a
number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and
stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes. To date,
the book has sold some 20 million copies worldwide. As Anna
Quindlen wrote, Pride and Prejudice is also about that thing that
all great novels consider, the search for self. And it is the first
great novel that teaches us this search is as surely undertaken in
the drawing room making small talk as in the pursuit of a great
white whale or the public punishment of adultery.
The story of the Canterville Ghost takes place in an old English
country house, Canterville Chase, which has all the accoutrements
of a traditional haunted house. Descriptions of the wainscoting,
the library panelled in black oak, and the armour in the hallway
characterize the Gothic setting. Wilde mixes the macabre with
comedy, juxtaposing devices from traditional English ghost stories
such as creaking floorboards, clanking chains, and ancient
prophecies with symbols of contemporary American consumerism.
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