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Beschreibung
Treasure Island is the archetypal adventure romance of piracy, mutiny, and moral education, following young Jim Hawkins from the Admiral Benbow inn to a perilous island where buried wealth tests courage and loyalty. Stevenson's prose is swift, pictorial, and theatrically paced, balancing Gothic menace with nautical realism. Within the Victorian literary context, the novel refashions the boys' adventure tale into a sophisticated study of greed, charisma, and ethical awakening, embodied most memorably in Long John Silver. Robert Louis Stevenson, born in Edinburgh in 1850, was shaped by fragile health, restless travel, and a lifelong fascination with storytelling, maps, and the romance of marginal figures. Trained for law but devoted to letters, he brought to Treasure Island both a child's delight in make-believe and an adult's understanding of ambiguity. The tale famously grew from a map he drew with his stepson, an origin that explains its vivid geography and narrative propulsion. This book is recommended to readers seeking more than escapism: it offers suspense, psychological complexity, and one of literature's most enduring villains. Treasure Island remains indispensable for anyone interested in adventure fiction, Victorian prose, or the enduring power of mythic storytelling.
Treasure Island is the archetypal adventure romance of piracy, mutiny, and moral education, following young Jim Hawkins from the Admiral Benbow inn to a perilous island where buried wealth tests courage and loyalty. Stevenson's prose is swift, pictorial, and theatrically paced, balancing Gothic menace with nautical realism. Within the Victorian literary context, the novel refashions the boys' adventure tale into a sophisticated study of greed, charisma, and ethical awakening, embodied most memorably in Long John Silver. Robert Louis Stevenson, born in Edinburgh in 1850, was shaped by fragile health, restless travel, and a lifelong fascination with storytelling, maps, and the romance of marginal figures. Trained for law but devoted to letters, he brought to Treasure Island both a child's delight in make-believe and an adult's understanding of ambiguity. The tale famously grew from a map he drew with his stepson, an origin that explains its vivid geography and narrative propulsion. This book is recommended to readers seeking more than escapism: it offers suspense, psychological complexity, and one of literature's most enduring villains. Treasure Island remains indispensable for anyone interested in adventure fiction, Victorian prose, or the enduring power of mythic storytelling.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Spielen & Lernen
Rubrik: Kinder & Jugend
Thema: Spielgeschichten
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9788028336622
ISBN-10: 8028336620
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stevenson, Robert Louis
Hersteller: Sharp Ink
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, ?-170 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Maße: 229 x 152 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Robert Louis Stevenson
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.11.2023
Gewicht: 0,304 kg
Artikel-ID: 128160180

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