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Treasure Island (originally titled The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys [1]) is an adventure and historical novel by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.It was published in 1883, and tells a story of "buccaneers and buried gold" set in the 1700s.
Five on a Treasure Island (published in 1942) is a popular children's book by Enid Blyton. It is the first book in The Famous Five series . The first edition of the book was illustrated by Eileen Soper .
Dr. David Livesey (/ ˈ l ɪ v s i /) is a fictional character from the 1883 novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.As well as doctor, he is a magistrate, an important man in the rural society of southwest England, where the story opens; his social position is marked by his always wearing a white wig—even in the harsh conditions of the island on which the adventure takes place.
Bones' account book, read by Jim Hawkins and Dr. Livesey, says that Bones was a pirate for nearly 20 years. [2]According to the map notes of Treasure Island, Captain Flint hid his treasure in August 1750 and Bones received the Map in July 1754 while Flint was dying.
Captain Alexander Smollett is the fictional captain of the schooner Hispaniola in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island.He plays an important part in disciplining the main characters on the ship as the story progresses, and helps the protagonists survive against the pirates later on.
Jim Hawkins appears in Disney's 2002 animated film, Treasure Planet, a science fiction adaptation of Treasure Island, where his full name is referred to as James Pleiades Hawkins. The film's prologue depicts Jim as a five-year-old (voiced by Austin Majors) reading a storybook in bed.
In Stevenson's book, Flint, whose first name is not given, was the captain of a pirate ship, Walrus, which accumulated an enormous amount of captured treasure, approximately £700,000. On August 1, 1750, Flint and seven members of his crew bury the plunder on an island located somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. Flint then murders all his ...
The Children's Film Foundation made two films based on Famous Five books: Five on a Treasure Island, in 1957, and Five Have a Mystery to Solve, in 1964. Two of the Famous Five stories by Enid Blyton have been filmed by Danish director Katrine Hedman. The cast consisted of Danish actors and were originally released in Danish.
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