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Is Treasure Island actually a good read or just important for its seminality?
The same question applies to Robert Louis Stevenson's other works

>> No.15986290
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15986290

bonus to whet your appetite

>> No.15986530

>>15986239
good if you're 12

>>15986290
lmao

>> No.15986554

>>15986530
the comments make it even worse, with people orbiting and agreeing, one of them a professor to be

>> No.15986657

>>15986239
Honestly I've only read abridged versions of Treasure Island when I was young. And besides Treasure Island I just know of Weir of Hermiston because an episode of Archer was gushing over it.

>> No.15986681

>>15986239
It's okay, but aside from (maybe) Jekyll and Hyde and his other short work, Twain and Dumas both pretty much hit all the "adventure novel thrills and laughs" way more consistently than Louis does. But you could read it in a day, I guess.
>>15986657
I always thought it was silly how they always abridged Treasure Island and Kidnapped. 9-13 is the perfect age to read those books in full yet they always edit them so the person hasn't read the whole thing.

>> No.15986768

do I need to read this to read long john silver the true and eventful history etc etc?

>> No.15986813

>>15986290
>>15986554
She's not wrong. The plot is rather retarded. It was written just before the advent of the modern novel.

>> No.15986890

>>15986239
>university class touches on jekyll and hyde
>tell lecturer of course I've read it
>"what about treasure island and kidnapped?"
>oh, well, you know, might do
>"kidnapped is a personal favourite"
>read treasure island; it's pretty good but not my favourite pirate book and I've only read 2
>read kidnapped
>can't get into it at all
This retard spent something like 4 days on an island that, when the tide goes out, you can WALK to the next island from

>> No.15986907

>>15986890
what are you studying?

>> No.15986952

>>15986907
writing & english literature

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15986975

>>15986813
T. Brainlet

>> No.15987025

>>15986239
I like his stories about the Suicide club and the other adventures of the prince, as well as the tale of Zero the failed anarchist bomb makers. Also the one that describe the history of a colony of bacteria in a coffee pot. In general he has quite a few more "savage" stories that are pretty funny.

>> No.15987026

>>15986975
I wouldn't recommend posting your picture here, nerd. It's an anonymous forum.