Treasure Island: Popular Penguins Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage) Thomas More to Peter Giles

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Treasure Island: Popular Penguins Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage) Thomas More to Peter GilesOriginally designed as a story for boys, Stevenson's novel is narrated by the teenage Jim Hawkins, who outwits a gang of murderous pirates led by that unforgettable avatar of amorality, Long John Silver. But Treasure Island has also had great appeal for adult readers and was admired by Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, and (reluctantly) Henry James. The story has a dreamlike quality of a fairy tale and has worked its way into the collective imagination of