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With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Tim Middleton, Head of English Studies, University of Ripon and York. In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First pub

′I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.′Orphaned as a young teenager, Lowlander David Balfour′s only relative is his

少年 Jim Hawkins 在海盜 Captain Flint 留下的箱子裡，意外發現一張神祕藏寶圖。地圖指向一座藏有驚人財寶的小島，也讓原本平凡的 Jim 踏上一場難以預料的海上冒險。他以船艙服務員的身分登上 Hispaniola 號，與 Squire Trelawney、Captain Smollett、Dr Livesey 一同啟航，同行的還有行蹤難測的 Long John Silver，以及一群令人不安的船員。當船隻逐漸接近 Treasure Island，叛變、謀殺與爭奪寶藏的衝突接連發生。Robert Louis Stevenson 以海盜、藏寶圖、荒島與沉船等元素，寫下流傳世代的經典冒險小說。Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!' Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written. When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he sails with Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Dr Livesey, the sinister Long John Silver and a frightening crew to Treasure Island.There, mutiny, murder and mayhem lead to a thrilling climax.

'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest –Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!'Upon finding a map in his parents' inn, young Jim Hawkins joins a crew on route to the Caribbean to find buried treasure. One of hi