The Latest in ye olde Literature
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Treasure Island: Part VI.2 – The Endening
Map Time! I probably should have included this earlier for reference, but hey, it’s here now! XXXI THE TREASURE HUNT – FLINT’S POINTER Silver leads the pirates back to the campfire, which is a blazing giant bonfire just now cool enough to approach. They cooked like half the stores they had left, and while they…
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Treasure Island: Part VI.1
PART VI CAPTAIN SILVER XXVIII IN THE ENEMY’S CAMP Before he can escape from this wretched hive of scum and villainy, Jim is grabbed and held firm in the corner. Long John sits him down and lights his pipe, because it will take a while to talk, owing the the necessary addition of pirate jargon.…
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Treasure Island: Part V
PART V MY SEA ADVENTURE XXII HOW MY SEA ADVENTURE BEGAN Of the three wounded (a mutineer, Hunter, and Smollett) only Smollet survived his wounds, but he is pretty much out for the count with a broken collarbone, pierced lung, and torn calf muscle from two separate musket shots. Doc Livesey says he is not…
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Treasure Island Part IV.2
XIX NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS: THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE Jim and his new buddy Ben Gunn arrive at the stockade and debate the merits of making their presence known. It could be Jim’s friends, but on the other hand, it could be pirates. Ben assures Jim that the place is not full of…
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Treasure Island Part IV.1
PART IV THE STOCKADE XVI NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR: HOW THE SHIP WAS ABANDONED The pirates skedaddled ashore and left six men aboard to foil any attempt by our heroes to run away. The doctor, squire, and captain are all chillin, breathing in the fresh smell of rot and fever (mmmmm mmm good) and…
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Treasure Island: Part III
PART III MY SHORE ADVENTURE XIII HOW MY SHORE ADVENTURE BEGAN In the daylight, Skeleton Island looks about as friendly as it sounds. The scenery consists of gloomy grey-green woods interrupted by the bare rock cliffs of the mountains. There is no wind, so they have to get out and row. Now that their goal…
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Treasure Island: Part II
PART II THE SEA COOK CHAPTER VII I GO TO BRISTOL Jim is stuck at Livesay’s house while the doctor goes off to London to find a substitute doctor to tend to the village while he is away, and the Squire goes off to procure a ship. Young Master Hawkins gets to hang out with…
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Treasure Island: Part I
This book is separated into parts, though the chapter numbers in each part do not reset. This blog composes the entirety of Part I. PART I THE OLD BUCCANEER I The Old Sea-Dog at the “Admiral Benbow” Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesay, and the rest of these gentleman having asked me to write down the whole…
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The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson
Expectation Versus Reality The last two books I summarized were fairly depresso espresso. A Tale of Two Cities and The Scarlet Letter both involved stories where everyone started out miserable, stayed miserable, and in the end, were still miserable. Or dead. Fascinating, but not exactly comforting. I have still been on a French Revolution kick…
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The Scarlet Letter: The Complete Summary
Introduction Unlike the last two books I summarized, this is a book that I have actually read before, though I read it back in high school, which is more than half my lifetime ago at this point. The only thing I really remember about it is the surprise ending, which I will not reveal here,…