Tag: Pirates
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more