Tag: Robert Louis Stevenson
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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… Read more
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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… 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