FOR SHEER STORYTELLING DELIGHT AND PURE ADVENTURE, TREASURE ISLAND HAS NEVER BEEN SURPASSED. FROM THE MOMENT YOUNG JIM HAWKINS FIRST ENCOUNTERS THE SINISTER BLIND PEW AT THE ADMIRAL BENBOW INN UNTIL THE CLIMACTIC BATTLE FOR TREASURE ON A TROPIC ISLE, THE NOVEL CREATES SCENES AND CHARACTERS THAT HAVE FIRED THE IMAGINATIONS OF GENERATIONS OF READERS. WRITTEN BY A SUPERB PROSE STYLIST, A MASTER OF BOTH ACTION AND ATMOSPHERE, THE STORY CENTERS UPON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL BUT IN THIS CASE A PARTICULARLY ENGAGING FORM OF EVIL. IT IS THE VILLAINY OF THAT MOST AMBIGUOUS ROGUE LONG JOHN SILVER THAT SETS THE TEMPO OF THIS TALE OF TREACHERY, GREED, AND DARING.
Bryony Lavery Boeken
Bryony Lavery is een Britse dramaturge die bekend staat om haar indrukwekkende theatrale werken. Haar schrijfstijl duikt vaak in complexe morele dilemma's en de fijne kneepjes van de menselijke natuur, gekenmerkt door scherpe dialogen en diepgaand psychologisch inzicht. Lavery draagt ook bij aan televisie en radio, waarmee ze haar veelzijdige beheersing van verhalen vertellen over verschillende media heen aantoont.
A collection of anthologies, resource and reference books, including titles from Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Alex Madina, Jo Phillips and Adrian Barlow.