He’s not a very nice bear guy, and he’s not overly intelligent either. As a member of the Victorian gentry, he takes the map for himself with the intention of filling his own coffers with the loot. He Gonzo and Rizzo goes alone and seeks the help of Fozzie Bear Squire Trelawney.

It all begins when the young Jim Hawkins comes across a map for buried treasure, except he hasn’t got any money to fund the voyage. So, they wouldn’t try and gain your trust by singing you a jolly song about piracy, like Tim and his muppet mates would.īut, muppet based comparison aside, this is a good novel. They might wake you up first if they’re feeling kind.

They’re the sort of men you don’t want on your ship because they’d likely cut your throat in your sleep. The pirates in here aren’t singing toys they’re hardened criminals that created the pirate stereotype. The Muppet Treasure Island is such a great film it’s hilarious. Therefore, I just can’t take this book seriously. So, whenever I read about Captain Smollett and Long John Silver all I can see is Kermit fighting Tim Curry! (Stay with me here!) I grew up watching the muppets. The problem resides with Kermit the Frog. The problem is not with the writing or the characters that Stevenson has created it’s not even with the plot. It’s one I’m a little embarrassed to admit. Someone recently asked me what review I enjoyed writing the most, and, well, this is it: Fraser terms it 'an utterly original book' and goes on to write: 'There will always be a place for stories like Treasure Island that can keep boys and old men happy.' Chesterton, 'the realization of an ideal, that which is promised in its provocative and beckoning map a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas.' G. Designed to forever kindle a dream of high romance and distant horizons, Treasure Island is, in the words of G. It is the villainy of that most ambiguous rogue Long John Silver that sets the tempo of this tale of treachery, greed, and daring.

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. 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. 'For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed.

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