Treasure Island
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is available here as the complete text, split into 710 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Biên niên sử thám hiểm hòn đảo giấu vàng với những cuộc đấu trí kịch tính giữa cậu bé Jim Hawkins và tên trùm cướp biển Long John Silver.
Course Syllabus
This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.
Treasure Island
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- Chapter I The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow
- Chapter II Black Dog Appears and Disappears
- Chapter III The Black Spot
- Chapter IV The Sea-chest
- Chapter V The Last of the Blind Man
- Chapter VI The Captain’s Papers
- Chapter VII I Go to Bristol
- Chapter VIII At the Sign of the Spy-glass
- Chapter IX Powder and Arms
- Chapter X The Voyage
- Chapter XI What I Heard in the Apple-Barrel
- Chapter XII Council of War
- Chapter XIII How I Began My Shore Adventure
- Chapter XIV The First Blow
- Chapter XV The Man of the Island
- Chapter XVI Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned
- Chapter XVII Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat’s Last Trip
- Chapter XVIII Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day’s Fighting
- Chapter XIX Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade
- Chapter XX Silver’s Embassy
- Chapter XXI The Attack
- Chapter XXII How I Began My Sea Adventure
- Chapter XXIII The Ebb-tide Runs
- Chapter XXIV The Cruise of the Coracle
- Chapter XXV I Strike the Jolly Roger
- Chapter XXVI Israel Hands
- Chapter XXVII “Pieces of Eight”
- Chapter XXVIII In the Enemy’s Camp
- Chapter XXIX The Black Spot Again
- Chapter XXX On Parole
- Chapter XXXI The Treasure-hunt--Flint’s Pointer
- Chapter XXXII The Treasure-hunt--The Voice Among the Trees
- Chapter XXXIII The Fall of a Chieftain
- Chapter XXXIV And Last
This edition of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #120, divided into 32 chapters and 710 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry, and each section carries a contextual illustration generated from the passage itself.
Where can I read Treasure Island in full?
The complete text of Treasure Island is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #120 and divided into 710 sections.
This page carries the whole of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, not an abridgement or a summary. The text comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #120, with the Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence removed so that only the work itself remains. It runs to 3549 sentences across 32 chapters. Each chapter stores a record of which sentences cover which part of the work, so nothing is quietly dropped between the source edition and the page you read.
How is Treasure Island divided for reading?
Treasure Island is presented in 32 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.
Rather than presenting Treasure Island as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 710 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The 32 chapters follow the divisions of the source edition, and each section carries a contextual illustration drawn from the passage it accompanies rather than a stock image.
Can I hear Treasure Island read aloud?
Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Treasure Island can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.
Every sentence of Treasure Island can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.
Questions about reading Treasure Island
Common questions about reading Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Is this the complete text of Treasure Island?
Yes. All 3549 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #120 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Which edition of Treasure Island is used?
Project Gutenberg eBook #120, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
How long does Treasure Island take to read?
About 295 minutes of reading across 710 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to read Treasure Island section by section
How to work through Treasure Island section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Open a chapter
Choose one of the 32 chapters of Treasure Island to begin.
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Read one section
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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Listen and tap
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Vocabulary met early in Treasure Island
Words and structures a reader meets early in Treasure Island, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Treasure
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Treasure Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Island
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Treasure Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- One--the
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Treasure Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Buccaneer
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Treasure Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.