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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. David Balfour is seventeen and penniless when he leaves the village of Essendean in June 1751 to seek out the uncle he has never met. The House of Shaws turns out to be a half-ruined tower and his uncle a frightened, cunning old man, and before the week...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Treasure Island is Robert Louis Stevenson's founding adventure novel, narrated by Jim Hawkins, the son of an innkeeper on the Devon coast. When the sinister old sea-dog Billy Bones takes a room at the Admiral Benbow and dies of a stroke, Jim opens his...

With buried treasure, treacherous buccaneers, a young hero, and Long John Silver, the one-legged villain, Treasure Island remains one of the most popular of pirate adventures.

Young orphan and heir David Balfour is victimized by his miserly Uncle Ebenezer, who has him kidnapped and sold into slavery on a ship bound for the Carolinas. But a shipwreck frees David, who then meets David Break, a Scotsman returning from political exile. Together, they witness a murder, and when suspicion falls on them, they undertake a dangerous journey across the Scottish Highlands.

In this new recording, Paapa Essiedu breathes new life into the classic tale. Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy follows a respectable London lawyer as he investigates the strange relationship between his old friend Dr Henry Jekyll and the evil Edward Hyde. Its sensitive portrayal of man's dual nature is moving, beautiful and terrifying in equal measure.

When the naive David Balfour sets out on his quest for a long-lost relative, a terrifying chain of events is set in motion. He is plunged into a world of infamy and violence from which there seems no escape - until, that is, he meets the enigmatic and valiant Highlander, Alan Breck....

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Set sail for an unforgettable adventure filled with pirates, hidden treasure, treachery, and danger! When young Jim Hawkins discovers a mysterious treasure map, he embarks on a perilous voyage to a distant island. But among the crew lurks the cunning...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A Hawaiian sailor named Keawe, visiting San Francisco, is invited into a fine house by a sad-looking old man who shows him a small, dull bottle with something moving inside it. The imp in the bottle grants any wish its owner asks. The price is simple...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A young English trader named Wiltshire arrives on a remote island in the South Seas to run a copra station. Within a day the other white man on the beach, the genial, long-established Case, has arranged a marriage for him with a local girl, complete...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A mysterious treasure map, a legendary pirate's fortune, and a dangerous voyage across the high seas set the stage for one of the greatest adventure stories ever written. When young Jim Hawkins discovers a secret map among the belongings of an old...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Keola lives comfortably in Hawaii as the son-in-law of Kalamake, the most feared sorcerer on the islands, and he has long wondered where the old man gets his money. One day he finds out. Kalamake spreads a mat, burns some leaves, and the two of them...

The year is 1745, and Prince Charlie of the defeated royal house of Stuart, has just returned to Scottish soil. A weighty choice faces every Scottish man. Should he stitch a white cockade to his hat and join the fight to restore James, Prince Charlie's father to the British throne? Or should he stay at home and back George II, the reigning king? One Lowland family, the Duries of Durisdeer and Ballantrae, believe they've found a clever way to sidestep the decision.

Audible Originals takes to the high seas to bring to life this timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps and mutiny. When weathered old sailor Billy Bones arrives at the inn of young Jim Hawkins' parents, it is the start of an adventure beyond anything he could have imagined. When Bones dies mysteriously, Jim stumbles across a map of a mysterious island in his sea chest, where X marks the spot of a stash of buried pirate gold.

Treasure Island is one of the most gripping children's stories of all time. It describes the tale of Jim Hawkins and his attempt to find Captain Flint's legendary treasure, while foiling the infamous pirate Long John Silver. When young Jim Hawkins discovers a map in an old sea chest, he joins the crew of the Hispaniola and sets sail for Treasure Island. Little does he know that among the crew is the dastardly Long John Silver, and Silver has a devious plan to keep the gold all to himself.

Piracy, mutiny and buried treasure are the ingredients of this seafaring adventure. You'll meet unforgettable characters such as Jim Hawkins, Old Blind Pew and one of Stevenson's greatest creations - Long John Silver.

This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality, and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.

In this autobiographical narrative, the author sleeps under the stars, views the beautiful French countryside, and mingles with its local populace - all with a donkey as his chief companion.

Perhaps Stevenson’s best-known work, this adventure novel set in the eighteenth century is inspired by the actual exploits of pirate Captain Kidd and the search for his buried treasure. For pure imaginative delight, Treasure Island is unsurpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins meets the...

Millions of people have thrilled to the adventure of young Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver since the publication of Treasure Island in 1883. It has been dramatized countless times since its appearance. Treasure maps marked with an X, schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and peglegged sailors with parrots on their shoulders: All these stereotypes of the buccaneer tale were the invention of R. L. Stevenson. But make no mistake about it...this novel is a masterpiece of plot development, character study, and sheer writing skill.

Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from Robert Louis Stevenson. Here is the legendary Laurence Olivier starring in ‘Markheim’ and 'Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' adapted from the original tales by Robert Louis Stevenson and the legendary Robert Donat, starring in 'Sire de Maltroit's Door' adapted from the original tale by Robert Louis Stevenson.