Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrated by: Neil Hunt

Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

If you happen to find a map in a dead buccaneer's sea trunk, you can't very well ignore it, not if you are Jim Hawkins and his friends Dr. Livesey, Captain Smollett, and Squire Trelawney! But even with a map, buried treasures are not easy things to come by. At the start of his grand adventure, setting sail on the good ship Hispaniola, the young Hawkins is a hesitant, querulous boy, too easily beguiled by his own fancy.

By journey's end he will have faced murder, mutiny, and mayhem - and in the process, become a man. Narrator Neil Hunt brings to life the characters Robert Louis Stevenson made so memorable: Black Dog, Blind Pew, Billy Bones, George Merry, Israel Hands, and Ben Gunn.

©1988 Recorded Books, LLC (P)1988 Recorded Books, LLC

EXCELLENT

interesting to watch the many movies about Treasure Island. The Disney one was the best in my opinion

Fun And Suspenseful

This story was more bloody than I expected, but not bad at all. My eleven year old son would enjoy this as much I have. I keep coming back to this book again and again, usually listening while repairing machines or cleaning at work. So relaxing, it provides an exotic escape to a long ago adventure with pirates against men of honor. Been putting off this classic for too long but enjoy it thoroughly now with an excellently performed reading. This book has been read by several different voice actors but I think you'll find that this version is the best as it is word for word from the original text and crystal clear.

A classic, compelling narrative

A true classic and very enjoyable to listen to. You do a disservice to yourself if you pass this up. “Fifeteen men on a dead man’s chest”.

Great older story

The story itself and the adventure of it is great but there are just times is like jeeze will it just pick up the pace already

Never read this as a kid. Glad I checked that box

Where does Treasure Island rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Needed a quick download before getting on a plane. Couldn't decide and just downloaded this. Kept me listening.

Have you listened to any of Neil Hunt’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

quirky but good. I'm more used to books with the same reading voice, but the whole pirate thing with different voices was necessary and probably done as good as it could have been for this type of book.

Any additional comments?

Can't go wrong with a classic. The production and narration of this was done well enough to make it a great listen

Good classic book

It was a good book. It would have been a little better if I read it when a was a young boy. I did not read it then, but I have read it now, and will recommend it to all young readers.

Treasure Island

This is one of the most exciting books I've ever listened to, also I recommend this book for everyone who has been reading this review.(If you like adventurous and mysterious books.)

Exciting and full of suspense

An classic worth listening to or reading every year. This story keeps the reader in suspense from scene to scene. Will they find the treasure and a what cost?

do it, yes buy this book. A unforgettable tale<br />

I struggled to finish I would usually you fall asleep to these book in Audible.

Better than I expected

The book was written in the 1800s, so be ready for 1800s British terms. Aside from that the story was much more involved than I was expecting. Definitely deserves it's title of a "classic", and hopefully the narrator was showered in awards for how great his multiple different pirate voices!