Cervantes' tale of the deranged gentleman who turns knight-errant have found its way into films, cartoons and even computer games. Intended as a parody of the most popular escapist fiction, the 'books of chivalry', this precursor of the modern novel broadened and deepened into a sophisticated, comic account of the contradictions of human nature.
Richard Kohlrus Books
Treasure Island
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Little do they know that among their crew is the dastardly pirate Long John Silver. Can brave Jim outwit the most infamous pirate ever to sail the high seas?