tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post5688651587371164502..comments2024-03-20T06:13:43.116+00:00Comments on Joy and Forgetfulness: Book Review: Treasure IslandConrad Kinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-25081789669796275122014-07-29T11:05:51.058+01:002014-07-29T11:05:51.058+01:00You must. It is splendid. You must. It is splendid. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-18465689438902336292014-07-29T08:01:16.177+01:002014-07-29T08:01:16.177+01:00No doubt, but they are claims worth making. No doubt, but they are claims worth making. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-16106798884297560592014-07-29T07:59:51.511+01:002014-07-29T07:59:51.511+01:00It is like poetry - you can open it at any page an...It is like poetry - you can open it at any page and find something. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-61917115961771246772014-07-29T07:59:03.065+01:002014-07-29T07:59:03.065+01:00I did not know that - thank you. I will look into ...I did not know that - thank you. I will look into him. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-89715724457343019542014-07-29T07:37:00.467+01:002014-07-29T07:37:00.467+01:00That they were. That they were. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-76444442357456397122014-07-28T12:35:04.333+01:002014-07-28T12:35:04.333+01:00The children's edition of Treasure Island was ...The children's edition of Treasure Island was the first book I ever read on my own, from beginning to end... I still remember the pictures as being bright (and big!) - I've not read it since, I really must revisit it...Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-91673298813657954622014-07-28T10:42:19.908+01:002014-07-28T10:42:19.908+01:00We have a local link here with RLS - he was relate...We have a local link here with RLS - he was related to the Dale family who now own most of the surrounding farmland where I live, but in RLS's days they were tenant farmers at Scoughall, where he spent a number of childhood holidays and learned the old tales of the coast and its traditions - his short story "The Wreckers" has its roots in an older folk tale called "The Pagans of Scoughall" which described how the wild people here used to lure boats onto the rocks.<br /><br />Local (tourist) legend here is that some of Treasure Island had its origin in trips he made to the uninhabited islet of Fidra, off the East Lothian shore near Dirleton.<br /><br />I'm sure there a dozen other places that make similar claims…! MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-60034821408576989852014-07-28T08:20:05.647+01:002014-07-28T08:20:05.647+01:00I re-read this book last year for the first time i...I re-read this book last year for the first time in 30+ years and found it had lost none of it's charm . The Good Soldier Svjekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749564052124659180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-71291824516525004652014-07-28T06:21:40.310+01:002014-07-28T06:21:40.310+01:00N C Wyeth's son grew up to be a most interesti...N C Wyeth's son grew up to be a most interesting painter whose work is well work a look too...tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-51298359018617356482014-07-28T03:56:14.593+01:002014-07-28T03:56:14.593+01:00I was just thinking as I closed off my previous co...I was just thinking as I closed off my previous comment, that at age ten, and having read something already of Magellan's circumnavigation and the corsairs of the Mediterranean Sea, there is an eerie evocativeness of the couplet, sung I think by one of the pirates:<br />"But one man of her crew alive<br />What put to sea with seventy-five."<br /><br />Arr - thems were the days, an' a'.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-24833955082957963162014-07-28T03:42:41.886+01:002014-07-28T03:42:41.886+01:00I first read Treasure Island at age about ten. Th...I first read Treasure Island at age about ten. That (roughly) is the right age for a first reading, as you absorb all the atmosphere and suspense of the story. But I can't recall how many times I've read it since, the last just a couple of years ago. Great, great story. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com