Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1883
82%of this book is inside a 1600-word core English vocabulary
68,612words in the book
6,015different words
3,830beyond the core
Ranked #10 of 32 — easiest first.
The words to learn first
The most common words in this book that fall outside the core vocabulary. Names are left out; these are the ones that actually repay learning before you start.
- upon152×
- sir102×
- squire94×
- lay89×
- island78×
- rum57×
- treasure55×
- till53×
- cap'n47×
- ever47×
- boat43×
- shot43×
- deck41×
- stockade39×
- stood38×
- ashore37×
- aboard35×
- dog34×
- hill34×
- course33×
How it starts
I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white.
Read it sentence by sentence
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