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Treasure Island Bilingual EPUB & Word List

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate adventure builds suspense from the very first page and introduces vivid descriptive verbs for CEFR B1–B2 readers. Preview chapters 1 and 2 and download the bilingual EPUB.

Original language
English · Robert Louis Stevenson
First published
1883
CEFR Level
B1
Public Domain & Translation Note
Full original EPUB on Project Gutenberg

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I · The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral BenbowI · El viejo lobo de mar en la posada del Almirante Benbow

Original · English

Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17—, and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn.

Parallel translation

Habiéndome pedido el caballero Trelawney, el doctor Livesey y el resto de estos señores que escribiera todos los pormenores sobre la Isla del Tesoro, de principio a fin, sin ocultar nada salvo las coordenadas de la isla —y eso solo porque aún queda tesoro sin desenterrar—, tomo la pluma en el año de gracia de 17— y me remonto al tiempo en que mi padre regentaba la posada del Almirante Benbow.

Original · English

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.

Parallel translation

Lo recuerdo como si fuera ayer, llegando con paso pesado a la puerta de la posada, seguido de su baúl marinero en una carretilla: un hombre alto, fuerte, corpulento y de piel tostada, con su coleta embreada cayendo sobre el hombro de su casaca azul manchada.

II · Black Dog Appears and DisappearsII · Perro Negro aparece y desaparece

Original · English

It was not very long after this that there occurred the first of the mysterious events that rid us at last of the captain, though not, as you will see, of his affairs. It was a bitter cold winter, with long, hard frosts and heavy gales.

Parallel translation

No pasó mucho tiempo antes de que ocurriera el primero de los misteriosos sucesos que por fin nos libraron del capitán, aunque no, como se verá, de sus asuntos. Era un invierno terriblemente frío, con largas heladas y fuertes vendavales.

Original · English

One January morning, very early—a pinching, frosty morning—the cove all grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward, the captain had risen earlier than usual.

Parallel translation

Una mañana de enero, muy temprano —una mañana glacial y cortante—, con la cala toda gris por la escarcha, las olas lamiendo suavemente las piedras y el sol aún bajo tocando apenas las cimas de las colinas, el capitán se había levantado más temprano que de costumbre.

Core Vocabulary from Chapters 1 & 2

Key words and phrases in context from the opening chapters, ready to review or import into Anki.

Word & PronunciationMeaning in ContextSentence in Book
particulars/pəˈtɪkjʊləz/n.specific details, facts, or circumstances of an eventThese gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island.
bearings/ˈbeərɪŋz/n.compass direction or exact geographic positionKeeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, because there is still treasure not yet lifted.
plod/plɒd/v.to walk slowly and heavily with steady effortI remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door.
rid of/rɪd ɒv/phr.to free or relieve someone from an unwanted person or burdenThe first of the mysterious events that rid us at last of the captain.
gale/ɡeɪl/n.a very strong wind or coastal stormIt was a bitter cold winter, with long, hard frosts and heavy gales.
lap/læp/v.to wash or splash gently against the shore with soft soundsThe cove all grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones.