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A map, a cook with one leg, and a voyage to an island of buried gold. Adventure from the first page. Type the whole of Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, chapter by chapter, free in your browser.
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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…Click to start typing
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How typing a book works
- Open Treasure Island and start chapter 1, or choose any chapter. The text is the real book, a paragraph at a time.
- Type it as it is written: capitals, punctuation and all. Mistakes show in red, and the next word waits until you fix them.
- Every word earns coins for crates of collectable cards, and each finished chapter pays a bonus and arcade tickets.
- Stop whenever you like. Your place is kept to the paragraph, so you can read a little every day.
- Finish the book to earn its own title, “Old Sea-Dog”, and a cover banner for your profile.
Chapters
- 1The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow2,216 words
- 2Black Dog Appears and Disappears2,270 words
- 3The Black Spot2,175 words
- 4The Sea-chest2,156 words
- 5The Last of the Blind Man1,866 words
- 6The Captain's Papers1,976 words
- 7I Go to Bristol1,859 words
- 8At the Sign of the Spy-glass1,789 words
- 9Powder and Arms1,726 words
- 10The Voyage1,954 words
- 11What I Heard in the Apple Barrel2,090 words
- 12Council of War1,859 words
…and 22 more chapters. Start at the beginning or pick any chapter in the game.
Questions
Is this the whole of Treasure Island?
Yes. It is the complete text of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 book, which is in the public domain, split into its 34 chapters. Only the quotation marks and dashes are tidied so they are easy to type.
How long does it take to type Treasure Island?
68,489 words takes about 29 hours at 40 words per minute, or 16 hours at 70. You can stop whenever you like: your place is saved, down to the paragraph.
Is it free?
Yes. You can start straight away as a guest. Sign in with Discord or Google if you want your place saved in the cloud and on every device.
Does it help my typing?
Real prose has capitals, punctuation and long words that word lists leave out, so typing a book is good practice for typing real things. The game tracks your speed and accuracy as you go.
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