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词条 The Island of Adventure
释义

  1. Plot summary

  2. Changes in new editions

  3. External links

{{Infobox book
| name = The Island of Adventure
| author = Enid Blyton
| image = File:TheIslandOfAdventure.jpg
| caption = First edition
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| illustrator = Stuart Tresilian
| series = The Adventure Series
| genre = Adventure novel
| publisher = Macmillan
| pub_date = September, 1944
| media_type = Print (hardcover and paperback)
| pages =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = The Castle of Adventure (1946)
}}

The Island of Adventure (published in 1944) is a popular children's book by Enid Blyton. It is the first book in the Adventure Series. The first edition was illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.

Plot summary

When a boy called Jack and his sister Lucy-Ann Trent go to their new friends, Philip's and Dinah's home Craggy-Tops during the school holidays, they find that something very sinister is happening on the mysterious Isle of Gloom, and Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann and Jack are determined to uncover the truth. But they are unprepared for the dangerous adventure waiting for them in the abandoned copper mine and tunnels under the sea.

Changes in new editions

Changes have been made to The Island of Adventure in newer editions of the book. These include:

  • The title of the US edition of the book was changed to Mystery Island.
  • The once handyman turned villain, Joe, was a black man named Jo-Jo in the original novel. References to his ethnicity have been removed. {{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

External links

  • The Island of Adventure at the EBS website
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4 : 1944 British novels|Novels by Enid Blyton|Novels set on islands|1944 children's books

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