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Treasure Island

I

The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow

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 and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof.

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.

The original · Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883

La isla del tesoro

El viejo marinero en el Almirante Benbow

El caballero Trelawney y el doctor Livesey me han pedido que escriba esta historia. Lo contaré todo, excepto el lugar exacto donde está la isla. Allí todavía queda parte del tesoro enterrado. Mi historia empieza cuando yo era un muchacho, en la posada de mi padre, el Almirante Benbow.

Nuestra posada estaba junto a una bahía tranquila, lejos de cualquier ciudad. Una mañana, un viejo marinero alto llegó a nuestra puerta. Llevaba un abrigo azul sucio y tenía una cicatriz blanca en una mejilla. Detrás de él, un hombre empujaba una carretilla con un gran baúl de marinero.

El marinero miró los acantilados y el letrero de la posada. Después empezó a cantar: —Quince hombres sobre el cofre del muerto… ¡Yo, jo, jo, y una botella de ron! Llamó a la puerta con su bastón y pidió ron a mi padre. Bebió despacio y luego preguntó si pasaba mucha gente por allí.

Lexo edition · Spanish · B1

The opening of Treasure Island: Stevenson’s original, and Lexo’s editions at level B1. Point at a word, or tap it.

ITap any word

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Edition

Treasure Island

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Device

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La isla del tesoro

El viejo marinero en el Almirante Benbow

El caballero Trelawney y el doctor Livesey me han pedido que escriba esta historia. Lo contaré todo, excepto el lugar exacto donde está la isla. Allí todavía queda parte del tesoro enterrado. Mi historia empieza cuando yo era un muchacho, en la posada de mi padre, el Almirante Benbow.

Nuestra posada estaba junto a una bahía tranquila, lejos de cualquier ciudad. Una mañana, un viejo marinero alto llegó a nuestra puerta. Llevaba un abrigo azul sucio y tenía una cicatriz blanca en una mejilla. Detrás de él, un hombre empujaba una carretilla con un gran baúl de marinero.

El marinero miró los acantilados y el letrero de la posada. Después empezó a cantar: —Quince hombres sobre el cofre del muerto… ¡Yo, jo, jo, y una botella de ron! Llamó a la puerta con su bastón y pidió ron a mi padre. Bebió despacio y luego preguntó si pasaba mucha gente por allí.

—Por desgracia, muy poca —respondió mi padre. —Entonces este es el sitio que busco. Ayuden a subir mi baúl. Quiero ron, tocino y huevos, y pueden llamarme capitán. Dejó caer varias monedas de oro delante de mi padre. —Avíseme cuando se acabe ese dinero.

Se quedó varias semanas, y luego varios meses. Cada día observaba el mar con su catalejo. Por las noches se sentaba junto al fuego y bebía ron fuerte. Su baúl siempre estaba cerrado con llave y nunca recibía cartas.

El viejo marinero en el Almirante Benbow

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  • Base form and part of speech

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  • Phrases and idioms

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  • The whole sentence

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  • Hear it

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IIYour level

The same story, at your level.

Each book is rewritten for five CEFR levels, from A2 up to the complete novel at C2. Here is the opening of Journey to the Center of the Earth in Albanian, at A2 and at B1.

A2Elementary

Short sentences and everyday words.

Profesori i paduruar

Një të diel pasdite të vitit 1863, xhaxhai u kthye herët.One Sunday afternoon in 1863, my uncle returned early. Ne jetonim në Hamburg, pranë një kanali të ngushtë.We lived in Hamburg, near a narrow canal. Marta, shërbyesja jonë, ngriti kokën në kuzhinë.Martha, our housekeeper, raised her head in the kitchen.

«Zoti Lidenbrok erdhi që tani!Mr. Lidenbrock has come already! Por dreka nuk është gati!»But lunch isn't ready! «Është ende herët, Marta», thashë unë.“It's still early, Martha,” I said. «Atëherë duhet t’ia shpjegosh ti, Aksel!»“Then you must explain it to him, Axel!”

Por unë kisha frikë nga zëri i tij i zemëruar.But I was afraid of his angry voice. Ai kaloi me nxitim nëpër dhomën e ngrënies.He hurried through the dining room. E hodhi kapelën mbi tryezë.He threw his hat onto the table. «Aksel!Axel! Eja pas meje në kabinet!»Come after me into the study!

words
231
sentences
33
words per sentence
7
different words
124

B1Intermediate

You follow clear stories about familiar things.

Profesori i paduruar

Të dielën, më 24 maj 1863, xhaxhai im u kthye herët në shtëpi.On Sunday, May 24, 1863, my uncle returned home early. Në shtëpinë tonë të vogël në Hamburg, dreka ishte ende në zjarr.In our small house in Hamburg, lunch was still cooking. Marta hapi derën e dhomës së ngrënies dhe më pa e shqetësuar.Martha opened the dining-room door and looked at me, worried. «Profesor Lidenbroku erdhi kaq shpejt!“Professor Lidenbrock came so early! Po dreka nuk është gati!»But lunch isn’t ready!”

Xhaxhai ishte njeriu më i paduruar që njihja.My uncle was the most impatient man I knew. «Ora është vetëm një e gjysmë», i thashë."It's only half past one," I said. «Atëherë pse është kthyer?"Then why has he returned? Të lutem, Aksel, mbushja mendjen të presë.»Please, Axel, persuade her to wait. Ajo nxitoi drejt kuzhinës dhe ma la mua këtë detyrë të pamundur.She hurried toward the kitchen and left me with this impossible task.

Po bëhesha gati të ikja lart, kur u hap dera e jashtme.I was getting ready to go upstairs when the outside door opened. Hapa të rëndë u dëgjuan në korridor.Heavy footsteps were heard in the corridor. Xhaxhai kaloi me nxitim nëpër dhomën e ngrënies.Uncle hurried through the dining room. E hodhi bastunin në një qoshe dhe kapelën mbi tryezë.He tossed his walking stick into a corner and his hat onto the table. «Aksel, eja pas meje!»“Axel, come after me!” Pastaj u zhduk në kabinetin e tij.Then he disappeared into his study.

words
358
sentences
40
words per sentence
9
different words
187
  1. A2ElementaryShort sentences and everyday words.
  2. B1IntermediateYou follow clear stories about familiar things.
  3. B2Upper intermediateLonger sentences, richer vocabulary.
  4. C1AdvancedClose to the original, lightly condensed.
  5. C2ProficientThe complete novel.

You choose the level for each book. One purchase is one book, in one language, at one level. How the levels work

IIIListen

Hear every word. Hear the whole book.

Every book is narrated, with different voices for different characters, and the text highlights word by word as it’s read. Tap any word to hear it on its own.

  • Read-along

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  • Sentence by sentence

    A focused mode shows one sentence at a time, with its audio and its translation.

  • Offline

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  1. Billy Bones

    —Quince hombres sobre el cofre del muerto… ¡Yo, jo, jo, y una botella de ron!

    “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest… Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”

  2. Mr. Hawkins

    —Por desgracia, muy poca

    “Unfortunately, very few.”

  3. Billy Bones

    Quiero ron, tocino y huevos, y pueden llamarme capitán.

    I want rum, bacon, and eggs, and you can call me captain.

  4. Dr. Livesey

    —¿Me habla a mí, señor?

    “Are you speaking to me, sir?”

  5. Dr. Livesey

    —Entonces le diré una cosa: si sigue bebiendo ron, pronto estará muerto.

    “Then I’ll tell you something: if you keep drinking rum, you’ll soon be dead.”

Voices in chapter 1La isla del tesoro · 4:29
  • Narrator
  • Billy Bones
  • Mr. Hawkins
  • Dr. Livesey

IVFirst editions

Some editions are written for you.

Most editions don’t exist until someone asks for one. If you’re the first reader of a book in your language at your level, Lexo writes it for you: chapter 1 is ready in a few minutes, the rest follows while you read, and you keep a dated First edition mark.

  • Any book, any language, any level

    Every book is available in every language at every level. Editions nobody has asked for yet are written on request.

  • Chapter 1 in minutes

    Watch the opening lines appear as they’re written. The rest follows while you read.

  • Yours first

    Your copy keeps a dated First edition mark.

Udhëtim në qendër të Tokës, Zhul Vern

First edition

Udhëtim në qendër të Tokës

Albanian · A2

No one has ever read this book in Albanian at level A2. You’ll be the first, and we’re writing it for you now.

Writing your edition

  1. Getting to know the story
  2. Adapting chapter 1 to level A2
  3. Writing help for every word
  4. Recording the narration

Chapter 1 ready in about 3 min

The rest of the book follows while you read.

Chapter 1 begins

Profesori i paduruar

Një të diel pasdite të vitit 1863, xhaxhai u kthye herët. Ne jetonim në Hamburg, pranë një kanali të ngushtë. Marta, shërbyesja jonë, ngriti kokën në kuzhinë.

«Zoti Lidenbrok erdhi që tani! Por dreka nuk është gati!» «Është ende herët, Marta», thashë unë. «Atëherë duhet t’ia shpjegosh ti, Aksel!»

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VLanguages

About 80 languages, explained in yours.

Learn any of them, with explanations in the language you speak. The app itself appears in your language too.

83 languages

AlbanianShqipNarrated

† Text and explanations now; narration coming later.

VIThe books

A hundred classics, chosen for stories that survive retelling.

Adventure, mystery, romance, ghost stories and fairy tales, from Homer to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Every book can be read in every language, at every level.

Browse all 96 books

VIIPricing

Pay for the books you read.

  • One book

    $4.99

    One novel, in one language, at one level. Narrated, explained word by word, and downloaded to your device.

  • Another level

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    Read a book you own at another level: step up when you’re ready, or down when you want an easier read.

  • Lexo Plus

    $4.99a month

    Two book credits every month. Unused credits roll over, up to eight. A credit buys a book or another level.

  • Planned launch prices in US dollars. App Store prices vary by region.
  • No account and no sign-up. Purchases go through your Apple ID and can be restored on a new device.

VIIIQuestions

Questions, answered.

When can I get Lexo?

Lexo is in beta on TestFlight and launching on the App Store soon. Leave your email and we’ll tell you when it’s out.

Which devices does it run on?

iPhone and iPad with iOS 18 or later. On iPad in landscape, books open as two-page spreads.

Which level should I choose?

A2 suits readers who know everyday words and short sentences; B1 suits readers who follow clear stories about familiar things. B2 brings longer sentences and richer vocabulary, C1 is close to the original, and C2 is the complete novel. You choose the level for each book, and you can add another level of a book you own for $1.99.

How are the editions made?

The adaptations, explanations, translations and narration are produced with AI models, guided by the CEFR level descriptors and checked automatically, for example with pronunciation checks in some languages. If you spot a mistake, tell us and we’ll fix it for every reader.

Do I need an account?

No. There’s no sign-up and no email. Purchases go through your Apple ID and can be restored on a new device.

Can I read offline?

Yes. Books download to your device, so you can read and listen without a connection.

What is a first edition?

Most editions are written the first time someone asks for one. If that’s you, Lexo writes it for you: chapter 1 is ready in a few minutes, the rest follows while you read, and your copy keeps a dated First edition mark.

Which languages can I learn?

About 80, from Afrikaans to Vietnamese, with explanations in your own language. Most are fully narrated; Esperanto, Irish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Welsh, Yoruba and Zulu have text and explanations now, with narration coming later.

How much does it cost?

A book is $4.99: one novel, in one language, at one level. Another level of a book you own is $1.99. Lexo Plus is $4.99 a month for two book credits, and unused credits roll over, up to eight. These are planned launch prices in US dollars.

Be among the first readers.

Lexo is launching on the App Store soon. Leave your email and we’ll tell you when it’s out.

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