“ Well, many's the long night I've dreamed of cheese—toasted, mostly—and woke up again, and here I were. ”
Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (1883). copy citation
Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
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Source | Treasure Island |
Topic | food dream hunger cheese |
Date | 1883 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/120/120-h/120-h.htm |
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Meaning and analysis
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This sentence is said by Ben Gunn when he meets Jim Hawkins. After being marooned (i.e. abandoned on a desert island), Ben Gunn has eaten oysters and berries for three years, which explains his dreams of cheese.
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