Ben Gunn the Marooned Sailor

From Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The half-mad marooned sailor Ben Gunn becomes Jim's unlikely ally and the secret architect of the novel's resolution.
Chapter 15

Ben Gunn appears: 'I'm poor Ben Gunn, I am; and I haven't spoke with a Christian these three years.' His longing for a piece of cheese has become iconic.

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Chapter 32-33

The revelation that Ben Gunn had already moved the treasure years earlier — the great structural twist of the novel.

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