Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

The story grew out of a map that led to imaginary treasure, devised during a holiday in Scotland by Stevenson and his nephew. The tale is told by an adventurous boy, Jim Hawkins, who gets hold of treasure map and sets off with an adult crew in search of the buried treasure. Among the crew, however, is the treacherous Long John Silver who is determined to keep the treasure for himself. Stevenson's first full-length work of fiction brought him immediate fame and continues to captivate readers of all ages.

• ISBN10: 0140623418
• ISBN13: 9780140623413
• Publish Date: 2 July 2007 (first published 1 November 1883)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 5 July 2013
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint: Penguin Classics
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[Danielle Renee Wallace]

"With one man of her crew alive,
What put to sea with seventy-five."

I love Robinson Crusoe genre books, so it wasn't surprising I liked this one!

A true classic, Treasure Island is narrated by young Jim Hawkins as he goes on a voyage for treasure, after meeting Billy Bones the pirate.

Overall, the story was intriguing! It teaches about greed, plus shows an interesting twist over how the adventure makes Jim feel by the end of the book—something not every adventure story covers. If you love voyage novels, I recommend this one!

[inlibrisveritas]

As far as classics go this is one of the easier and quicker to read. Overall I found it to be okay, of course it's one of the more popular classic stories so i already knew a great deal of it before reading it which might be the cause for my impartiality.