Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island follows the adventures of a cabin boy named Jim Hawkins on board the Hispaniola. Hawkins is in for the adventure of a lifetime, as he braves dangerous waters, lives through a mutiny, and searches for buried treasure.

Treasure Island is traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is also noted as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality - as seen in Long John Silver - unusual for children's literature. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.

• ISBN10: 1774378639
• ISBN13: 9781774378632
• Publish Date: 29 November 2020 (first published 1 November 1883)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Royal Classics
• Edition: Royal Collector's Edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 196
• Language: English
• Special: Collector's Edition

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.