The discovery of a treasure map sets Jim and his companions in search of buried gold, and they are soon on board the Hispaniola with a crew of buccaneers recruited by the one-legged sea cook known as Long John Silver. When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins is haunted by his frightening tales the sailor's sudden death is the beginning of one of the most exciting adventure stories in literature. 'there were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely and out of those seven one was a boy.
Three appendices: two entertaining piece by Stevenson - his account of the writing and publication of Treasure Island, 'My First Book', and 'The Persons of the Tale', in which Long John Silver and another character take a break between chapters to discuss the ethics of fiction.Up-to-date bibliography and chronology.Unrivalled explanatory notes plus glossary of nautical terms.Fascinating Introduction discusses Stevenson, the book's composition and publication history, the novel's status and reputation as both adults' and children's classic, critical reception, its place in children's literature, its innovations in the boys' story genre and its relation to the romance.A new, up-to-date edition of one of the most popular and successful adventure stories ever written, with entertaining and useful additional features.Oxford Research Encyclopedias: Global Public HealthĮdited by Peter Hunt Oxford World's Classics.The European Society of Cardiology Series.Oxford Commentaries on International Law.It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co. It was originally serialized in the children’s magazine Young Folks from 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym “Captain George North”.
It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. Treasure Island was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. Treasure Island (1881-1882) is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of “buccaneers and buried gold.” 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. But for me, Treasure Island remains his masterpiece, and masterclass.” -Val McDermid The Independent Stevenson was a master of so many different styles of writing. I still find fresh delights in its pages. “I re-read Treasure Island most years and it still holds my attention.
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