With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Treasure Island is both modern and readable. This is pure storytelling at its most ageless, powerful and beguiling. All of this springs from the enduring base of Stevenson’s original novel. First filmed in 1918, Treasure Island has been the subject of more than fifty movies and has been translated into science fiction, western, anime and a feature for Jim Henson’s Muppets. The novel has been repeatedly adapted to stage, radio, film and television. Treasure Island is, arguably, both the genesis and zenith of the pirate adventure story. With his missing leg, parrot, and treasure map, Silver is the forefather of countless fictional pirates of prose and film. Manipulative, self-centered, and greedy enough to be purely a villain, he proves such an engaging character that it is hard to feel much ill will toward him. One of the central pleasures of the book is the indelible character of Long John Silver. Narrated primarily by young Jim Hawkins, the book can be seen as a coming of age story or a thriller for younger readers, but it is a swashbuckling delight for most anyone willing to pick it up. Initially serialized in a magazine, Treasure Island first appeared as a book in 1883. It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883, by Cassell & Co.A mysterious visitor to his parent’s inn precipitates a chain of events that plunges Jim Hawkins into an unforgettable adventure among ruthless pirates seeking a fabulous treasure hidden on a desert island. 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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