Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

2016

Length

220 pages

ISBN

9781101990322 · 1101990325

LC class

PR5486.A2

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