Treasure Island /
Stevenson, Robert Louis,1850-1894.
Sutherland, John,1938-edt
Peterborough, Ont. : Broadview Editions ; London : Eurospan [distributor],
c2012.
"The adventure story told in Treasure Island has become a part of popular folklore. John Sutherland discusses the novel's place in Stevenson's biography and oeuvre in his learned and lively critical introduction to this new edition. Exploring the novel's genesis in Stevenson's "plundering" of other writers, his writer's block, and the surprisingly disturbing and complex nature of what was meant to be a children's story, Sutherland argues for the enduring vitality and appeal of Stevenson's first novel. Appendices include Stevenson's writing about the novel, contemporary reviews, and sources on which Stevenson drew (or from which he borrowed) when writing Treasure Island."--Publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-261).
"The adventure story told in Treasure Island has become a part of popular folklore. John Sutherland discusses the novel's place in Stevenson's biography and oeuvre in his learned and lively critical introduction to this new edition. Exploring the novel's genesis in Stevenson's "plundering" of other writers, his writer's block, and the surprisingly disturbing and complex nature of what was meant to be a children's story, Sutherland argues for the enduring vitality and appeal of Stevenson's first novel. Appendices include Stevenson's writing about the novel, contemporary reviews, and sources on which Stevenson drew (or from which he borrowed) when writing Treasure Island."--Publisher's website.
The old buccaneer. Black dog appears and disappears ; The black spot ; The sea chest ; The last of the blind man ; The captain's papers. -- The sea cook. I go to Bristol ; At the sign of the "spy-glass" ; Powder and arms ; The voyage ; What  I heard in the apple barrel ; Council of war. -- My shore adventure. How my shore adventure began ; The first blow ; The man of the island. -- The stockade. Narrative continued by the doctor: how the ship was abandoned ; Narrative continued by the doctor: the jolly boat's last trip ; Narrative continued by the doctor: end of te first day's fighting ; Narrative resumed by Jim Hawkins: the garrison in the stockade ; Silver's embassy ; The attack. -- My sea adventure. How my sea adventure began ; the ebb-tide runs ; The cruise of the coracle ; I strike the jolly Roger ; Israel hands ; "Pieces of eight". -- Captain silver. In the enemy's camp ; The black spot again ; On parole ; The treasure hunt-Flint's pointer ; The treasure hunt- the voice among the trees ; The fall of a chieftain ; And last.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.
Treasure Island (Imaginary place)
Treasure troves
Pirates
Adventure stories.