Treasure Island
By: by Robert Louis Stevenson ; with original illustrations by Louis Rhead
Contributors: Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926, illustrator
Series: Wisehouse Classics
Publisher: Wisehouse Classics
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Sweden
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789176372418
Subjects: Treasure troves; Fiction; Pirates; History; Treasure Island (Imaginary place); Trésors; Romans, nouvelles; Recherche; Histoire
Description: TREASURE ISLAND is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". It was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 through 1882 under the title Treasure Island, or the mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co. 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.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Half-Title Page; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Table of Contents; title: Dedication; title: To the Hesitating Purchaser; title: Part One; title: The Old Buccaneer; title: 1 The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow; title: 2 Black Dog Appears and Disappears; title: 3 The Black Spot; title: 4 The Sea-chest; title: 5 The Last of the Blind Man; title: 6 The Captain's Papers; title: Part Two; title: The Sea-cook; title: 7 I Go to Bristol; title: 8 At the Sign of the Spy-glass; title: 9 Powder and Arms; title: 10 The Voyage; title: 11 What I Heard in the Apple Barrel; title: 12 Council of War; title: Part Three; title: My Shore Adventure; title: 13 How My Shore Adventure Began; title: 14 The First Blow; title: 15 The Man of the Island; title: Part Four; title: The Stockade; title: 16 Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned; title: 17 Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat's Last Trip; title: 18 Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day's Fighting; title: 19 Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade; title: 20 Silver's Embassy; title: 21 The Attack; title: Part Five; title: My Sea Adventure; title: 22 How My Sea Adventure Began; title: 23 The Ebb-tide Runs; title: 24 The Cruise of the Coracle; title: 25 I Strike the Jolly Roger; title: 26 Israel Hands; title: 27 "Pieces of Eight"; title: Part Six; title: Captain Silver; title: 28 In the Enemy's Camp; title: 29 The Black Spot Again; title: 30 On Parole; title: 31 The Treasure-hunt-Flint's Pointer; title: 32 The Treasure-hunt-The Voice Among the Trees; title: 33 The Fall of a Chieftain; title: 34 And Last