Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 – 1894
ENPublic Domain
Summary
"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson is an adventure novel published in 1883. When young Jim Hawkins discovers a mysterious treasure map in a dead pirate's sea chest, he sets sail with a crew to find Captain Flint's legendary buried gold. But aboard the ship Hispaniola lurks danger: the charming one-legged cook Long John Silver leads a band of mutinous pirates with their own deadly plans. On a remote island filled with treachery and violence, Jim must navigate shifting alliances and mortal threats to survive this perilous quest for fortune. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Subjects
- Pirates — Fiction
- Sea stories
- Treasure Island (Imaginary place) — Fiction
- Treasure troves — Fiction