Treasure Island pdf

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Scotland on November 13, is a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and writer specializing in travel literature. Stevenson was admired by many writers, such as Jorge Luis Borges. Robert Lewis studied engineering, his father's profession, at the University of Edinburgh, but was not interested in the subject. In 1871, he changed his studies to law. But he knew he also wanted to be a writer. After university, Robert Louis visited France, Belgium and the United States and wrote about these trips. Stevenson became a full-time writer. Most of his early writings were short stories and travel books. He became famous when he wrote Treasure Island, his first long work of fiction. Other famous books were Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) and Kidnapped (1886).

Treasure Island pdf by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of 'buccaneers and buried gold'. First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is a tale noted 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. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, 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. Since its publication in 1883, Treasure Island has provided an enduring literary model for such eminent writers as Anthony Hope, Graham Greene, and Jorge Luis Borges. As David Daiches wrote: “Robert Louis Stevenson transformed the Victorian boys’ adventure into a classic of its kind.”