Treasure Island

About this Book

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of 'buccaneers and buried gold.' It is traditionally considered a coming-of-age story and is celebrated for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It popularized many tropes associated with pirates in modern pop culture: treasure maps marked with an 'X', schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen with parrots on their shoulders, embodied in the legendary rogue Long John Silver.