Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
“A boy, a map, a one-legged pirate, and the most dangerous treasure ever buried — the novel that invented the modern adventure story.”
Short Summary
Young Jim Hawkins, the son of an innkeeper in southwest England, discovers a treasure map hidden by the dead pirate Billy Bones. He sets sail with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the gold on a remote island — not knowing that most of the hired crew, led by the brilliant and treacherous Long John Silver, are pirates planning a mutiny. Jim survives through courage, luck, and his complicated friendship with Silver, ultimately securing the treasure and returning home. Silver escapes.
Detailed Summary
Jim Hawkins is a boy growing up at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the Bristol coast when a weathered old sailor named Billy Bones takes a room, drinks too much rum, and dies of a stroke — but not before warning Jim of a 'seafaring man with one leg.' After Bones's death, a group of blind and sinister men ...