Treasure Island Summary
Robert Louis Stevenson

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Treasure Island Summary

Stevenson has stated that the story was inspired by a detailed map he drew from his imagination. This map, Stevenson wrote in an essay called "Treasure Island," "was elaborately and (I thought) beautifully coloured; the shape of it took my fancy beyond expression; it contained harbours that pleased me like sonnets; and with the unconsciousness of the predestined, I ticketed my performance 'Treasure Island.'"

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

Treasure Island

3,209 words, approx. 11 pages

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson, whose grandfather and father were lighthouse engineers, felt a fascination for the sea and its promise of travel during his childho... Read more

Project Gutenberg eBooks (1)

Treasure Island

77,047 words, approx. 257 pages

PART ONE—The Old Buccaneer 1 The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about T... Read more

Robert Louis Stevenson Biographies (8)

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

5,604 words, approx. 19 pages

One of the hallmarks of the Victorian literary achievement is genius wedded to industry and professionalism. One has only to think of Dickens and Trollope or George Eliot and Matthew Arnold to recall ... Read more

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

5,223 words, approx. 18 pages

When one reads the nonfiction work of Robert Louis Stevenson along with the novels and short stories, a more complete portrait emerges of the author than that of the romantic vagabond one usually as... Read more

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

5,267 words, approx. 18 pages

The life of Robert Louis Stevenson was regarded by his public, his friends, and his biographers to be as thrilling as the adventures in the stories he wrote. He was born in Scotland on 13 November 185... Read more

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

16,622 words, approx. 56 pages

At the time of his death in Samoa in 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson was regarded by many critics and a large reading public as the most important writer in the English-speaking world. "Surely another ... Read more

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

10,715 words, approx. 36 pages

A combination of artistic ambitions, a thirst for adventure and discovery, courtship of and eventual marriage to an American, and above all poor health turned Robert Louis Stevenson into a life-long w... Read more

Robert Louis Stevenson

978 words, approx. 4 pages

The Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was one of the most popular and highly regarded British writers of the end of the 19th century. He played a significant par... Read more

Robert Louis Stevenson

6,692 words, approx. 23 pages

As the author of three of the most-loved adventure novels of all time-- Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde--Robert Louis Stevenson has won a reputation as a gr... Read more

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Biography EssayOne of the hallmarks of the Victorian literary achievement is genius wedded to industry and professionalism. One has only to think of Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope or George Elio... Read more

Essays & Analysis (13)

Critical Essay by Richard Middleton

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David Daiches

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William Blackburn

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Critical Essay by Susan Gannon

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David H. Jackson

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Critical Essay by David Angus

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Critical Essay by Max Sutton

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Coming to Terms With Evil in Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island, is a fast-paced adventure tale about a boy developing into an adult and coming to terms with the presenc... Read more

Ten Character Profiles from Treasure Island

1,976 words, approx. 7 pages

Jim Hawkins is a teenage boy who lives with his mother. He is the main character in this book. His father died and therefore, he is the one who runs the inn that they own. He is a polite boy who ta... Read more

Treasure Island: Jim Hawkins Characterization

888 words, approx. 3 pages

Jim Hawkins who is the young hero of Treasure Island, written by Robert Louis Stevenson, exhibits many unique traits. As the story goes on, Jim transforms himself from being an easily frightened boy t... Read more

Treasure Island

694 words, approx. 3 pages

Treasure Island is an adventure novel, written by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Jim Hawkins is a young boy, living with his mother in the Inn they run, called the Admiral Benbow. A frightening and mysteriou... Read more

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