In 2014, Treasure Island was turned into a stage play, with girls and women cast as the main characters.The story appeared initially in serialized form under the title The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys in the periodical Young Folks but failed to get much attention.By the mid-19th century, with piracy pretty much under control, the pirate had become a literary romantic antihero.Stevenson suffered from tuberculosis most of his life and finally settled in Samoa, where he believed the climate would be good for his health.Treasure Island follows in the footsteps of the American adventure novel Stevenson found inspiration in the works of writers such as Mark Twain and James Fenimore Cooper.Stevenson modeled John Silver on a friend – stripped of all the friend’s good characteristics.It was an instant success and established him as a successful author. Treasure Island was Robert Louis Stevenson’s first novel.Little do they know that a number of their crew have joined them to steal the treasure from under their noses and kill them. The young hero, Jim Hawkins, comes into the possession of a treasure map and sets off with his companions to find Captain Flint’s treasure.Treasure Island is a prime example of a late 19th-century adventure novel.And no wonder – its iconic characters, like the brave but often rash teenage hero Jim Hawkins and the deeply immoral but often surprisingly likable pirate (and murderer) Long John Silver, the story’s characters draw you in and make you care about their fate. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island is an adventure story par excellence and while it was originally aimed at a young (and mainly male) readership, it has captured the hearts and minds of many an older reader as well. It taps into – and to some extent borrows from – a rich tradition of American novelists, including works by James Fennimore Cooper, Mark Twain and Washington Irving.
Treasure Island offers everything an adventurer could want: a mysterious old sailor seeking refuge in a remote inn, a one-legged pirate with a parrot in search of the sailor, a treasure map that falls into the hands of a young boy and the dangerous journey across the sea to an island in search of the treasure, only to find that the crew has been infiltrated by a group of mutinous cronies and their one-legged leader.
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