'there were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom
we knew we could rely; and out of those seven one was a
boy ...' When a mysterious seafarer puts up at the
Admiral Benbow, young Jim Hawkins is haunted by his
frightening tales; the sailor's sudden death is the
beginning of one of the most exciting adventure stories
in literature. The discovery of a treasure map sets Jim
and his companions in search of buried gold, and they
are soon on board the Hispaniola with a crew of
buccaneers recruited by the one-legged sea cook known as
Long John Silver. As they near their destination, and
the lure of Captain Flint's treasure grows ever
stronger, Jim's courage and wits are tested to the full.
Stevenson reinvented the genre with Treasure Island, a
boys' story that appeals as much to adults as to
children, and whose moral ambiguities turned the
Victorian universe on its head. This edition celebrates
the ultimate book of pirates and high adventure, and
also examines how its tale of greed, murder, treachery,
and evil has acquired its classic status. ABOUT THE
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