Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A young boy finds adventure on the high seas as he battles bloodthirsty pirates in search of a long-lost treasure.
43 chapters · 67,822 words · about 5 hours
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About this book
Treasure Island isn’t just one of the most famous coming-of-age tales in modern storytelling, it’s also the book that invented everything you know about pirates: Peg legs, parrots, treasure chests, tropical islands, Long John Silver, maps marked with an “X,” swashbuckling adventure, and “Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum.”
Its brisk pace and easy tone have stood the test of the time— Treasure Island is as readable, enjoyable, and memorable today as it ever was.
About this edition
This edition comes from Standard Ebooks, whose volunteers carefully proofread public-domain books and give their own work to the public domain too. The book is in the public domain in the US, and wherever copyright ends 70 years after its author’s death, so you’re free to read, copy and share it.
The cover is adapted from One More Step, Mr. Hands, a painting completed in 1911 by N. C. Wyeth.