Treasure Island

Treasure Island
	First edition
Author	Robert Louis Stevenson
Original title	The Sea Cook:; A Story for Boys; by Captain George North
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Subjects	Pirates, coming-of-age
Genre	Adventure fiction; Young adult literature
Publisher	Cassell and Company
Publication date	14 November 1883
Pages	292 (first edition)
OCLC	610014604
Text	Treasure Island at Wikisource

Treasure Island (originally titled The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys^[1]) is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, telling a story of "buccaneers and buried gold". It is considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action.

The novel was originally serialised from 1881 to 1882 in the children's magazine Young Folks, under the title Treasure Island or the Mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co. It has since become one of the most often dramatized and adapted novels.

Since its publication, Treasure Island has had significant influence on depictions of pirates in popular culture, including elements such as deserted tropical islands, treasure maps marked with an "X", and one-legged seamen with parrots perched on their shoulders.^[2]

^ Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion, Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-06080-1_6.
^ Cordingly, David (1995) Under the Black Flag: the romance and reality of life among the pirates; p. 7

[:0-1] Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion, Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-06080-1_6.

[Cordingly-overestimated-2] Cordingly, David (1995) Under the Black Flag: the romance and reality of life among the pirates; p. 7

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