Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (239 download)
Book Synopsis Treasure Island Annotated and Illustrated Edition by Robert Louis Stevenson by : Robert Louis Stevenson
Download or read book Treasure Island Annotated and Illustrated Edition by Robert Louis Stevenson written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stevenson conceived of the idea of Treasure Island (originally titled, "The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys") from a map of an imaginary, romantic island idly drawn by Stevenson and his stepson on a rainy day in Breamar, Scotland. Stevenson had just returned from his first stay in America, with memories of poverty, illness and adventure (including his recent marriage), and a warm reconciliation between his parents had been established. Stevenson himself said in designing the idea of the story that, "It was to be a story for boys; no need of psychology or fine writing; and I had a boy at hand to be a touchstone. Women were excluded... and then I had an idea for Long John Silver from which I promised myself funds of entertainment; to take an admired friend of mine... to deprive him of all his finer qualities and higher graces of temperament, and to leave him with nothing but his strength, his courage, his quickness, and his magnificent geniality, and to try to express these in terms of the culture of a raw tarpaulin."