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  1. A short summary of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Treasure Island.

  2. ‘Spoiler-free’ Treasure Island Summary. Treasure Island is a story of Jim Hawkins and an expenditure to bring back home the buried treasure from a faraway island. The story is narrated from Jim’s perspective, a young of about sixteen.

  3. May 23, 2024 · Treasure Island, classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson that was serialized in the magazine Young Folks in 1881–82 under the title The Sea-Cook; or, Treasure Island and published in book form in 1883.

  4. Treasure Island (originally titled The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys [1]) is an 1883 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.

  5. Sep 6, 2023 · Treasure Island is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson in which Jim Hawkins embarks on an adventure to find a hidden treasure. A seaman named Bill Bones stays at Jim Hawkins’s father’s inn....

  6. The protagonist of Treasure Island, Jim Hawkins, has been asked by his acquaintances Doctor Livesey and Squire Trelawney to write down his recollections. He begins by discussing the “Admiral Benbow” inn that his family owned when he was a boy, not far from the English port of Bristol.

  7. Treasure Island. Book Summary. An old sailor, calling himself "the captain" but really called Billy Bones, comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the English coast during the mid 1700s, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for "seafaring men."

  8. Overview. Treasure Island is an adventure novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published as a complete work in 1883. The story is set in the 18th century and follows the young protagonist Jim Hawkins as he embarks on a perilous journey in search of buried treasure.

  9. Treasure Island is an adventure novel for young adults written by Robert Louis Stevenson, which was serialized in 1881 and 1882 and published in 1883. It is frequently dramatized in plays, television, and film, and has had an enormous influence on popular culture, particularly on public perceptions of pirate and sea-faring life.

  10. Summary. Part 1: The Old Buccaneer. It is the mid-1700s, and Jim Hawkins is the son of the Admiral Benbow's innkeeper. The inn occupies a remote spot along the southwest coast of England. It is the perfect location for an aging pirate to hide out from his former shipmates.