Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of ``buccaneers and buried gold.`` It was originally serialized in the children\'s magazine Young Folks between 1881 through 1882 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.
Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as Treasure maps marked With an ``X,`` schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders..
It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels.
It is also noted as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality-as seen in Long John Silver-unusual for children\'s literature.
Treasure Island is traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action.
Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of ``buccaneers and buried gold.`` It was originally serialized in the children\'s magazine Young Folks between 1881 through 1882 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
