Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson. Source · Public domain
Treasure Island

1883 · 19th Century · Novel

Treasure Island is narrated mainly by Jim Hawkins, the son of an innkeeper whose ordinary life is transformed when the old pirate Billy Bones comes to the Admiral Benbow inn. Bones brings a sea chest, a map and danger in the form of former shipmates, including Black Dog and the blind beggar Pew.