One August afternoon in 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson and his twelve-year-old stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, made a map of a fictitious island. Looking at it, Stevenson began totell Lloyd a story about pirates and a search for buried treasure---a story that would later become his beloved classic Treasure Island. Seized by inspiration, Stevenson wrote the novel at the amazing rate of a chapter a day. As Treasure Island’s readers know, the resulting book is driven by a spare urgency and filled with a playful excitement perfect for a long and lazy summer afternoon.

One August afternoon in 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson and his twelve-year-old stepson, Lloyd Osbourne, made a map of a fictitious island. Looking at it, Stevenson began totell Lloyd a story about pirates and a search for buried treasure---a story that would later become his beloved classic Treasure Island. Seized by inspiration, Stevenson wrote the novel at the amazing rate of a chapter a day. As Treasure Island’s readers know, the resulting book is driven by a spare urgency and filled with a playful excitement perfect for a long and lazy summer afternoon.

INTRODUCTION                  

CHRONOLOGY OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S

 LIFE AND WORK

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF Treasure Island

     TREASURE ISLAND

  PART I

 THE OLD BUCCANEER

1. THE OLD SEA-DOG AT THE

  "ADMIRAL BENBOW"

2. BLACK DOG APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS

3. THE BLACK SPOT

4. THE SEA CHEST

5. THE LAST OF THE BLIND MAN

6. THE CAPTAIN’S PAPERS

  PART II

THE SEA COOK

7. I Go TO BRISTOL

8. AT THE SIGN OF THE "SPY-GLASS"

9. POWDER AND ARMS

10. THE VOYAGE

11. WHAT I HEARD IN THE APPLE BARREL

12. COUNCIL OF WAR

PART III

MY SHORE ADVENTURE

13. How I BEGAN MY SHORE ADVENTURE

14. THE FIRST BLOW

I5. THE MAN OF THE ISLAND

    PART IV

   THE STOCKADE

16. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR:

How THE SHIP WAS’ABANDONED

17. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR:

   THE JOLLY-BOAT’S LAST TRIP

18. NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE DOCTOR:

   END OF THE FIRST DAY’S FIGHTING

19. NARRATIVE RESUMED BY JIM HAWKINS:

     THE GARRISON IN THE STOCKADE

20. SILVER’S EMBASSY

21. THE ATTACK

   PART V

  MY SEA ADVENTURE

22. HOW I BEGAN MY SEA ADVENTURE

23. THE EBB-TIDE RUNS

24. THE CRUISE OF THE CORACLE

25. I STRIKE THE JOLLY ROGER

26. ISRAEL HANDS

27. "PIECES OF EIGHT"

     PART VI

  CAPTAIN SILVER

28. IN THE ENEMY’S CAMP

29. THE BLACK SPOT AGAIN

30. ON PAROLE

31 THE TREASURE HUNT--FLINT’S POINTER

32. THE TREASURE HUNT--THE VOICE

   AMONG THE TREES

33. THE FALL OF A CHIEFTAIN

34. AND LAST

  NOTES

  INTERPRETIVE NOTES

  CRITICAL EXCERPTS

  QUESTIONS FOR DIscussioN

  SUGGESTIONS FOR THE INTERESTED READER