Treasure Island

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a well-known classic. The adventures of a boy who falls in with pirates and treasure-seekers, it combines danger and mystery with vivid characters and challenging language. Stevenson wrote the story for his children, basing it on a map he and his stepson drew during a holiday. The character of Long John Silver is based on Steven's friend William Ernest Henley, who wrote the poem "Invictus."

If you have forgotten your book at school or lost it, you can read it online at Bibliomania (http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/46/88/frameset.html) or at Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/BIBREC/BR120.HTM)

This book is not easy. However, we read part of the book in class, and we work together to understand the vocabulary and ideas. I will give you summaries of each section after you read it.

Stevenson wrote quite a number of popular novels, including Kidnapped, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Master of Ballantrae. Many movies have been made of Stevenson's stories. There is a list of these at http://dinamico.unibg.it/rls/films.htm