Fiction & literature · 1916
Treasure Island
€50
One copy available · ships from the Netherlands within two working days
- First published
- 1880
- This copy printed
- 1916
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Half leather
- Condition
- Very good — Light wear to the binding, text clean and complete.
- Pages
- 248
About this work
Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as seen in Long John Silver — unusual for children's literature then and now. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen carrying parrots on their shoulders
