Full Description
The adventure story told in Treasure Island has become a part of popular folklore. John Sutherland discusses the novel's place in Stevenson's biography and oeuvre in his learned and lively critical introduction to this new edition. Exploring the novel's genesis in Stevenson's "plundering" of other writers, his writer's block, and the surprisingly disturbing and complex nature of what was meant to be a children's story, Sutherland argues for the enduring vitality and appeal of Stevenson's first novel.
Appendices include Stevenson's writing about the novel, contemporary reviews, and sources on which Stevenson drew (or from which he borrowed) when writing Treasure Island.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Robert Louis Stevenson: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
Treasure Island
Appendix A: Reviews of Treasure Island
Appendix B: Robert Louis Stevenson, "My First Book" (1894)
Appendix C: Treasure Island and Washington Irving's Tales of a Traveller (1824)
Appendix D: Treasure Island and Charles E. Pearce's Billy Bo'swain (1873)
Appendix E: Puzzles and Conundrums
Select Bibliography
