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Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 masterpiece defined the entire iconography of pirates, hidden gold, and high-seas treachery. Driven by the dangerous charisma of Long John Silver, it remains the ultimate coming-of-age adventure.

First published
1883
Style
Adventure fiction - Nautical - Coming-of-age
Known for
The quintessential pirate adventure
Estimated reading time
6-7 hours
Reading level
Intermediate
Recommended age
10+

Chapters

  1. CHAPTER I: The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow
  2. CHAPTER II: Black Dog Appears and Disappears
  3. CHAPTER III: The Black Spot
  4. CHAPTER IV: The Sea-chest
  5. CHAPTER V: The Last of the Blind Man
  6. CHAPTER VI: The Captain’s Papers
  7. CHAPTER VII: I Go to Bristol
  8. CHAPTER VIII: At the Sign of the Spy-glass
  9. CHAPTER IX: Powder and Arms
  10. CHAPTER X: The Voyage
  11. CHAPTER XI: What I Heard in the Apple Barrel
  12. CHAPTER XII: Council of War
  13. CHAPTER XIII: How My Shore Adventure Began
  14. CHAPTER XIV: The First Blow
  15. CHAPTER XV: The Man of the Island
  16. CHAPTER XVI: Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned
  17. CHAPTER XVII: Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat’s Last Trip
  18. CHAPTER XVIII: Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day’s Fighting
  19. CHAPTER XIX: Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade
  20. CHAPTER XX: Silver’s Embassy
  21. CHAPTER XXI: The Attack
  22. CHAPTER XXII: How My Sea Adventure Began
  23. CHAPTER XXIII: The Ebb-tide Runs
  24. CHAPTER XXIV: The Cruise of the Coracle
  25. CHAPTER XXV: I Strike the Jolly Roger
  26. CHAPTER XXVI: Israel Hands
  27. CHAPTER XXVII: Pieces of Eight
  28. CHAPTER XXVIII: In the Enemy’s Camp
  29. CHAPTER XXIX: The Black Spot Again
  30. CHAPTER XXX: On Parole
  31. CHAPTER XXXI: The Treasure-hunt—Flint’s Pointer
  32. CHAPTER XXXII: The Treasure-hunt—The Voice Among the Trees
  33. CHAPTER XXXIII: The Fall of a Chieftain
  34. CHAPTER XXXIV: And Last