Treasure Island

Masterfully crafted <b>Treasure Island </b>is a stunning yarn of piracy on the fiery tropic seas--an unforgettable tale of treachery that embroils a host of legendary swashbucklers from honest young Jim Hawkins to sinister two-timing Israel Hands to evil incarnate blind Pew. But above all <b>Treasure Island </b>is a complex study of good and evil as embodied by that hero-villain Long John Silver; the merry unscrupulous buccaneer-rogue whose greedy lust for gold cannot help but win the heart of every one who ever longed for romance treasure and adventure. <p/>Since its publication in 1883 <b>Treasure Island</b> has provided an enduring literary model for such eminent writers as Anthony Hope Graham Greene and Jorge Luis Borges. As David Daiches wrote: Robert Louis Stevenson transformed the Victorian boys' adventure into a classic of its kind.