ДАВАЙТЕ ПОЧИТАЕМ В ОРИГИНАЛЕ Treasure Island

Today we are reading Robert Louis Stevenson s book Treasure Island. Stevenson s first novel, Treasure Island, began as an entertainment for his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. After devising a map just to break the monotony of the summer of 1881 in Braemar, Scotland, Stevenson followed it immediately with a story whose characters began to appear visibly among imaginary woods; and whose brown faces and bright weapons. .. passed to and fro, fighting, and hunting treasure, on these few square inches of a flat By October of 1881, the novel was first published in serial form in Young Folks Magazine under the title The Sea Stevenson s subsequent revisions led the work to great popularity when it was published in book form. Stevenson s brilliantly constructed adventure novel Treasure Island has remained a popular favorite for both children and adults. Noted in particular for its entertainment value, the novel has inspired extensive media and commercial adaptations, as well as praise from c