Treasure Island
Buried gold adventure
Treasure Island is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, published in 1883, about a young boy who finds a pirate's treasure map and sails in search of buried gold.
The story introduced or popularized enduring pirate tropes: the black spot, X marks the spot, the one-legged sea cook, the parrot on the shoulder.
By extension, any place promising hidden riches or adventure: The antique shop was a treasure island of forgotten curiosities.
- BlackbeardFamous Caribbean buccaneer
- chestRibcage region or strongbox
- X marks the spotTreasure location indicator
- cutlassCurved slashing naval blade
- goldElement seventy-nine
map · ship · black spot · walking the plank · Jolly Roger · Hispaniola · cannon · parrot · adventure · marooned · rum · yo ho ho · sea shanty · pirates · skull · swashbuckler · pegleg · doubloons
- Classic BooksPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Great Expectations
- Adventure BooksRobinson Crusoe, The Hobbit, Hatchet, Swiss Family Robinson, The Three Musketeers
- British ClassicsPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
- classicsHomer, Iliad, the Iliad, Odyssey, the Odyssey
- Fictional IslandsAtlantis, Avalon, Neverland, Lilliput, Brobdingnag
- Maritime BooksMoby Dick, Master and Commander, Captains Courageous, The Sea Wolf, Billy Budd
Treasure Islandtravelogue
Account of journeys abroad
documentary · social realism · travel writing · realist fiction · naturalism
Treasure IslandWaiting for Godot
Absurdist drama about fruitless expectation
Mrs Dalloway · domestic drama · The Road · Middlemarch · Ulysses
Treasure IslandMain Street
Town's central thoroughfare
urban sprawl · suburbia · Bleak House · Middlemarch · provincial town
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