Treasure Island is the original and ultimate adventure story about pirates and buried treasure. It was originally serialized in Young Folks children’s magazine under the pseudonym Captain George North between 1881 and 1882 before publication in book form in May 1883. The story, which is structured in six sections, is set in the mid-18th century and narrated almost entirely by young Jim Hawkins, the young son of the owners of the Admiral Benbow Inn in the seaside village of Black Hill Cove in southwest England. It opens with the arrival of a drunken seaman by the name of Bones, the former first mate of a notorious pirate Captain Flint who is sought by fellow pirates for information about buried treasure. The pirates arrive and confront Bones, who drops dead, but are thwarted and then routed by customs men. Jim, however, has come by priceless information in the process and enlists comrades to hire a ship and crew and set out to discover the treasure themselves. The story proceeds to unfold with unsavory characters and lively plot twists, with no small amount of treachery and betrayal along the way, before culminating with the return of Jim and company to England.

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