Treasure Island

What more can be said about the most famous pirate story that captured the collective imagination of young and old readers alike, over half a century? A story that transcended the boundaries of time and place and engraved its name eternally in literary history, so much so that it was said to be "a well-known novel to the extent that one does not need to read it." Stevenson established in this novel the main pillars of adventure books, which without it would have remained mere entertaining imaginary tales for children; he created a solid literary genre and a living tradition using realistic language that almost made it a possible story to happen, exploiting the reader's readiness to believe the impossible as possible through the presence of believable elements. This novel was initially published in parts in a magazine for children between 1881 and 1882. Although it was written for children, it also gained the admiration of adults, including: Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Borges, and Henry James... and others. It has been said about Treasure Island: "It is a story that takes man back to his childhood."