Oxford Progressive English Readers Level 1: Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson
Edited by Peter Hunt

Oxford World's Classics

• The fascinating Introduction discusses Stevenson, the book's composition and publication history, the novel's status and reputation as both adult's and children's classic, critical reception, its place in children's literature, its innovations in the boys' story genre, and its relation to romance.
• Unrivaled explanatory notes plus a glossary of nautical terms.
• Up-to-date bibliography and chronology.
• Three appendices: two entertaining piece by Stevenson - his account of the writing and publication of Treasure Island, 'My First Book', and 'The Persons of the Tale', in which Long John Silver and another character take a break between chapters to discuss the ethics of fiction. A third appendix brings together parallels from Stevenson's sources.
• Note on the Text including important variants between serial and volume publication
• The text of novel completely reset