Although we have seen these devices
in thousands of other literary of cinematographic works, the way Stevenson uses
them, as if he were a miracle worker, puts his story on a superlative level
when compared with others of the same category or claims. It is not the raw
material that makes a great book, but the way it is written and developed, and Treasure Island has a specific shape and
structure that make it an excellent work, much superior to other stories on the
same theme.
The book is not only meant for the
young, and it would be unfair to categorize it this way. It is not only an
exciting story suitable and recommended for a young public, but it can be
fascinating even for a more experienced reader. There are many features that Stevenson
uses to guide us through this dangerous and fascinating quest. Each episode of
the story manages to successfully blend a rich and intense narrative with
touches of adventure and mystery characteristic to the genre. From the
beginning of the story, that, as we mentioned, is placed at Jim’s inn,
throughout the journey for the island – and that apple barrel... – the mutiny
and the attack of the stockade, the breathtaking moment when our hero manages
to seize back the schooner, the puzzling moments towards the end of the story
and the subsequent denouement, everything is at an exceptional level and, like
mentioned before, has a fantastic and addictive air of classical adventure.
Treasure Island comprises all these and much more; it is a memorable
journey about pirates, treasures and mysteries, that captures readers of all
ages in a journey that we may have dreamed of countless times, in those nights
when imagination flies, longing for excitement and expeditions full of
adventure and danger.
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