Summary "Treasure Island" R.L. Stevenson

Not one generation of boys (and girls)grew up dreaming to find a mysterious map on which the path to the untold treasures of Captain Flint is indicated. Romance of the southern seas, sailing, mystery, intrigue, betrayal and, in the end, the victory of brave and noble people over scoundrels. Here is the very brief content of the "Treasure Island". Stevenson wrote the novel in 1881, and since then he has worried both the children's hearts and the imagination of adults.

What is this novel about?If you set out to express not a brief content, "Treasure Island" may seem like an epic novel, so complicated are its plot twists and turns. But we will try not to get carried away and keep at the very minimum of the lines. We will take into account only the key moments of the book, and we will succeed.

The brief content of the book "Treasure Island"

Действие романа начинается в Англии, в 18 веке.In the tavern "Admiral Benbow", owned by the widow Hawkins, settled a mysterious guest - Billy Bones. The son of the hostess, Jim, like everyone else, calls him a captain, and from time to time fulfills the small orders of Bons. Once a stranger comes to the inn, who is intrested in Billy Bons. They meet, and a quarrel breaks out between them. As a result, the stranger, whom Billy called the "Black Dog," runs away, and the captain grabs an apoplexic blow. When he dies, he reveals to Jim the secret of his card, which shows where the legendary pirate Flint buried his treasures.

At night the inn is raided by a gangrobbers, led by a blind leader. They are looking for a map, do not find it and guess that Jim is related to her disappearance. But Jim and her mother manage to escape from the tavern and get to the city of Bristol.

Let's continue with the summary. "Treasure Island" is now continuing in Bristol. Jim immediately goes to the well-known Dr. Livesey and tells him all his nightly adventures.
Livesay with his friend Squire Trelawney, having learnedabout the existence of the map, immediately ignite the idea of ​​finding treasure, and the squire goes to hire a ship. Despite the advice given to him not to disclose the purpose of the expedition, even the last port rat knows that his hired "Hispaniola" is going to search for treasure. And of course, one-legged John Silver - a former sailor and current owner of the port tavern knows about it. He rubs himself into the confidence of a narrow-minded squire and, as a result, is hired by the "Hispaniola" as a cook-cook. Together with him he leads his gang, giving out for reliable and honest sailors.

While swimming, Jim accidentally turns outan invisible witness to the collusion of the whole gang. He learns that the team decided to stir up a riot and, killing the ship's owners, the ship's captain and Jim, to seize the card and dig out the treasure himself.

Summary: "Treasure Island" (second part)

Пиратам не удается захватить врасплох благородных gentlemen, since they were warned by Jim. Dr. Livesay, Captain Smollet and Squire Trelawney decide to release the team on the beach until it comes to an open riot, and Jim makes an absolutely illogical act. Without telling anyone, he makes his way to the boat and, together with the crew, arrives on the island. Once discovered, he cleverly slips away and makes his way deep into the land. Suddenly a strange creature rushes to him from the tree, in which it is possible to identify a person with great difficulty, and, not a native, but a European. It turns out that the islander used to be called Ben Gang, and he knows well both John Silver and his gang, as well as the legendary Flint, because it was because of Flint's treasures that he found himself on the island all alone. Further events rush to jump. The doctor's team grabs the fort that happened to be on the island, the pirates try to storm it, but unsuccessfully, Jim manages to steal the ship from the pirates, and Silver turns out to be the real double-dealer.

After numerous adventures and misadventures, owhich we will not mention, because we decided that we are retelling the short content, "Treasure Island" (the book, of course) comes to the end. Ben passes the buried treasure of Flint, which he found without any maps, to Dr. Livesay. In exchange, he asks to take him to his homeland, to which both the doctor and the squire, of course, agree. Almost all pirates die, and only the cunning Silver manages to escape. He is taken aboard the Hispaniola, with the proviso that upon arrival in England he will be turned over to the authorities, but on the way he manages to steal the boat and hide. All remaining survivors of the trip safely arrive home and receive a share of the treasure of the old pirate.