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TREASURE ISLAND
The author dedicates this exciting tale to a young friend and invites all readers who love pirates, stormy seas, and buried gold to join this grand adventure.
I The Old Sea-dog at the “Admiral Benbow”
A mysterious and frightening old sailor arrives to stay at Jim Hawkins's quiet inn. He drinks heavily and terrifies the locals, until a brave doctor stands up to his threats.
II Black Dog Appears and Disappears
A sinister stranger named Black Dog arrives at the inn and fights the captain with swords. After the fight, the captain collapses, and Doctor Livesey warns him that rum will kill him.
III The Black Spot
The sick captain warns Jim about dangerous pirates looking for his sea-chest. Soon after, a terrifying blind beggar arrives at the inn and delivers the deadly black spot.
IV The Sea-chest
Jim and his mother bravely return to the inn to collect the money owed to them from the captain's chest. When dangerous pirates arrive in the dark, they must run and hide under a bridge to save their lives.
V The Last of the Blind Man
Pew and his pirate crew attack the Admiral Benbow looking for Captain Flint's secret papers, but officers arrive just in time. Blind Pew meets a tragic end, and Jim rides into the night to take the mysterious packet to Dr. Livesey.
VI The Captain’s Papers
Jim and Mr. Dance deliver the mysterious oilskin packet to Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney, who discover a secret map to Captain Flint's buried pirate treasure.
VII I Go to Bristol
Squire Trelawney buys a ship and finds a crew in Bristol, including a one-legged cook named Long John Silver. Jim says goodbye to his mother and travels to Bristol, where their great sea adventure is ready to begin.
VIII At the Sign of the Spy-glass
Jim meets Long John Silver at his tavern and finds him friendly and cheerful, but excitement starts when the pirate Black Dog suddenly runs away. Silver quickly wins Jim's trust, and they prepare to board the ship.
IX Powder and Arms
On board the Hispaniola, Captain Smollett warns the squire and Dr. Livesey that the crew knows about the treasure and mutiny is possible. Despite the squire's anger, they agree to take precautions and move the gunpowder to a safe place.
X The Voyage
As the Hispaniola journeys smoothly toward Treasure Island, mysterious events unfold aboard and the first mate vanishes into the sea. Just before arriving, Jim climbs into an apple barrel and overhears a conversation that puts every honest man's life in danger.
XI What I Heard in the Apple-Barrel
Hidden inside an apple barrel, Jim overhears Long John Silver planning a terrible mutiny with the crew. Just before Jim is caught, a sailor shouts that they have finally reached Treasure Island.
XII Council of War
The ship finally reaches the island, and Jim secretly warns the captain and his friends about Silver's evil plan. Together in the cabin, they realize they are heavily outnumbered by the pirates.
XIII How I Began My Shore Adventure
The Hispaniola arrives at Treasure Island, where the angry crew is ready to start a mutiny. Captain Smollett lets the men go ashore to prevent a fight, and young Jim secretly escapes into the island's wild woods.
XIV The First Blow
While exploring the island alone, Jim secretly watches Long John Silver try to recruit an honest sailor, leading to a shocking and brutal murder.
XV The Man of the Island
Jim meets Ben Gunn, a strange wild man who was abandoned on the island three years ago. Ben promises to help Jim and his friends, just as a cannon shot announces that the battle for the island has begun.
XVI Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned
Doctor Livesey discovers a strong wooden fort with fresh water on the island, and the loyal crew begins secretly moving food and weapons from the ship. After an honest sailor named Abraham Gray bravely joins them, they escape the Hispaniola in a small boat.
XVII Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat’s Last Trip
Doctor Livesey and his companions struggle against a dangerous tide in their overloaded boat while pirates prepare to fire the ship's cannon. When the cannon shot sinks their little boat near the shore, they must wade through the water and rush to the stockade before the pirates cut them off.
XVIII Narrative Continued by the Doctor: End of the First Day’s Fighting
The doctor and his friends reach the stockade and fight off the attackers, but poor Tom Redruth is fatally shot. Under heavy cannon fire and low on food, the men stand strong until a friendly face unexpectedly arrives.
XIX Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade
Jim escapes a pirate bombardment and safely returns to his friends inside the stockade. As the defenders prepare to hold the fort, Long John Silver unexpectedly arrives with a flag of truce.
XX Silver’s Embassy
Long John Silver approaches the stockade under a flag of truce to negotiate for the treasure map, but Captain Smollett firmly rejects his terms. Furious at being refused, Silver storms off with a violent threat to destroy them all.
XXI The Attack
The pirates launch a fierce attack on the log-house, and Jim and his friends must fight for their lives. After a dangerous battle with swords in the open, they win the fight, but with painful losses.
XXII How I Began My Sea Adventure
Jim secretly leaves the hot and gloomy stockade to search for Ben Gunn's hidden boat. After finding the tiny coracle, he decides to paddle out at night and cut the Hispaniola loose from its anchor.
XXIII The Ebb-tide Runs
Jim cuts the anchor rope of the Hispaniola to set the ship adrift, discovering the two remaining pirates in a violent drunken fight. When the strong ocean current sweeps his little coracle out to sea, Jim lies down in fear and eventually falls asleep.
XXIV The Cruise of the Coracle
Drifting in his tiny coracle under the burning sun, Jim discovers the Hispaniola moving wildly without anyone steering. In a desperate move to find water and save the ship, he jumps aboard just as his little boat is destroyed.
XXV I Strike the Jolly Roger
Jim Hawkins boards the abandoned Hispaniola, removes the pirate flag, and strikes a bargain with the wounded pirate Israel Hands to sail the ship to safety. However, as they steer toward the north inlet, Jim senses that Hands is plotting a dangerous betrayal.
XXVI Israel Hands
Jim and Israel Hands steer the Hispaniola safely to the beach, but the treacherous pirate prepares to attack. High up on the ship's mast, Jim must fight for his life against Hands' deadly knife.
XXVII “Pieces of Eight”
Jim safely leaves the schooner and sneaks back to the log-house in the dark. But when he enters, an unexpected voice screams out, and Jim falls right into the pirates' hands!
XXVIII In the Enemy’s Camp
Jim finds himself captured by Long John Silver and the surviving pirates in the blockhouse, but he boldly confesses how he ruined all their plans. Realizing the mutiny is doomed, Silver forms a secret pact to protect Jim in exchange for his help in court.
XXIX The Black Spot Again
The angry mutineers give Long John Silver the dreaded 'black spot' to remove him as captain. However, Silver brilliantly defends himself and wins back their loyalty by revealing Captain Flint's secret treasure map.
XXX On Parole
Dr. Livesey visits the blockhouse to treat the sick pirates and is surprised to find Jim there. Jim refuses to break his promise and escape, but he secretly tells the doctor that he has captured the ship.
XXXI The Treasure-hunt—Flint’s Pointer
Silver and the pirates set off across the island to find the hidden treasure, leading Jim on a rope. Along the way, they discover a human skeleton placed by Captain Flint as a terrifying signpost.
XXXII The Treasure-hunt—The Voice Among the Trees
The pirates hear a spooky voice in the woods and think it is Captain Flint's ghost, but Silver convinces them to keep moving. When they finally reach the giant tree, they discover a terrible surprise.
XXXIII The Fall of a Chieftain
The doctor and his friends rescue Jim and Silver from the angry pirates. They take Silver to Ben Gunn's cave, where Flint's treasure is safely hidden, and celebrate their victory together.
XXXIV And Last
The crew loads the enormous treasure onto the Hispaniola, leaves the mutineers behind, and sets sail for home. Along the way, Long John Silver makes one final, unexpected escape with a small share of the gold.