"For storytelling pleasure and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From the moment young Jim Hawkins first meets the sinister Blind Pew at the Admiral Benbow Inn to the climactic battle for treasure in A tropical island, the novel creates scenes and characters that have fired the imaginations of generations of readers. Written by an excellent prose stylist, a master of action and atmosphere, the story focuses on the conflict between good and evil. , but in this case it is a particularly attractive form of evil. Villainy of that more ambiguous rogue Long John Silver that sets the pace for this tale of betrayal, greed and daring. Designed to forever ignite a dream of high romance and distant horizons, Treasure Island is, in GK Chesterton's words, "the realization of an ideal, what is promised in its provocative and eye-catching map; a vision not only of white skeletons but also green palm trees and sapphire seas. '' G. S. Fraser calls it "a completely original book" and goes on to write: "There will always be a place for stories like Treasure Island that can keep children and the elderly happy."