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Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881-2 (book release ‘83)

Picking an image for this one was hard, but in the end I chose this early edition version with the map. According to Wikipedia, “The novel was originally serialised from 1881 to 1882 in the children's magazine Young Folks, under the title Treasure Island or the Mutiny of the Hispaniola, credited to the pseudonym "Captain George North". It was first published as a book on 14 November 1883 by Cassell & Co.”  It is now widely recognised as one of the most fundamental entertainment stories. 

This one goes out to the NTLive Treasure Island discord gang. You know who you are. You should all go check out the tag, there’s some good laughs in there, like the LJS scale. It haunts me. 

No TI post is complete without a shout-out to that pinnacle of adaptive brilliance, The Muppets Treasure Island. The songs, the plot, the outfits, truly an unbeatable cinematic masterpiece. No need to make this book into a film again, really. 

So, what is this book actually about? 

An old sailor (pirate) lodges at an inn on the Bristol Channel. He, to cut out a bunch of detail, dies, and leaves the map to Jim (Jim Jimminy Jim JimJimJim) who takes Gonzo and Rizzo with him goes down to Bristol to hire a crew for an Adventure or pleasure cruise, if you are Rizzo trying to cut the losses which, as one would expect from the genre, is actually mostly pirates, one of whom in the infamous Long John Silver. 

Regarding adaptation for adultier audience, the NTLive version with Arthur Darvil and Patsy Ferran is a deliciously dark and broody take on what the Muppets made into a family favourite. Arthur provides an excellently “ratty” LJS, and Patsy an adventurous if youthfully naïve Jim. Definitely worth a watch. I even wrote fic about it. 

Why did I choose this book, then, if all I’ve talked about is the film-TV-stage adaptations? Because it’s foundational. Treasure Island is famous for a reason: it just actually is That Good. Take it on holiday with you sometime.  

[wannabe-british-fangirl]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson, National Theatre Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jim Hawkins & John Silver, Jim Hawkins/John Silver, Jim Hawkins/Long John Silver Characters: Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver Additional Tags: Female Jim Hawkins, Based off the National Theatre production, National Theatre - Freeform, Pirates, Past Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Hurt/Comfort, Mild Blood, Angst Summary:

Jim should have known their luck couldn’t hold out forever.

If she could even call it luck, after everything that had already happened.