<p>Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is a tale noted for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality ? as seen in Long John Silver ? unusual for children's literature. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The ...