Treasure Island by R. L. Stevenson (Rating *****)
When I was a child, I encountered this book for the first time in my uncle’s library. The book was a simplified children’s version of this book. I liked the book very much. Though I did not understood the story properly as a child, I was amazed by the map of treasure island I found in the book. Ever since then I never forgot the map or the story of the treasure island. This was the third time I read the book and at last fully understood it, thanks to the movie series of the famous Pirates of the Caribbean and even more famous the character of Captain Jack Sparrow. The concepts like “Walking the plank”, “flying Jolly Roger in the bird’s nest” etc are fully understood only if you already know what they mean. Otherwise you never understand the novel and lose interest in it. Actually, it happened in the past when I was not aware of the pirate and navigational terms. Once I known them it was a fully enjoyable novel for me. The book is written in the 19th century Victorian and coerce pirate