Treasure Island

Treasure Island, a children's adventure transformed by Stevenson into an epic exploration of the ambiguity of moral values and the dual essence of human nature, opens the "Dedale" series, illustrated by David B.'s drawings and enriched by a preface by Alberto Manguel. In July 1880, 30-year-old Robert Louis Stevenson, yielding to the insistence of Lloyd Osbourne, his 13-year-old adopted son, and starting from a map he had drawn for Lloyd, began to tell an adventure of pirates and buried treasure. The tale flowed so naturally that Stevenson decided to put it on paper. When the last chapter was also published in Young Folks magazine, Stevenson decided to change the title to the book and call it Treasure Island. In his hands, the children's adventure had incredibly transformed into an epic exploration of the ambiguity of moral values and the dual essence of human nature. Because of its value and fascination, Tresure Island was chosen to start the "Dedale" series, in which it is illustrated by the unpublished drawings of French illustrator David B. and enriched by a preface signed by the well-known writer Alberto Manguel, followed by an introduction by Leonard Puoy, focusing on the significance of treasures in our culture.