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Robert Louis Stevenson Accomplishments

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One of the most famous writer of the literary world, Robert Louis Stevenson is known for his timeless children’s classic Treasure Island. As a child, Stevenson was always curious and fascinated by events that only existed in his imagination. When he started writing, he poured his imagination to cast beautiful poems and writings. Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are Stevenson’s greatly admired literary works. Once, when he was away on a family trip to Scotland, he drew a map of mythical island. That map drawn during leisure to entertain his 12-year old son became a premise for the biggest sea adventure of all times, Treasure Island. At first, the chapters of this story appeared in the children’s …show more content…

He admitted that his first critical success Treasure Island was inspired by the works of other literary contributors such as Edgar Allan Poe’s MS Found in a Bottle, (a manuscript telling the adventures of an unknown sea-man) and The Gold-Bug (a fascinating tale of buried treasure). In his letter to Sir Sidney Colvin, an English curator and literary critic, Stevenson acknowledged that the idea of the dead man’s chest was drawn from Kingsley’s At Last. Also, the history of a drunkard and suspicious pirate Billy Bones was constructed from the writings of his favorite writer Washington Irving. The beautiful blend of colorful and poetic prose sets apart the tale of piracy and boyhood adventure from other adventure books. In 1950, Walt Disney Productions transformed this classic literary work to an enchanting cinematic experience. Byron Haskin directed a 96 min pirate movie Treasure Island that set the standard for every sea adventure movie for the years to come. The admirable performances by Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll and Basil Sydney created an unmatchable movie experience for the audience of that era. Robert Newton’s subtle and groundbreaking performance as

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