The black arrow vs Treasure Island: Which Should You Read?

The black arrow Robert Louis Stevenson · 1888 ★★★★☆ 3.8 300 pages · ≈ 5 h 33 m · Challenging

“Sir Daniel and his men lay in and about Kettley that night, warmly quartered and well patrolled.”

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Richard Shelton is a young knight during the Wars of the Roses. We see him ascend and rescue his lady love. He then seeks revenge against his father's murderer, but when the evidence points towards his guardian he is…

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson · 1880 ★★★★☆ 3.9 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Challenging

“SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17-, and go back to the time when my father kept the 'Admiral Bendow' inn, and”

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Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as seen in Long John…