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"Treasure Island" is the most widely circulated masterpiece among all Stevenson's works. Its storyline originated from a map drawn by the author. "Treasure Island" has been translated into various languages ​​and widely circulated around the world, and has been put on the screen many times. The novel vividly describes the thrilling story of young Jim meeting a captain by chance, accidentally obtaining a treasure map, going to Treasure Island to hunt for treasure, fighting wits and courage with pirates, and finally finding the treasure after going through untold hardships. The novel uses Jim's personal experience to tell us that the most valuable thing in this world is not gold and silver, but the beautiful qualities of human nature such as love, bravery and sense of justice.

"Treasure Island" tells us that the true spirit of adventure is to remain innocent! "Treasure Island" is the benchmark for all sea adventure legends! A book of growth in the eyes of Hemingway, Kipling, Borges and other masters. Translated from the 1884 first American final edition of the Harvard University Library. Collector's edition of full-color illustrations by French artist Georges Roux. Includes full-color treasure maps, vividly presenting the thrilling adventure scenes in "Treasure Island"! Selected into the "BBC Big Read" Top 100 classics! The Ministry of Education recommends reading books for primary and secondary school students! Henry James: Everything you imagine about adventure at sea can be found in "Treasure Island"! Borges: I like hourglasses, maps, coffee, and Stevenson's "Treasure Island"! Churchill: When I was 9 and a half years old, my father gave me a copy of "Treasure Island". I still remember the great joy when I devoured it and read it. It is irreplaceable!

Stevenson cherished his free days very much and made several long-term trips to France. Once, as described in "Travel with a Donkey", he left his hometown and came to the mountain town of Monastie alone. He drove his donkey across the Severn Mountains, chatting with random acquaintances along the way, and sleeping under the stars at night. Along the way, the scenery of the mountainous areas of southern France is gradually presented to the readers as the author's journey progresses. Also, I have to mention the other protagonist in the book, "Little Wenwen". "Little Wenmei" is the name given by the author to his traveling companion, the little donkey. The author uses humorous writing to describe the complete bankruptcy of the author's little intellectual fantasy in the face of "little gentleness" who has no understanding of humanistic customs, which leads to a tense relationship with "little gentleness" along the way. It is so interesting to read that you can't help but laugh.

"Edinburgh Notes", written in 1879, is one of Stevenson's most interesting and personal works. This book is composed of a series of essays, unfolding a unique landscape painting from Edinburgh's Old Town and Parliament Square to the New Town, Calton Hill and the Pentland Hills. The work is both a travelogue and interspersed with social commentary, and is overflowing with the author's feelings about his hometown. The Edinburgh in the book is a three-dimensional city with dramatic contrasts - a city spread out between the old and the new, between wealth and famine, between mansions and countryside. In some chapters, the author eulogizes the beauty of the city and its unique spiritual temperament with a sense of nostalgia, while in chapters such as "Legendary Stories", he focuses on the dark and gloomy side of Edinburgh, such as the alcoholic lower class, social scandals, crime on the fringes of the city, etc.

"Dr. Jekyll" is a unique piece of work, and it is also Stevenson's favorite work. In this work, the author gives full play to his imagination and makes a man who is a gentleman during the day turn into a devil at night and release the evil in him. This work is called a pioneer of psychological novels. The term "Jekyll and Hyde" in the book has even become a synonym for "dual personality" in psychology, and its influence is evident. Another novel selected in this book, "Suicide Club", describes a story of revenge, which is also full of strange imagination and very exciting. Although Stevenson's works were written more than a hundred years ago, they are still relevant to the reading tastes of current readers. The story is popular but not cliche, and the writing is serious but still humorous, which is very rare in popular novels.