内容简介
Masterfully crafted, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of
piracy on the fiery tropic seas--an unforgettable tale of treachery
that embroils a host of legendary swashbucklers from honest young
Jim Hawkins to sinister, two-timing Israel Hands to evil incarnate,
blind Pew. But above all, Treasure Island is a complex study of
good and evil, as embodied by that hero-villain, Long John Silver;
the merry unscrupulous buccaneer-rogue whose greedy lust for gold
cannot help but win the heart of every one who ever longed for
romance, treasure, and adventure. Since its publication in 1883,
Treasure Island has provided an enduring literary model for such
eminent writers as Anthony Hope, Graham Greene, and Jorge Luis
Borges. As David Daiches wrote: "Robert Louis Stevenson transformed
the Victorian boys' adventure into a classic of its kind."
作者简介
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Nov. 13, 1850, Edinburgh, Scot.-died
Dec. 3, 1894, Vailima, Samoa) Scottish essayist, novelist, and
poet. He prepared for a law career but never practiced. He traveled
frequently, partly in search of better climates for his
tuberculosis, which would eventually cause his death at age 44. He
became known for accounts such as Travels with a Donkey in the
Cévennes (1879) and essays in periodicals, first collected in
Virginibus Puerisque (1881). His immensely popular novels Treasure
Island (1883), Kidnapped (1886), and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1889) were written over the
course of a few years. A Child's Garden of Verses (1885) is one of
the most influential children's works of the 19th century. In his
last years he lived in Samoa and produced works moving toward a new
maturity, including the story “The Beach of Falesá” (1892) and the
novel Weir of Hermiston (1896), his unfinished masterpiece.