Treasure Island

图书标准信息

• 作者 Robert Louis Stevenson（罗伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森） 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1982-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553212495
• 定价 20.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 大32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Masterfullycrafted,TreasureIslandisastunningyarnofpiracyonthefierytropicseas—anunforgettabletaleoftreacherythatembroilsahostoflegendaryswashbucklersfromhonestyoungJimHawkinstosinister,two-timingIsraelHandstoevilincarnate,blindPew.Butaboveall,TreasureIslandisacomplexstudyofgoodandevil,asembodiedbythathero-villain,LongJohnSilver;themerryunscrupulousbuccaneer-roguewhosegreedylustforgoldcannothelpbutwintheheartofeveryonewhoeverlongedforromance,treasure,andadventure.

Sinceitspublicationin1883,TreasureIslandhasprovidedanenduringliterarymodelforsucheminentwritersasAnthonyHope,GrahamGreene,andJorgeLuisBorges.AsDavidDaicheswrote:"RobertLouisStevensontransformedtheVictorianboys'adventureintoaclassicofitskind."

【作者简介】

Throughouthislife,RobertLouisBalfourStevensonwastormentedbypoorhealth.Yetdespitefrequentphysicalcollapses–mainlyduetoconstantrespiratoryillness–hewasanindefatigablewriterofnovels,poems,essays,letters,travelbooks,andchildren'sbooks.HewasbornonNovember13,1850,inEdinburgh,ofaprosperousfamilyoflighthouseengineers.Thoughhewasexpectedtoenterthefamilyprofession,hestudiedinsteadfortheScottishbar.Bythetimehewascalledtothebar,however,hehadalreadybegunwritingseriously,andheneveractuallypracticedlaw.In1880,againsthisfamily'swishes,hemarriedanAmericandivorcée,FannyVandegriftOsbourne,whowastenyearshissenior;butthefamilywassoonreconciledtothematch,andthemarriageprovedahappyone.

AllhislifeStevensontraveled–ofteninadesperatequestforhealth.HeandFanny,havingmarriedinCaliforniaandspenttheirhoneymoonbyanabandonedsilvermine,traveledbacktoScotland,thentoSwitzerland,totheSouthofFrance,totheAmericanAdirondacks,andfinallytothesouthofFrance,totheSouthSeas.Asanovelisthewasintriguedwiththegeniusofplace:TreasureIsland(1883)beganasamaptoamuseaboy.Indeed,allhisworksrevealaprofoundsenseoflandscapeandatmosphere:Kidnapped(1886);TheStrangeCaseofDr.JekyllandMr.Hyde(1886);TheMasterofBallantrae(1889).

In1889Stevenson'sdeterioratinghealthexiledhimtothetropics,andhesettledinSamoa,wherehewasgivenpatriarchalstatusbythenatives.Hishealthimproved,yetheremainedhomesickforScotland,anditwastothe"coldoldhuddleofgreyhills"oftheLowlandsthathereturnedinhislast,unfinishedmasterpiece,WeirofHermiston(1896).

StevensondiessuddenlyonDecember3,1894,notofthelong-fearedtuberculosis,butofacerebralhemorrhage.ThekindlyauthorofJekyllandHydewentdowntothecellartofetchabottleofhisfavoriteburgundy,uncorkeditinthekitchen,abruptlycriedouttohiswife,"What'sthematterwithme,whatisthisstrangeness,hasmyfacechanged?"–andfelltothefloor.Thebrilliantstorytellerandmasteroftransformationshadbeenstruckdownatforty-four,attheheightofhiscreativepowers.

【目录】

PART ONE  THE OLD BUCCANEER

　CHAPTER 1　The Old Sea-Dog at the "Admiral Benbow" 

　CHAPTER 2　Black Dog Appears and Disappears

　CHAPTER 3　The Black Spot

　CHAPTER 4　The Sea-Chest

　CHAPTER 5　The Last of the Blind Man  

　CHAPTER 6　The Captain's Papers

PART TWO  THE SEA COOK

　CHAPTER 7　I Go to Bristol

　CHAPTER 8　At the Sign of the "Spy-Glass"

　CHAPTER 9　Powder and Arms  

　CHAPTER 10　The Voyage

　CHAPTER 11　What I Heard in the Apple Barrel

　CHAPTER 12　Council of War

PART THREE  MY SHORE ADVENTURE

　CHAPTER 13　How I Began My Shore Adventure

　CHAPTER 14　The First Blow

　CHAPTER 15　The Man of the Island

PART FOUR  THE STOCKADE

　CHAPTER 16　Narrative Continued by the Doctor:How the Ship Was Abandoned

　CHAPTER 17　Narrative Continued by the Doctor:The Jolly-Boat's Last Trip

　CHAPTER 18　Narrative Continued by the Doctor:End of the First Day's Fighting  

　CHAPTER 19　Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins:The Garrison in the Stockade

　CHAPTER 20　Silver's Embassy

　CHAPTER 21　The Attack

PART FIVE  MY SEA ADVENTURE

PART SIX  CAPTAIN SILVER