Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde[化身博士]

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 US
• 出版时间 1982-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553212778
• 定价 20.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 112页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

RobertLouisStevensonoriginallywroteDr.JekyllAndMrHydeasa"chillingshocker."Hethenburnedthedraftand,uponhiswife'sadvice,rewroteitasthedarklycomplextaleitistoday.Stark,skillfullywoven,thisfascinatingnovelexploresthecuriousturningsofhumancharacterthroughthestrangecaseofDr.Jekyll,akindlyscientistwhobynighttakesonhisstuntedevilself,Mr.Hyde.Anticipatingmodernpsychology,JekyllAndHydeisabrilliantlyoriginalstudyofman'sdualnature—aswellasanimmortaltaleofsuspenseandterror.Publishedin1866,JekyllAndHydewasaninstantsuccessandbroughtStevensonhisfirsttasteoffame.Thoughsometimesdismissedasameremysterystory,thebookhasevokedmuchliteraryadmirations.VladimirNabokovlikenedittoMadameBovaryandDeadSoulsas"afablethatliesnearertopoetrythantoordinaryprosefiction."

【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.