内容简介
Stevenson'staleofaSouthSeaIslandstradertakesonmanynineteenth-centurytaboos:miscegenation,racism,andcolonialism.AprecursortotheworkofJosephConrad,thestorydeftlycombinesanexoticadventureyarnwiththemoralandpsychologicalquestingofgreatfiction.
作者简介
RobertLouisStevensonwasborninEdinburgh,Scotlandin1850,thesonofaprominentengineerfamousforbuildinglighthouses.Althoughexpectedtocontinuethefamilyprofession,Stevenson'searliestinterestswereliterary.Hestudiedlawandwasadmittedtothebarbutneverpracticed.Sufferingfromlifelongrespiratoryillness,hetraveledextensivelyinsearchofabeneficialclimate,livinginSwitzerland,theUnitedStates,andthePolynesianIslands.HisfirstbookwasatravelbookaboutaFrenchcanoetrip,buthesoonbranchedoutintopoetryandfiction,includinghismassivelypopularchildren'sadventuresKidnappedandTreasureIsland,aswellasmoresubtleandmorallyambiguousworksuchashisclassicsciencefictionTheStrangeCaseofDr.JekyllandMr.Hyde.HediedinSamoain1894.
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