Kidnapped[绑架]

作者 Robert Louis Stevenson著W. B. Hole绘
出版社 CRWPublishing
出版时间 2009年9月
ISBN 9781905716579
定价 158.50

内容简介

Eachvolumeinthe"Collector'sLibrary"serieshasaspeciallycommissionedAfterword,briefbiographyoftheauthorandafurtherreadinglist.TheAfterwordforthiseditionofisbyNedHalley.SetinScotlandin1751,"Kidnapped"tellsofhowyoungDavidBalfour,orphaned,andbetrayedbyhisuncleEbenezerwhoshouldhavebeenhisguardian,iskidnapped,andfallsinwithAlanBreck,theunscrupulousbutheroicchampionoftheJacobitecause.Thenovelrevolvesaroundtheirfriendshipandtheirdifferences,suggestingametaphorforScotlanditself.Moderncriticsseethenovelasmorethanaboy'sadventureyarn;attheheartofitlieswhatHenryJamesdescribedasthe'reallyexcellent'chaptersoftheflightintheheatherthatraisethenoveltogreatness.

作者简介

RobertLouisBalfourStevenson(13November1850–3December1894)wasaScottishnovelist,poet,essayistandtravelwriter.Hisbest-knownbooksincludeTreasureIsland,Kidnapped,andStrangeCaseofDrJekyllandMrHyde.Aliterarycelebrityduringhislifetime,Stevensonnowranksamongthe30mosttranslatedauthorsintheworld,justbelowCharlesDickens.Hehasbeengreatlyadmiredbymanyauthors,includingJorgeLuisBorges,ErnestHemingway,RudyardKipling,MarcelSchwob,VladimirNabokov,J.M.Barrie,andG.K.Chesterton,whosaidofhimthathe"seemedtopicktherightworduponthepointofhispen,likeamanplayingspillikins."

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