金銀島 Treasure Island

金銀島

Treasure Island

羅伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of 'buccaneers and buried gold'. First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is a tale noted for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality – as seen in Long John Silver – unusual for children's literature. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an 'X', schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen bearing parrots on their shoulders.

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.」

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.

《金銀島》是英國小說家羅伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森創作的一部長篇小說，創作於1881年。

《金銀島》講述的是18世紀中期英國少年吉姆從垂危水手彭斯手中得到傳說中的藏寶圖，在當地鄉紳支援下組織探險隊前往金銀島。並與岡恩眾人智鬥海盜，最終平息了叛變並成功取得寶藏的故事。《金銀島》體現了東方主義「東方化」和「包容」東方的願望，金銀島及島上財寶代表著被東方主義扭曲了的東方形象。

《金銀島》開創了尋寶題材小說的先河。清代文學家王國維《英國小說家斯提逢孫傳》：「此著作中，以金銀島為其得名之第一著作，青年之讀物恐無出其右者。」

《金銀島》對後世的影響非常大，在好萊塢已經被數次改拍成電影電視，依舊十分受歡迎。

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TREASURE ISLAND

To S.L.O., an American gentleman in accordance with whose classic taste the following narrative has been designed, it is now, in return for numerous delightful hours, and with the kindest wishes, dedicated by his affectionate friend, the author.

TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER

   If sailor tales to sailor tunes,

      Storm and adventure, heat and cold,

   If schooners, islands, and maroons,

      And buccaneers, and buried gold,

   And all the old romance, retold

      Exactly in the ancient way,

   Can please, as me they pleased of old,

      The wiser youngsters of today:

   —So be it, and fall on!  If not,

      If studious youth no longer crave,

   His ancient appetites forgot,

      Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave,

   Or Cooper of the wood and wave:

      So be it, also!  And may I

   And all my pirates share the grave

      Where these and their creations lie!

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