Masterfully crafted, Treasure Island is a

stunning yarn of piracy on the fiery tropic

seas -- an unforgettable tale of treachery

that embroils a host of legendary

swashbucklers, from honest young Jim

Hawkins to sinister, two-timing Israel

Hands, to evil incarnate, blind Pew. But

above all, Treasure Island is a complex

study of good and evil, as embodied by

that hero-villain, Long John Silver: the

merry unscrupulous buccaneer-rogue

whose greedy quest for gold cannot help

but win the heart of every soul who ever

longed for romance, treasure, and

adventure.

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."

斯蒂文生（1850-1894）于1850年诞生在英国北部苏格兰的首都爱丁堡，1894年病逝于南太平洋萨摩亚群岛的吾波卢岛。在他短暂的四十四年生命旅程中，写作生涯占了二十二年。