[Pocket Edition] World Literature Classics Library - Treasure Island

Author: (British) Stevenson, translated by Zhang Guanzhi, Zhao Yiheng
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: "Treasure Island" and "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" are Stevenson's breakthrough works, representative masterpieces, and of New Romanticism literature. With their bizarre plots and captivating stories, they have become one of the most beloved literary classics in the world. "Treasure Island" set a precedent for literary works centered on treasure hunting, while "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" created one of the most successful archetypes of split personality in literary history. Stevenson was a renowned British novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer, a founder and one of the most outstanding representatives of New Romanticism in 19th-century British literature, as well as a pioneer of modernist creation in the 20th century. "Treasure Island" was selected for the 1986 "Personal Ideal Library" list by France's magazine L'. He was an artist who obtained commercial value through cheap and fictional means. His works possess eternal charm; he did not change anything, yet he corrupted everything—Joseph Fornas, the best biographer of Stevenson. "Treasure Island" and "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" are Stevenson's breakthrough works, representative masterpieces, and of New Romanticism literature. With their bizarre plots and captivating stories, they have become one of the most beloved literary classics in the world. "Treasure Island" set a precedent for literary works centered on treasure hunting, while "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" created one of the most successful archetypes of split personality in literary history. Stevenson was a renowned British novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer, a founder and one of the most outstanding representatives of New Romanticism in 19th-century British literature, as well as a pioneer of modernist creation in the 20th century. "Treasure Island" was selected for the 1986 "Personal Ideal Library" list by France's magazine L'.