史蒂文森：化身博士及其他故事 英文原版 Alma Classics:Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories Robert Louis Stevenson

基本信息

By (author) Robert Louis Stevenson

Format Paperback | 144 pages

Dimensions 128 x 198 x 17.78mm | 243g

Publication date 01 Apr 2015

Publisher Alma Books Ltd

Imprint Alma Classics

Publication City/Country Richmond, United Kingdom

Language English

Edition Statement Reprint

ISBN10 1847493785

ISBN13 9781847493781

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

与《包法利夫人》、《死魂灵》相媲美，

近乎诗一般的小说

--纳博可夫

《化身博士》的缘起是作者史蒂文生不断重复做的一个恶梦，在梦中，他变身为另一个可怕的男人在暗巷为非作歹。史蒂文生在三天内把这个梦中的经历写下来，却被妻子评为「低级小说」，于是便把整份稿子烧毁，花了三至六天的时间重写，之后又花了四到六周的时间润饰修改。

由于故事悬疑曲折，深入刻划人类潜藏的欲望与阴暗面，出版后让许多从来不读小说的民众都争相阅读，从维多利亚女王，到讲道与教会刊物都引述故事内容，可见其受欢迎之程度。

书中描写主角杰奇博士是位地方上公认慷慨助人、乐善好施的人士，而某天在伦敦街头发生了一桩社会案件后，杰奇博士的好友厄特森律师无意间发现，犯案嫌疑者海德先生就住在杰奇博士的家，而且杰奇博士竟然在自己的遗嘱中，指定海德先生担任继承人。厄特森律师于是和蓝杨医生联手，想要查明真相到底如何。

不过情况出人意料转趋恶化，杰奇医生的行为越来越奇怪，变得离群索居，郁郁寡欢；海德先生则犯案累累，恶名昭彰。厄特森律师和蓝杨医生想要保护挚友，于是不断抽丝剥茧，赫然查出，海德先生的身份不但启人疑窦，而且与杰奇博士的关系非比寻常……

《化身博士》是史蒂文生创作生涯的成名代表作，曾多次被改编成舞台剧、电影、音乐剧，近年更被改编为电玩游戏。本书亦为现代心理小说的先驱，而由于情节扣人心弦，紧张又悬疑，纳博可夫盛讚为现代侦探小说的鼻祖。

One of Stevenson's most famous and enduringly popular works, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde describes the mysterious relationship between a respectable and affable doctor and his brutal associate. Set in the grimy streets of Victorian London, this tale of murder, split personality and obscure science, with its chilling final revelation, became an instant horror classic when it was first published in 1886, and has enthralled and terrified generations of readers ever since.

This volume also contains seven other Gothic stories by Stevenson - such as 'The Body Snatchers', 'Markheim' and 'Olalla' - showcasing the author's mastery of the horror genre and his interest in both the otherworldly and the strange ways the human brain can distort reality.

作者简介

罗勃．路易斯．史蒂文生（Robert Louis Stevenson，1850-1894）

出生于苏格兰的爱丁堡，英国着名的小说家、诗人与旅游文学作家。自小大量阅读文学书籍，特别喜爱莎翁的作品与《一千零一夜》，虽于25岁取得律师资格，但因身体状况不佳，未曾从事过律师一职。之后前往法国，在巴黎结识许多作家、评论家与经纪人后，开始创作，在杂志上发表文章与评论。

1883年，他在养病的期间，出版长篇小说作品《金银岛》，大受欢迎；1886年问世的《化身博士》则让他声名大噪，半年内销售四万本，旋即超过25万本，连维多利亚女王都读过，泰晤士报、各种评论及教会讲道都引述这本小说。

史蒂文生1894年因脑溢血过世，死前仍一直创作不缀。虽然他的作品总被归类为青少年文学与恐怖小说，但到了20世纪晚期，他开始被文学界重新评价为拥有过人洞察力的文学家，与康拉德、亨利．詹姆斯地位等同，在学术界受好评的排名更超过狄更斯、王尔德与爱伦坡。

Born in Edinburgh in 1850, to strict Calvinist parents, Robert Louis Stevenson was a famous Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer. His ill health meant that he spent the latter part of his life voyaging the world, in an attempt to find a climate that suited his health, and this contributed to the exoticism of much of his work. He finally settled in Samoa, and died in 1899. Revered during his lifetime, and often harshly underrated since his death, Robert Louis Stevenson is today recognized as one of the the great writers of the nineteenth century, having influenced authors such as Graham Greene, Jorge Luis Borges and Vladimir Nabokov.