Treasure Island

　　史上最嗜血的船長佛林特，在一座島上留下為數驚人的財寶。一次因緣際會，少年吉姆登上船，一同加入尋寶行列，前往金銀島。然而，尋寶之路萬分艱辛驚險，雖有正直勇敢之士的同行，然而貪婪惡徒也隨時在身旁虎視眈眈......

　　驚險的航程中，少年憑著機智與運氣，躲過了劫難，但是回想起這段航程時，是否真能辨別善與惡、正與邪？得與失，是否真能畫出清楚的界線？

　 　骷髏旗、黑單、獨腳水手......眾所熟知的「海盜」形象，皆源自《金銀島》。這本史上最精彩的冒險小說，不僅多次以電影或戲劇的形式重現，更是許多 電影與文學作品的靈感來源。例如英國經典童話《小飛俠彼德潘》、瑞典國寶級童書大師林格倫的作品，或是近年的賣座電影【神鬼奇航】系列，都可以看到《金銀 島》的影子。

　　曾經風靡一時的作品，若歷經時間的考驗依然能抓住讀者的心，甚至啟發更多的想像與靈感，那麼這部作品就能稱為「經典」。「經典」二字，《金銀島》當之無愧。

　　本書中譯本<<金銀島>>由 親子天下出版

　　When young Jim Hawkins finds a mysterious map in a dead sailor’s sea trunk, it marks the start of a thrilling treasure hunt – and a very dangerous adventure. Accompanied by the local doctor and squire, he sets off on the high seas as a cabin-boy, determined to find the buried hoard. But they are not alone in their quest, a band of pirates – led by the enigmatic, one-legged Long John Silver – will stop at nothing to take back what they believe is theirs.

　　One of the best-loved children’s stories of all time, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island is a thrilling tale of swashbuckling heroes and dastardly villains that continues to enchant readers young and old.

　　This beautiful edition of Treasure Island is illustrated by H. M. Brock, with an afterword by Sam Gilpin.

　　Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles.

史蒂文生（Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850—1894）

　　出生於英國蘇 格蘭愛丁堡，於當地受教育，取得律師資格。幼時體弱多病，常編纂故事以自娛，亦遷徙各地療養身體，因此閱歷豐富。《金銀島》是他的成名作，推出後大受歡 迎，連當時首相也熬夜閱讀，急欲知道故事結果。史蒂文生著作甚豐，作品囊括小說、詩、散文等種類，除了兒童文學作品之外，也寫許多給成年人看的書。《兒童 詩園》、《變身博士》都是知名作品。1984年，病逝於南太平洋的薩摩亞。

　　Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850, the only son of an engineer, Thomas Stevenson. Despite a lifetime of poor health, Stevenson was a keen traveller, and his first book An Inland Voyage (1878) recounted a canoe tour of France and Belgium. In 1880 he married an American divorcee, Fanny Osbourne, and there followed Stevenson’s most productive period, in which he wrote, amongst other books, Treasure Island (1883), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped (both 1886). In 1888, Stevenson left Britain in search of a more salubrious climate, settling in Samoa, where he died in 1894..