知己知彼方能百战百胜,为了剿灭海盗,政府想出了“用强盗捕捉强盗”的“绝妙计谋”,带有海盗气息、熟悉海盗生活的基德船长成了这一任务的不二人选。然而,世事弄人,基德却阴差阳错地沦为了海盗,反而与政府为敌,等待基德的又会是什么?他能逃过法律的制裁吗?
华盛顿·欧文的短篇小说《海盗基德》讲述了海盗头子基德传奇的一生。基德本应协助政府剿灭海盗,然而或许是天性使然,他自己却沦为了海盗,掠夺财富,抢劫商船,无恶不作,最终被政府抓获后绞死。但是,他埋藏金银珠宝的故事却给后人——尤其是掘金者——留下了无数的猜想……
欧文为读者营造了一种田园生活般的意境,他擅长描写精灵鬼怪的悬念与恐怖,使故事跌宕起伏。同时他又是一个喜欢怀旧的人。他的作品更像是午后一缕慵懒的和风,在你耳边低吟一曲,使你充满倦意。
“没有欧文就没有美国文学的最早声誉,也就没有以后小说创作伟大局面的产生和出现。”
华盛顿·欧文是26世纪美国最著名的作家,号称美国文学之父。
America's first genuine internationally best-selling author
Irving is largely credited as the first American Man of Letters.
His friend, the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, acknowledged Irving's role in promoting American literature: "We feel a just pride in his renown as an author, not forgetting that, to his other claims upon our gratitude, he adds also that of having been the first to win for our country an honorable name and position in the History of Letters".
As George William Curtis noted, there "is not a young literary aspirant in the country, who, if he ever personally met Irving, did not hear from him the kindest words of sympathy, regard, and encouragement."
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