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1、TheNewArabianNightsStevenson,RobertLouisPublished:1882Type(s):ShortFiction,CollectionsSource:http://www.gutenberg.org1AboutStevenson:RobertLouis(Balfour)Stevenson(November13,1850–December3,1894),wasaScottishnovelist,poet,andtravelwriter,andaleadingrep-resentativeofNeo-rom
2、anticisminEnglishliterature.Hewasthemanwho"seemedtopicktherightworduponthepointofhispen,likeamanplayingspillikins",asG.K.Chestertonputit.Hewasalsogreatlyadmiredbymanyauthors,includingJorgeLuisBorges,ErnestHeming-way,RudyardKiplingandVladimirNabokov.Mostmodernistwritersdis
3、missedhim,however,becausehewaspopularanddidnotwritewithintheirnarrowdefinitionofliterature.ItisonlyrecentlythatcriticshavebeguntolookbeyondStevenson'spopularityandallowhimaplaceinthecanon.Source:Wikipedia2Part1TheSuicideClub3Chapter1StoryoftheyoungmanwiththecreamtartsDuri
4、nghisresidenceinLondon,theaccomplishedPrinceFlorizelofBo-hemiagainedtheaffectionofallclassesbytheseductionofhismannerandbyawell-consideredgenerosity.Hewasaremarkablemanevenbywhatwasknownofhim;andthatwasbutasmallpartofwhatheactu-allydid.Althoughofaplacidtemperinordinarycir
5、cumstances,andac-customedtotaketheworldwithasmuchphilosophyasanyploughman,thePrinceofBohemiawasnotwithoutatasteforwaysoflifemoread-venturousandeccentricthanthattowhichhewasdestinedbyhisbirth.Nowandthen,whenhefellintoalowhumour,whentherewasnolaughableplaytowitnessinanyofth
6、eLondontheatres,andwhentheseasonoftheyearwasunsuitabletothosefieldsportsinwhichheex-celledallcompetitors,hewouldsummonhisconfidantandMasteroftheHorse,ColonelGeraldine,andbidhimpreparehimselfagainstaneven-ingramble.TheMasteroftheHorsewasayoungofficerofabraveandeventemerari
7、ousdisposition.Hegreetedthenewswithdelight,andhastenedtomakeready.Longpracticeandavariedacquaintanceoflifehadgivenhimasingularfacilityindisguise;hecouldadaptnotonlyhisfaceandbearing,buthisvoiceandalmosthisthoughts,tothoseofanyrank,character,ornation;andinthiswayhediverted
8、attentionfromthePrince,andsometimesgainedadmissionforthepairintostrangesociet-ies.Thecivilauthor